Roughly this time of year for the past few years, Rebecca has hosted a stitching weekend when her husband goes off moose hunting. Lucky for us right?
Bonnie working on a scarecrow
Christin and I headed down after work on Friday, we did a little shopping along the way and stopped for a bite to eat. We drove down in heavy, heavy rain for most of the trip. It is so exhausting to drive in weather like that, white knuckling it for over an hour! By the time we finally landed on Rebecca's doorstep I was too pooped to stitch. Bonnie and Trista were already there, and more were going to arrive on Saturday.
Saturday morning we started bright and early as we stitched through the morning we were joined by Lynn, Tracey, Beth and Sylvia (Rebecca's Mom). It was a miserable day, but a lovely group of people and perfect for stitching!!!
Tracey putting her first stitches into a piece of Jazlyn
Tracey made her first venture onto evenweave on Saturday! She picked it up very quickly.
Sylvia, winding bobbins
Staying onto Sunday were Sylvia, Bonnie, Christin and I. We stitched late into the night and most of today as well! We had several Happy Dances both days! Rebecca finished up the four quilt squares she did for me. She also finished a baby piece for her best friend! Bonnie finished a girl scarecrow for her Mom and I finished up K is for Kitty.
Rebecca's fantastic finish!
I'm sure my usual photos do the talking
Bonnie & Caleb
Christin working on her Prarie Schooler block for Naan as well
Lynn
Rebecca showing off her piece!
Between my visit with Beatrice a few weeks ago, and this weekend's visit at Rebecca's I've received a whole bunch of Quilt Blocks back from my friends! I so appreciate their help getting these stitched up!
Stitched by Clare
Stitched by Adriana
Stitched by Angie
Stitched by Anne & Naan
Stitched by Rebecca
Now that I'm done the Kitty I've moved on to the last 3.5 Quilt Blocks. Here's where I'm at on block .5
My current quilt block (only 3 more after this!)
Of course you also want to see my Happy Dance right?
K is for Kitty
by Prarie Schooler
Stitched on 28ct Lugana
Stitched with DMC cotton floss
Everyone's stitching looks fantastic, what a wonderful time you all must have had. Congrats on your finish, love it!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your finish. It is gorgeous. Love seeing your pictures. Everyone's stitching is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe stitching gathering looks like so much fun, I'm sure you had a great time. Congrats on your lovely PS finish! Best wishes to you.
ReplyDeleteIt is always so nice to stitch with friends. Congrats on the finish.
ReplyDeleteooooo .. where was my invite??? ..lol .. looks like you all had a fab time give everyone congratulations on their stitching and the finishes too are lovely :) .. well done on getting there with the quilt and I love your K is for Kitty :) take care :) love mouse xxxx
ReplyDeleteStitchers' gatherings are always a lot of fun, and this looks like it was no exception to that rule. :) Congrats on the finish, K is for Kitty is on my to-do list as well, I really love the Prairie Schooler alphabet series.
ReplyDeleteSo good to see that everyone had a great stitching time. I love all the quilt squares too.
ReplyDeleteBe always in stitches.
Congrats on the lovely kitty! Looks like you had a great time, and your friends' stitching is lovely too.
ReplyDeleteThat all looks like so much fun! I wish that I could have been there with you - it looks like you got lots of great stitching done. Your K is for kitty is fabulous. You must have had a really happy dance. The stitched quilt blocks look really good, too. And your friend's baby cross stitch looks absolutely amazing!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Kaye xoxox
Looks like a fun weekend - and very productive too!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all on the finishes.
Looks like a lovely weekend. So sorry that you had to drive in the rain. That is exhausting. The stitching is all lovely.
ReplyDeleteK is for Kitty was finished really quickly! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteIt was great to see you again. Wool Hoop on all the happy dances :)
ReplyDeleteGreat pics as well!
great job on K is for Kitty. Again-so jealous with your retreats!
ReplyDelete-Jen
Fun, fun, fun!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your finish for Nan. It looks great! It was so good to see you again at Rebecca's. I wish I could have stayed longer especially since that drive home was wicked!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a wonderful weekend! Love your quilt blocks! Care to share the info about designer for them!
ReplyDeleteRobin in Virginia
rlbrowninva(@)gmail(.)com
Sounds like you had a fun weekend of stitching with friends. All of the pieces look fantastic! That stitching of the baby is just adorable! I have been seeing your quilt blocks through your posts and they look so fun and bright and cheery. What are you doing with them?
ReplyDeleteLot of lovely stitching, well done to all the ladies. Kitty is gorgeous.
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful time!!stitching with friends, is perfect. Congratulations for the finish K is for kitty.
ReplyDeleteYay for finishing kitty!
ReplyDeleteThat baby piece is incredible. Really different and lovely. I wouldn't have lasted more than 2 hours with all that brown. (Like to look at the color - HATE to stitch with it.)
Glad everyone had a great time. :)
Stitching get togethers are always the best! Great finishes by all... happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteFantastic stitching by everyone. Looks like fun was had by all :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome stitching and finishing by all!
ReplyDeleteAww looks like so much fun, Dani! There's such a variety of work there too...very cool!
ReplyDeleteI always love seeing what everyone is working on, Dani, and your PS finish is awesome!!
ReplyDeleteAwww... all the stitches are wonderful,
ReplyDeleteI wish I could have been there.
Love the pics.
Congrats on finifhing K itty!
p/s tell Tracy YIPPEE!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Dani,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment on my blog. Love your stitching work and the photos of your cats. Sorry to see that you lost one in 2011....we did too. I finished "K is for Kitty" a few years ago. One of my favorite designs and Prairie Schooler is my favorite designer.
What a lot of colour in everyone's stitching! I love all the photographs on your blog, Dani. Keep snapping.
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