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Monday, October 21, 2024

F.N.S.I., Apple Festival and The List

Hello and Happy Monday, my Lovelies!

I hope you had a great weekend.


Wendy, our friend at Sugarlane Designs, hosted Friday Night Sew In and I’m excited to tell you that I finished, YES…finished, a cross stitched piece.


This is Give Thanks by The Proper Stitcher.

I shared my start on this piece a couple of weeks ago. It is stitched on 40 count linen, Chocolate Milk by Fabrics by Steph. I used mostly the called-for floss but did make a couple of substitutions.

As you know, western North Carolina is amid recovery from Hurricane Helene. Our little town decided to go forth with their annual Apple Festival on Saturday.

I didn’t take many photos because we were just enjoying the moment of being with neighbors and celebrating as if nothing had happened a few short weeks ago. So much devastation but these folks are resilient.


We enjoyed everything from all sorts of apple delicacies to jewelry making, local honey and so much more.




So, with all that activity, I didn’t quite accomplish everything on last week’s list.


I did plan the zoom group stitch along. It will be hosted on the GaRon Stitchery Facebook page and my blog. More to come…


I finished Give Thanks, as you can see above.


Unfortunately, I only finished 2 of the 3 blocks for Scrappiness Is Happiness.


The 64 Block


Tall Pines


I have one more block and the sashing to cut before I can begin to assemble the top. That will be my goal for this week.


Enjoy your day and week ahead!


See you soon,



3 comments:

Lin said...

Congratulations on your finish - I like the aged look of that linen. So good that your town carried on with it's apple festival, looks like great fun. xx

Marit Johanne said...

It is a good spirit in a community, to get up and do the good things that build the community. It is also important for the days when the problems come. It seems to have been a nice day. Your Give Thanks cross stitch is beautiful. I liked the fabric you have used.

Gene Black said...

I think it is wonderful that they held the apple festival. I am sure it was a pleasant change for the community to have a happy event and allow a day to forget about the devastation.