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Monday, August 23, 2010

Knowledge & Needles Annual Open House 2010

This past Friday morning, Christin and I hit the road our first stop was Kingston for a visit with her parents over night.  Then Saturday morning it was back into the car to Knowledge and Needles in Brighton for Ann's annual open house, I think this was my 9th year in attendance.  This year, Ann had her highest numbers ever, 45 stitchers came by throughout the day.  We stitched, we ate, we shopped it was heaven!

I got to see some of my great friends some I only see a few times a year!

Here are some of my shots from the day!
Paddie was so hoping that Heather would drop some of her cupcake!

Kathy and I showing off our Mirabilias

Sun room full of stitchers

Dining Room, full of stitchers

The garage, you got it... full of stitchers

The aftermath from lunch!

2010 Stitcher's gallery

2010 Stitcher's Gallery

2010 Stitcher's Gallery

2010 Stitcher's Gallery

2010 Stitcher's Gallery

Claire & Beatrice experimenting on 55ct fabric!  Crazy!

Bonnie and I hamming it up for the camera!

Kathy gifted me with this scissor fob for stitching one of the lighthouses on her round robin

Stash from the weekend : 32ct charcoal lugana, and assorted overdyed threads

37 comments:

Meadows08 said...

You are so lucky to have so many fellow stitchers and stitching events/retreats to go to!!! I'm jealous.

Lesleyanne said...

It must be nice to meet up with follow stitchers. It looks like you all had a ball. Lovely stitching.

Lana said...

In my head, I imagine that THIS is what heaven will be like!!A house full of stitchers, a kitchen full of great foody goodness, and lots of lovely stitching friends, and a beautiful stitching gallery!!! Aaaah, bliss!! Looks like a great time was had by all!! Thanks for sharing!!

Erna said...

Looks wonderful, I wish we had a little more of these events or retreats here in Holland
Hugs
Erna

mbroider said...

My heart stopped beating looking at the gallery....

Loved ALL of them. BTW, the wonderful calling red thing - is it red linen or red embroidery... Me? Stumped.

Brigitte said...

What a day. I have seen pictures of the event on Kathy's and Beatrice's blogs as well and they are all worth looking at. I never get tired of seeing pictures from stitching get-togethers.

ollie1976 said...

Looks like a great time! so wish I could go to a stitching retreat!
-Jen

Lynn said...

Looks like it was a great time Dani! I was stitching right along with you only at the lake instead.
The amount of stitched items on display was amazing!

Kathy A. said...

It was indeed a wonderful day! It was fun to spend some time together. Look forward to seeing you again in a couple of weeks.

jayne@~an eye for threads~ said...

How nice that everyone had a wonderful time and the gallery is absolutely awesome. Funny to be able to pick out some of the pieces that some of the fellow bloggers worked on. Not to mention ones hanging on the display which I have stitched myself.
Be always in stitches.

Bette said...

What gorgeous stitching! I even recognized several that are in my WIP pile. Sounds like a wonderful weeked was had by all.

natalysneedle said...

45 stitchers in one place-AWESOME.

All of the needlework in the gallery is beautiful.

Anonymous said...

55-count? REALLY! Wow!

Looks like a great time and great food was had by all.

Carol said...

What a pleasant and inspiring day you had, Dani! Stitchers, stitchers everywhere--what fun :)

Kathy's fob is so pretty--how thoughtful of her. And it so enjoyable to see the Stitcher's Gallery -- some great pieces there!

Cole said...

It must be an incredible feeling to be surrounded by so many people that share your passion for needle and thread. I just love it!

My hat's off to Claire and Beatrice for even attempting 55 count!! Good for them!

Sally said...

It looks like you all had a fantastic time! What a wonderful array of finished projects.

Deborah said...

What a wonderful time you all had! The stitching gallery was awesome.

claudia said...

That just looks like so much fun! I loved seeing the Stitcher's Gallery. Lots of beautiful projects!

Julie said...

A lovely idea from Kathy, the fob is super.

Well done to all the stitchers, the work is amazing, i always love to see others work close up, what a treat for you to be with so many talented friends.

Beatrice said...

So much fun...I stole a couple of the pics I didn't have...lol
55 ct indeed!
It was so much fun...the Mira's look terrific! So do you both.

Bekca said...

It looks like you had a wonderful time on this retreat and thank you for sharing some pictures. I liked looking at all the 2010 finishes, very inspiring. Happy stitching.

Melanie said...

OMG, what a great retreat!!! *jealous*

Mylene said...

WOW! Looks like a wonderful time!

Rebel In Ontario said...

I had a fabulous time as well, I look forward to that one day every summer!

Clare said...

Great time with good friends. Got to get back to that 55 ct.
Clare

Aussie Stitcher said...

I am jealous, I wish I could've been there.

Christine said...

What a wonderful retreat, you must have had such fun, and everyone's work is marvellous - though I was a teensy bit creeped out by the decapitated Mirabilia in the 2nd photo ;D
Do you by any chance know who the designer is of that sort of art deco black cat with the fan?

http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...

ooohhhh wow !!!I'm a little jealous, it must be great as a Stitcher meeting! You made very nice pictures and I see beautiful pieces in the gallery! Dani Thanks for sharing that with us!

Carolyn NC said...

Awesome pictures and what fun! Glad you all had such a good time. Fantastic stitcher's gallery, too.

Solstitches said...

Great pictures of the retreat. It looks as though everyone had a fabulous time.
There is nothing better than spending stitchy time with like minded friends.

Margaret

Sonda said...

Fun pics. Looks like a great time.

Sara said...

What a fun day! What a lovely gallery of stitching.

Stitchabilities said...

Wow great photos and ooh lovely stitching to look at admire, How did they do with the 55ct?

jhm said...

In the photo with the tea cozy, there ia a largish piece on an easel. Very modern looking, DO you know anything about it? Who designed it, etc? I would love to know! I love that piece!
Jackie

Raven/Missy said...

Wow looks like you all had a great time! All those pieces of stitching are fantastic!

Lillie said...

Its always wonderful to meet up with old friends. Great work by everyone too.

Anonymous said...

Attending one of Ann's retreats is officially on my bucket-list! :P It always looks like so much fun ... although I'd be hard pushed to do any stitching, I think I'd be too busy playing with the dogs! LOL