tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32054845864692752872024-03-12T18:22:36.848-07:00Stitching GrandmaCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.comBlogger252125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-36002537910703213232014-01-21T21:35:00.000-08:002014-01-22T18:39:39.944-08:00Pig with FlowerThis is from the Crazy for Summer Piggies section of Cross Stitch Crazy #125. It's stitched on white 14-count Aida with DMC floss. I started it on 1/20/14 and finished it today (1/21/14). <br />
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I was originally going to stitch this one for Kyleigh's quilt, but she decided she didn't want a pig on her quilt. Then when she saw me working on it, she said she wanted to wait until it was finished to decide whether she wanted it or not. So I'm not sure where it's going. If she decides she doesn't want it, I'll send it to WOCS.<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-46164158355060407352014-01-20T18:14:00.000-08:002014-01-22T18:23:11.124-08:00Fun with Tiny TimSince Janice had to work today and I didn't and Kyleigh didn't have school, Kyleigh spent the night and most of the day with us. She also brought the class turtle (Tiny Tim). She was supposed to write about her adventures with Tiny Tim as well as take pictures with him. So, we took some pictures in the backyard.<br />
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The first picture is of Kyleigh and Tiny Tim riding one of our lawn tractors.<br />
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The second picture is of Kyleigh and Tiny Tim riding a kid size car that David was planning to turn into a remote control car, but hasn't gotten around to it yet. In this picture you can also see the turtle's cage. BTW, it isn't a real turtle.<br />
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In the final picture, Kyleigh is attempting to fix the car since it wouldn't start when she pushed the ignition switch.<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-47076142497301458012014-01-19T20:24:00.000-08:002014-01-22T18:32:07.788-08:00Flowers in Green CircleThis is the second chart in the free cover kit from the World of Cross Stitching #212. Again, I used 28-count Jobelan and DMC floss. The felt cutout and a ribbon to hang it with were included in the kit. I started it on 1/18/14 and finished it today (1/19/14).<br />
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The design is just sitting in the cutout right now; I still have to finish finish it. I haven't decided whether or not to add the ribbon hanger or a magnet to the back, but I am planning to keep it for me.<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-4911747135781983362014-01-19T17:14:00.000-08:002014-01-19T17:16:03.373-08:00Little ArcherKyleigh spends every other weekend with her dad and this was one of those weekends. Her dad is an archery coach and he gave Kyleigh her first bow and arrow for Christmas this year. Kyleigh was also "Kindergartner of the Week" last week and got to be responsible for the class pet--a fake turtle--which she took with her this weekend. Janice asked if they would take pictures for the story Kyleigh has to write for class and Chad sent her these three.<br />
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The first is of the little archer herself. That bow's as tall as she is!<br />
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The second picture is of Tiny Tim sitting on a couple of arrows.<br />
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And in the third picture, she's showing that her arrow hit the gold part of the target. <br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-87827525698605486922014-01-18T17:49:00.000-08:002014-01-19T16:58:15.272-08:00Flowers in Pink HeartThis is the free cover kit from World of Cross Stitching #212. I switched out the supplied Aida for a scrap of 28-count Jobelan and the floss for the corresponding DMC since I ran out of one of the colors before I had it 1/4 of the way done and the floss in the kit did not match the called for DMC. I started it on 1/15/2014 and finished it today (1/18/2014). <br />
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The design is just sitting in the cutout right now; I still have to finish finish it. I haven't decided whether or not to add a ribbon hanger or a magnet to the back, but I am planning to keep it for me.<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-84586432642038744942014-01-14T21:01:00.000-08:002014-01-15T18:02:49.318-08:00Valentine Heart #2This is the third heart motif I'm doing for WOCS Valentines Day card project. It was a fairly quick stitch since there are only three colors and I left off the french knots and backstitching. This chart was also found in the World of Cross Stitching Magazine #212 in the Subscriber Bonus Pages. It's stitched on white 14-count Aida with DMC floss. I started it on 1/11/14 and finished it today (1/14/14).<br />
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<br />Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-89723127595482445062014-01-12T19:37:00.000-08:002014-01-12T19:37:54.855-08:00Our Day at Griffith ParkDavid worked the Monster Truck event at Angels Stadium last night and did some surfing on the internet during his breaks. He called and said he'd like to go ride the Live Steamers and visit Travel Town today. So, after church this morning we took off for Griffith Park which is about 45 minutes north of us.<br />
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Our first stop was the Live Steamers. I'd been there before with my parents, but the others hadn't so it was kind of a surprise for them. It was about a six minute ride through tunnels, over bridges, past various vignettes, etc. and we really enjoyed it.<br />
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They were doing some maintenance on the engine before the ride so the conductor took our picture. <br />
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This is the train we rode.<br />
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Just inside the gate was a layout with a smaller train running.<br />
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After riding the Live Steamers, we drove over to Travel Town. We also rode the train there, but we enjoyed the Live Steamers more. <br />
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We also explored a couple of train cars.<br />
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It was about 2:00 when we left so we stopped at Harry's Coffee Shop in Burbank for lunch. David used to eat there when he consulted for a couple of companies nearby. I was looking at the salads, but when the waiter told us that one of the specials was leg of lamb, my decision was very easy--I love leg of lamb, but rarely get the chance to eat it since I'm the only one who likes it. I even had enough left for lunch tomorrow.<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-48386602717962881492014-01-11T20:10:00.000-08:002014-01-11T20:10:39.062-08:00Valentine Heart #1This is the second heart motif I'm doing for WOCS Valentines Day card project. It was a fairly quick stitch since there are only three colors and I left off the french knots and backstitching. This chart was also found in the World of Cross Stitching Magazine #212 in the Subscriber Bonus Pages. It's stitched on white 14-count Aida with DMC floss. I started it on 1/8/14 and finished it today (1/11/14).<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-33947608962896518702014-01-11T20:04:00.000-08:002014-01-12T19:38:23.809-08:00Family Fun DayWe're members of the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum in Vista, California and yesterday Janice saw a Facebook posting about today being a Family Fun Day where kids could visit the various buildings and learn about what goes on in them. When we arrived, Kyleigh received a card and got a stamp at each building/venue she visited. When she was done, she visited the prize table and received a pencil and a free admission to a future show. They also had a raffle which we didn't participate in, but one of the prizes was a telescope that Kyleigh really wanted. Fortunately, Janice remembered that Kyleigh was given a telescope by a neighbor so they were going to go home and test it out, once it got dark of course.<br />
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We visited the farmhouse where we saw an old fashioned kitchen and parlor and learned about what various appliances were like back then. (Unfortunately, I don't remember the time period.)<br />
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We then visited the Schoolhouse of Times Past where we learned about one room schoolhouses and the discipline and methods of learning, etc. a long time ago. Kyleigh wrote "I like" and is drawing a picture of herself shooting a bow and arrow on a slate with white chalk.<br />
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We then visited the blacksmith shop where we were able to watch several blacksmiths at work. <br />
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We also took a train ride and ride in a hay wagon (without the hay) pulled by a John Deere tractor and did a scavenger hunt at the Model Railroad Building. The scavenger hunt involved finding various items such as a campground, a scarecrow, an alien, etc. somewhere in the layouts which were all N-gauge and Kyleigh got a pin that said I <heart> trains.<br />
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Our final stop was the Weavers' Building where Kyleigh got a Kumihimo project. She's done these before, but needed a little reminding. This is a heptagon (I think) with seven threads and eight holes and you move the third thread on the right of the empty hole to the empty hole. I showed Kyleigh a trick where she could tell which thread to move by it's position rather than by counting. <br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-29038789316819429092014-01-08T21:34:00.000-08:002014-01-09T18:41:39.889-08:00Valentines Day CupcakeEach year, WOCS (World of Charity Stitching) makes Valentines Day cards for seniors in a care center and I've decided to do a couple for them this year. <br />
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The first one I did is from the World of Cross Stitching #212 and is the cupcake of the month for February. I started it on 1/5/14 and finished it today (1/8/14). It's stitched on white 14-count Aida with DMC floss.<br />
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I did make a couple of changes. The chart called for french knots scattered around the frosting and small outlined hearts and single cross stitches scattered around the cupcake. I couldn't tell what the color was underneath the dots indicating the french knots so I just used cross stitches instead. And as you can tell from the picture, I left off the scattered hearts and cross stitches.<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-139469404262825172014-01-06T20:00:00.000-08:002014-01-07T17:07:30.723-08:00My BirthdayToday was my birthday and we went to dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory in Fullerton. I discovered that they have a senior menu (they're not picky about your age) with a smaller portion of spaghetti and a lower price. Janice commented that it was the perfect size for me since I ate it all for a change.<br />
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When I picked Kyleigh up from school, she told me she had wrapped up some toys for my birthday because mama hadn't been able to get me anything and she wanted me to be able to unwrap something. According to Janice, she picked out the wrapping paper and bows and did all the wrapping herself. Here is a picture of what she gave me:<br />
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They were in two packages and there is one toy missing from the picture because Kyleigh asked if she could have it. <br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-76831238574705475242014-01-04T21:45:00.000-08:002014-01-05T12:05:02.950-08:00Puppy with BallPuppy with Ball came from Cross Stitch Crazy #125. It was stitched as charted on white 14-count Aida using DMC floss. It was started on 1/2/2014 and finished today (1/4/2014). This will be a square for Kyleigh's quilt.<br />
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Since Kyleigh has seen me stitch squares for so many quilts for charity, she has requested that I stitch one for her. It will be mostly mismatched alphabet squares with a few others mixed in. My goal is to finish most of the squares this year.<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-77573039428441214912014-01-02T17:49:00.000-08:002014-01-04T17:53:43.897-08:00Fairy Ladybird (Yellow)This cute little design came from Cross Stitch Crazy #127. It's stitched on 14-count white Aida with the called for threads. I started it on New Years Day and finished it today (1/2/14). <br />
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I had originally intended to use it on the quilt I'm making for Kyleigh, but have decided to restitch it with the dress in the pinks used for another design in this article and give this one to WOCS instead.<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-12585648891095966342014-01-01T17:40:00.000-08:002014-01-05T12:09:12.042-08:00MS 12 Days of Christmas CompletedI finished 12 Drummers Drumming today which completes the entire project. This appeared in several old UK Cross Stitcher magazines, but I actually stitched it from "The Ultimate Margaret Sherry Collection" on 25-count potato Lugana, 2 over 2, using Anchor threads. I started it on 12/28/2013 and it's my first finish of 2014.<br />
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Here is the entire piece. I'll be making it into a wallhanging once I find the appropiate fabric, probably sometime later this year.<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-32608775866059022702013-12-28T20:34:00.000-08:002014-01-04T17:40:16.594-08:00Gingerbread HouseThis is a JanLynn Wizzer, an old kit out of my stash, stitched on 14-count white plastic canvas. I started it on 12/23/2013 after finishing the Christmas Cat and finished it today (12/28/2013). I haven't decided whether to attach a ribbon or a magnet, but I do know I won't be using the wire that came with the kit. And yes, it is definitely for me.<br />
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Here are her cats in real life. They're not related and one is two years older than the other, but it's really hard to tell them apart.<br />
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And here is the ornament I made. It was started on 12/21/2013 and completed on 12/23/2013. I didn't actually make it into an ornament until Christmas Day after Kyleigh had unwrapped it.<br />
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-13720895265957503382013-12-24T20:55:00.000-08:002014-01-04T18:06:06.092-08:00It Snowed on Christmas EveLiving in southern California, we seldom, if ever get to see snow on the ground. Our church decided to remedy that situation this year and brought in several tons of snow today. There were two areas, one for building snowballs and building snowmen and one for sledding. <br />
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This is how you dress when going to the snow and the weather is 80 degrees outside.<br />
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This is the snowman that Janice and Kyleigh built.<br />
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Kyleigh really enjoyed the sled runs and spent most of the time on those. <br />
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She doesn't know how she managed to get turned around, so she thought it must have been magic. She actually turned a full 180 degrees and ended up going backwards.<br />
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Here she is with the toys she helped choose--one for a boy and one for a girl.<br />
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The next picture is of the bus where her toys went--I wasn't fast enough with the camera to catch her tossing the toys on the pile.<br />
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David, Janice and I met them for dinner at Big Thunder Ranch this evening. Here, Janice was holding Jasper who will be a year old in August, but Jasper was more interested in David. </div>
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-76258648042216969202013-07-05T08:30:00.000-07:002013-07-05T12:09:20.044-07:00The 4th of July - Angels Game I celebrated the 4th of July by sleeping in, going out to lunch, watching Stage 4 of Le Tour de France and attending the Angels game last night. Bob always has other plans for the 4th of July so it was just Janice, Kyleigh and I. It was a fantastic game with the Angels pulling out a win in the bottom of the ninth. Kyleigh says it's because when one of the ushers asked her who was going to win as we headed to our seats, she said "the Angels". <br />
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Janice bought some face paints earlier this year and she's used them quite a few timesso far. Kyleigh had an Angels A on her left cheek and flag inside a star on her right cheek. Here she is posing for Mommy.<br />
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Prior to the game there was a huge flag displayed on the field and the Star Spangled Banner was followed by a flyover. I think the gentleman sitting beside me said they were F-58s.</div>
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Since David works in the Control Room, I knew the cameraman manning the high third camera. I took Kyleigh over to introduce her before the game and he wanted to know where our seats were so he could put her on the scoreboard. It turned out that he wouldn't be able to get a good shot because there were too many people between us and the camera, so he asked her to come back down after the second inning so she could be on the Smile Cam. Below, they're prepping for the shot.<br />
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And here is the picture that appeared on the scoreboard. Isn't that a pretty smile? Grandpa took the picture off the monitor inside the Control Room and I can't remove the black borders. </div>
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After the game there were more fireworks and they were pretty good except for a glitch where the fireworks computer froze so there were no fireworks to go with two of the songs. They were able to fix the problem and there was another amazing finale. I'm going to the game again tonight, this time with Bob so I'll get to see the regular Friday night fireworks as well.</div>
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Well, it's been a long time and a lot has happened that I've missed blogging about. I finally realized that these are memories that won't be captured for future reminiscince. So, I've decided to resurrect my blog and start capturing those memories again. Whether I'll blog about the one's I've missed remains to be seen.</div>
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The 3rd of July is a celebration event in Orange held every year on July 3rd. There are bounce houses and slides, food booths and information booths detailing city services, sponsors information, etc. There is also a patriotic show followed by some amazing fireworks.</div>
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Janice, Kyleigh and I went this year (David had a game). Kyleigh had a lot of fun playing in the bounce houses and slides and visiting the various booths including one where she got to create a card for a serviceman. She drew an American flag with the pole on the wrong side, but I'm sure the person receiving it will appreciate it anyway.</div>
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In the picture below, she's hugging the new City of Orange mascot. She could see a person through the eyes so she told us it was just a man.</div>
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They also had a ladder truck and Kyleigh decided she had to visit. This fireman gave her a tour of the truck and let her sit in every seat and play with the headphones. He probably spent about 15 minutes with her and she enjoyed every one of them.</div>
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After a dinner of corn on the cob, hot dogs or hamburgers and kettle corn, we went up into the stands for the show. I didn't realize that this was the city of Orange's 125th birthday and that was celebrated as well as the introduction of Miss Orange and the singing of patriotic songs. One of the song medleys that I espeially enjoy is the singing of the various armed services anthems while the veterans of those branches stand. The gentlemen sitting beside me was in the Navy and two gentlemen just behind us were in the Marines and their voices carried very well. Of course, now Kyleigh has all kinds of questions regarding the military, wars, etc.</div>
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Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055013676854650187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205484586469275287.post-5290485323796625542013-01-22T19:31:00.000-08:002013-01-22T19:31:16.813-08:00In the Mail TodayI received two envelopes in the mail today that weren't bills or junk mail. The first was another birthday card and skein of floss for the Birthday Floss Exchange at the Shared_Crosses Yahoo Group. Ann sent me this card and a skein of the new DMC limited edition floss.<br />
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The second was a package from 123Stitch. When I was sttiching the mystery heart, I was afraid that I'd run out of floss so I ordered another skein on Friday. Since the shipping charge is exhorbitant for just a skein of floss, I decided to add a couple of things.<br />
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I've been wanting to do one of the tropical Santas so I added Hawaii Santa and I Love Stitching which will be made into a magnet to go on the filing cabinet in my home office/craft room.<br />
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