A busy holiday weekend!

While I didn't do anything outside the house, I did enjoy my 3-day holiday weekend. I started out by treating myself to breakfast at the local family restaurant. I had been jonesing for their Strawberry Crepes and I certainly wasn't disappointed. They were totally yummy! I don't eat out alone like that very often, but I had my book and just enjoyed the experience. Then I headed to the Hallmark store to get cards, but also found out they were clearing out their ornament section to make room for this year's editions. I got 5 ornaments for $13!! Thinking ahead to Christmas gifts, that helped a lot! I made another stop at K-Mart and then got gas before heading home. And it's still Friday! LOL

I puttered in my stash room a bit and ran across something that I could use for a baby gift. My dear friend Jan of Only One Ewe Needleworks became a 1st time Nana on Thursday. Alexandra Catherine was born at 12:53AM! I found a cute little pattern and made these up for her.


I worked on Let Freedom Ring the remainder of the day Friday, while watching good old classics - Mr. Roberts, Yankee Doodle Dandy, etc. I managed to finish the bell on Friday. It is the largest solid stitching on the piece and I'm glad it's behind me. I got more done yesterday and will probably work on it again sometime this week. It's 1 strand over 2 on 40ct so I can only work on it for so long before I go cross-eyed! LOL

The big accomplishment for the weekend was getting Deftly Wrought finished during the SNS this weekend. I just love the verse on this, it's what drew me to the piece in the first place. Jan's conversions are just beautiful aren't they? The fabric is 32ct Maple Sugar and the threads are CCs.


I did get to see some fireworks from my front door. There's a small private country club a few blocks from me and they had a fireworks display. They were louder than I would have liked since they were so close, but what I saw was lovely. I did have one of my furbabies freak out with them going off. Surprisingly it was the youngest and the toughest - Bo! He didn't like them one bit! The other 2 slept thru most of them.

It was a nice quiet weekend and a wonderful stitching weekend for me. Now I'm back at work for another slow week, but I can look forward to the weekend because my niece Amy is staying with me and we will be visiting my LNS for a shopping trip! I've already started my list! LOL

Thank you for your kind comments! Have a wonderful week!