Lots of wool work…that’s what going on…
We are Retreating at the beautiful Hyatt at St. Johns Town Center.
We had a slight delay from the Hurricane Dorian….with out shipments being held up but they were all delivered on Monday and after lunch we were off busily…tracing, ironing, cutting and fusing and because we only had a half day of work on Monday…we carried on and started stitching on Tuesday…This hydrangea mat was out biggest and most complicated project we have this week out of the three they will be making…
Here are some photos of from Monday…
Since I am teaching and can’t really make the same thing twice…I changed up the colors and will be doing a blue hydrangea on a light background…
Jenny, who is a loyal follower of mine, was working on her freebie blocks from the summer block of the week this year…while we waiting on Monday morning for out shipments of supplies…we all were so impressed with he knots on all of the sheep…
and then look what else she is working on!!!!! I was pretty enamored by this….it’s all wool with a little hex for each day of 2019!!!!
Yesterday…we started with the stitching….first lesson cross stitching the stems…then blanket stitching…feather stitching in the leaves and finally the long straight stitched in the flowers topped off with a colonial knot…
As you can see it’s a pretty laid back retreat…
The sheep fairy came and left one of her babies for everyone…which were put to work right away////////////1
Here is my finished sample…with all the stitching completed…and the new version…which I use teach all the stitches during the class and then will have another sample for the shop. If you wish to purchase your own kit or pattern for this project you can do so HERE. My new version is on the web as well…please pick the light background and you will receive my version of Hydrangea in the Sunshine.
We also have a nice little store set up…but did you know when you come to retreat with us…all your kits are included in the retreat price…a lot of retreats charge you extra for your kits…just thought I needed to point this out. So when you think about going to a retreat make sure you know what you are all signing up for and getting…
and… we get a little Florida sun as well each day….
Well it’s time to get my suit on for our 7:30 water aerobics class one of the students is teaching this morning!!! It’s hot here…but not August/ Dallas hot!
Keep reading the blog this week for a chance to win some of these kits we are making here!
PS..I wish I could wake up…talk for awhile and then fall asleep again…how does one do that? I’m rooming with cousin Mary who is snoring so daintily beside me right now…
my best…Lisa
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