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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Belated Update - Knowledge & Needles Annual Open House

This past summer I have packed up the car A LOT and hit the road driving here and there!  On the weekend of August 24th Christin and I packed up the car and headed down to Kathy's place, she was giving us a place to sleep for the weekend.


A quick stop at Chapters on the way down allowed us to enhance our stash a little with the latest fall issue of Just Cross Stitch.  Christin also had for me the Halloween Ornament Issue that she had picked up for me while I was away.





 Joyce's AMAZING Mystic Stitch



 The results of this year's January 1st start/stitch-a-long

Saturday morning we packed our stitching and the works we've finished since last year's Open House and headed down the road to Knowledge and Needles.  Its a great day where so many stitchers come together!  I get to see lots of familiar faces, catch up and usually there's one or two new stitchers to meet as well.


I think the favorite part of the day, for all of us is the display (and well maybe the shopping too!) of everyone's work in the last year!  There are just so many different pieces, so beautifully stitched too.  Its hard not to add a few new patterns to your wish list or be inspired to try something different.


Kathy gave me these fabrics from her stash she knew she wouldn't stitch on

Speaking of shopping I did make one purchase that day.  Ann had been putting aside for me all of the Lizzie*Kate Jingles as they were being released, and the whole set was complete and ready for me to pick up.
Christin got these scissors for Beatrice's birthday, and I made the fob

As usual it was an awesome day we talked a lot, ate too much, and maybe stitched a little!

27 comments:

Barb said...

What a fun time! So much great stitching!

Linda said...

Looks like a great weekend Dani.

Linda

sharine said...

Sounds awesome. Lots of nice stitching going on:)

Annette-California said...

Fabulous open house! I've been looking at all the beautiful photos you took of all the finished samplers. How fun to have all those Jingle charts! Oh you will be busy alright stitching. Thanks for sharing.
love Annette

Lesleyanne said...

A great post. Lovey stitching. Great new stash.

cucki said...

Wow looks like so much fun
Hugs x

Ann said...

Hi Dani,
Looks like you had a lovely time!
I can't wait to see your soon to be started Halloween and Winter pieces! ;-)
Have a nice weekend!
Ann

Julie said...

Fabulous assortment of stitching, what talented friends you have.

Love the scissors and the fobs a great addition to them.

Brigitte said...

It must be such a delight to see all these stitched pieces on display.

Chris said...

I love all the wonderful stitching :)Thanks for sharing, it is so inspiring.
Great new stash and that fob that you made is just fabulous!!
Have a great weekend!

Sally said...

Looks like you had a fantastic time Dani.

Kate said...

Looks like a fabulous trip - so much lovely stitching.

Carol said...

It must be wonderful to see all those great finishes in person, Dani--so many different themes and styles. I'll bet it was hard to hold back on making your wish list too long :) Love the fob you made for Beatrice and what nice fabric from Kathy... Enjoy those Jingles charts :)

Bekca said...

Wow, the Mona Lisa finish is incredible! Thank you for sharing such inspirational photos, it looks like you had a fab time :)
Best wishes.

Stitchingranny said...

Oh Dani, I love the fob you have made for Beatrice. I know, like me, she adores elephants so I am sure this will be a real treasure for her.

Bette said...

Sounds like a wonderful trip! Love the fob you made. It matches the scissors perfectly.

Andrea said...

Looks like a great weekend. Loved looking at all of the fab finishes.

Karen said...

Sounds fantastic! definitely looks like a great weekend. :)

stitcherw said...

Sounds like a wonderful trip, loved seeing all the pictures of the finished pieces. There's nothing like going into a shop and seeing so many pieces in real life, pattern pictures just don't do them justice so many times. Belated congrats on finishing Cercles, it turned out gorgeous. I love all the shapes that are in the piece, very deserving of a huge happy dance.
Sue

Meari said...

What a great shop! Cute scissors.

Karoline said...

Sounds like a great day, everyone had some fantastic pieces on display

Giovanna said...

What wonderful stitched pieces - always a joy to see such an amazing show. Enjoy the Jingles, they're fun :-)

Melanie said...

I just love these posts that you do, where we can see everyone's work. It's so impressive and inspiring. I can't imagine the pattern charts for the Mona Lisa piece. Must have been a small book!
Can't wait to see the Jingles show up on your blog. Those are fun. :)

♥ Nia said...

Wow! Wonderful works :D
I'd love to stitch Jingles, love that series!! :)

Lynn said...

I love seeing all the pics of everyone's finishes. There's such an amazing display of talent there.
Jingles looks like a fun collection of stitches. It's a great stash enhancer!

Anne said...

What an amazing! Thanks for showing us all the pictures of all that beautiful stitching! I love the Canadian maple leaves all together. Such a great design.

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Love all these display photos, such amazing work here.