100th Post

I can't believe it - When I got ready to post today - it says #100. Wow, I don't know what to say. LOL If you knew me well you would know that I am rarely at a loss for words.

What an amazing ride this has been. Each and every one of you that I have met have in your own way added and enriched my life. I have learned all the wonderful things about fellow stitchers from stunning round robins, wonderful exchanges and contest winnings to RAK's. I have learned about new designers, more beautiful patterns than I could ever hope to stitch and new threads and colors. I have met people from all over the world via the blog world. I have learned the worst from disappearing pieces of needlework, to round robins and exchanges that fell apart, from spam and nasty comments. You have encouraged me when I was down or blocked, you offered up your prayers for my sister and her husband, you have adored my grandchildren and you patted me on the back more times than I can count. You have walked with me through all my stitches and counter stitches, my finishes and my odd piece that ended up in file 13.

THANK YOU ONE AND ALL

Now, on the stitching front. It has been a busy week. I did a replacement stitch at the F&S exchange for Peg She is a teapot collector. This was a freebie from SanMan Originals that I chose for her. Also included was a recent magazine with "Teapot Cottage" with fabric and threads.

Here is my progress on Paradigm for the week. This is one huge motif with lots of solid stitching. I still have another week's work on this one.

Next, we have Prairie Schooler's Partridge in a Pear Tree that I am working on. This will be April's ornament when I am finished. It is a really pretty stitch.I finished my next round for Fair and Square and before it went in the mail I ordered a pattern to put in the package. Well, you can't just order one pattern so I ordered Ursula Michaels Lighthouse Welcome and Tree Trunk Designs Lighthouse Alphabet. While perusing blogs this week there was lots of talk about Reader's Digest Big Book of Stitches. Before I knew it I was at Barnes & Noble and look what I found.

This is my progress on my Swedish Weaving afghan. This pattern is called Marquise and it is coming along nicely.

Well, that's it for this post. Thank you everyone for all your kind comments on my ribbon wins. I know it is not really important in the long run but I did like those ribbons.