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Little House Needleworks Thead Packs Peace. 5 skeins of Crescent Colours floss included.  $10 + postage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Readers Digest Big Book of Cross Stitch Designs - Hardcover - 320 pages - Retail $29.95 - asking $18 plus book rate postage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lorri Birmingham Butterflies & Hearts Tin Cover Kit - OOP Kit includes White Monaco, Silk Mori, Overdyed Silk Floss, Floss for cording, Blending Filament, Pearl Beads, Needles, Photo, Chart & instructions.  Asking $7 + postage. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kreinik Collection #8 -  Gingerbread New, unopened kit.  Asking $13.00 + postage. The set includes: Cord (021C), Very Fine (#4) Braid (003, 021, 022, 100), Japan Thread #7 (021J), and 1/8" Ribbon (332). The Gingerbread man cross stitch pattern is designed by Pam Kellogg. This Gingerbread-Metallic Gift Collection is new and factory sealed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kreinik C...

I have the following Jim Shore peices for sale - all brand new in box, never displayed.  I purchased them last year a gift & then found out that she doesn't "like" ornaments.  Go figure!  I think they're great & can keep them, but I'm saving up for something "big" for myself - so thought if I could sell them, I'd be one step closer to MY purchase!!!  :-) 4014455 Roly Snowman with Snowflake - price on box is $14.99 http://www.oldtowngifts.com/jim_shore/4014455.htm asking $12 4014456 Christmas Tree Hanging Ornament - price on box is $14.99 http://www.oldtowngifts.com/jim_shore/4014456.htm asking $12 105184 Square Quilt Ornament Holder - TWO of these - price on each box is $11.99 - bottom left on page - http://www.oldtowngifts.com/enesco_jimshore/heartwood_creek_ornament_holders.htm (NO ornament included) - asking $10 each Again, all of the above are brand new - never displayed. Postage is extra & will be based on weight. ...

Believe it or not, I've been doing a little bit of stitching/sewing lately and below are a few of my finishes.  This is LHN's Joy To The World, one of my favorites by Diane.  I made it into a small pillow instead of an ornament.  I love this one! I've been wanting to do some embroidery "just because".  I found a pattern in a quilt shop during the Pals Fall Fling last month that had 8 or so little snowmen all done in red.  It doesn't get much better than that - so here are my first 4.  I haven't done any embroidery since childhood - it's fun!  And boy is it faster than stitching!   I did these 4 on Sunday & I think they're pretty cute if I do say so myself.  I have a few more traced onto fabric - some are for gifts - hope the recipients will like them! I do have a few other items stitched but they aren't finished yet, so I'll save them to show later. Thanks for stopping by! Happy stitching!!

The next SC Stitch-in is set for Dec. 4th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $10 & includes lunch (at the French Hens - payable to them, don't send me $$!) and beverages. We are going to do a small Christmas Gift Exchange - a stitched/finished Christmas Ornament and something stitching related (gadgets, threads, fabrics, etc. valued at $10) included in the gift bag. You don't have to do the exchange if you'd rather not - you can just come for the day to stitch & have fun. I WILL need a head count, so if you are coming or planning to come, please let me know. amycspals@yahoo.com   (for those who have already let me know, can you please email me again?  I shredded the list by mistake - oops!) For those who can't make the drive in one day, there are 5 nice hotels within 2 miles or less from the location, so you can spend the night if you'd like.   Hope to see you in December!

I wanted to share the lovely gifts that were given to me this year at the Pals Fall Fling.  First up, the hand-made goodies from my Pals! This cute pin cushion & fob were made by Karen AZ & Michel le WA .  They are great Pals & we are  glad they were both able to come again this year.  We are looking forward to seeing them next year as well!  Thanks gals for these goodies - one can never have enough pin cushions OR scissor fobs! :-) Next is a lovely stitched piece by Charlene in SC .  I just met Charlene in August and didn't get to spend much time with her at the beach, but I will get to see her again in Dec. at our next Stitch-In (see post below - join us!).  This is a wonderful design that she stitched OVER ONE and in RED - it doesn't get much better than that!  Thank you again Charlene - I appreciate it so much! And next - this is from the ever thoughtful Faye NC .  I don't think she ever visits (anywhere!) without a gift...

What a busy week I've had (not complaining - just saying......).  Spending almost a week at a stitching retreat at the beach IS truly WONDERFUL, but catching up from being away for almost a week is hard to do!  Anyway, here I am back with more pics from the Pals Fall Fling....  these are from the exchanges we did. Below are 2 pics of my "grab bag" from this year.  Thanks to Susan & Charlene for both taking pics of it & sending them to me.  :-)  (I didn't get any pics this year, as I think I said in the last post).  I decided to do a " bolt of fabric" and the bolt had "stash" in it.  Ray took the end off, cut the bolt down, filled it with the stash & put the end back on.  Then we folded the 3 yards of this lovely Moda fabric into 1/3's & rolled it onto the bolt.  It was fairly popular - it came in 3rd for being "stolen" the most - not bad out of 60+ grab bags!   Yvonne ended up with it & I sure...

I'm back from a week at the beach & the 13th annual Cross Stitch Pals Fall Fling!   That's part of why I haven't posted in so long - I've been SUPER busy.  I had a great time & enjoyed seeing all my "old" friends & meeting MANY new friends.  I didn't get to stitch much but I stayed plenty busy!  The new location was FANTASTIC & the dates are planned for 2011 - Oct. 19-23, you'll have to join us! :-)  I have lots of pics to share of stitching & goodies, but I will split it up into several days....  and here's the "first installment"..... MY stitching for the fling.... These are my "Halloween" exchanges for Thursday night - Wicked & Spooky - This is a picture of the 6 of the ornaments I took for the Christmas Ornament exchange on Friday night - The top/right 3 are from Zweigarts Christmas Redwork, the botton is a Poppy Kreations design, the left is a Lizzie Kate and the center is a Renato Parolin design....