Stitchers & Stitching

Hello July & Friends!

   How can it be July? Time is flying by. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Canada Day or 4th of July or you are just enjoying your summer.

I finished Betsy's House last night. I really enjoyed stitching this, I think it is the colors. The design is by Plum Street Samplers and I used the recommended fabric and threads.

  

I jumped right in and started the LK Halloween mystery after that. This has been sitting in my stash calling to me for the last year or too. I stitched this while watching the Women's Soccer World Cup game! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸wow!

  

I stitched the fob from my Colonial Gathering club piece. This has been in my travel bag.

There has been a little progress on Margaret Randolph too. I need to focus on her and get her done! I love the greens and that bright blue.

  So there is the stitching... Now for the Stitchers.

 I had the chance to work in Connecticutt    3 weeks ago. I used to live there so I was 

very excited to catch up with friends & family.

   I had the wonderful chance to meet up with Krista from Just Stitching Along. 

We met up in Waterbury and talked stitching, CT, moves, the Rolling Stones and lots of other things. I have followed Krista's blog for years. She is also one of the moderators for the Scarlet Letter Stitch-A-Long. So glad to meet you in person  Krista!

   I really started stitching seriously when I lived in Connecticut. I was fortunate to meet a group of Stitchers that would get together once a month. One of the core group had moved to Colorado and is in the process of moving back to CT and she made it back in time to meet up for dinner! I can't believe this worked out. I haven't seen these friends in 15 years!

Here we are! Sandy in the left explained to me what stitching "over two" was and introduced me to samplers and convinced me to go to Sampler Gathering the first time. Kathy who is next to me gave me last minute French knot instruction and fueled lots of stitching with broccoli cheese ritz casserole. Jan on the end also introduced me to samplers(she loves strawberry borders) and taught me how to do colonial knots(which I always use because I still have never mastered French knots!).

   We had so much to catch up on. One evening was not enough. Hopefully I will get back to CT in a couple of months for another get together. I love these girls!

  While in CT I also saw Rich's brother and his family. The nephews are now 22 and 21... Wow!

   I also had a chance to have my favorite pizza. I judge all other pizzas by this one.

Henry's in East Windsor, CT. It has been family operated since the 50's. The same people are making the pizza and the waitresses have been there for 30 years.

I ran into the mall in Meriden to pick something up at Best Buy and saw this picture of the mall from back in the 90's. I worked for Lechter's Housewares for 10 years and spent lots of time at this site.do any of you remember this chain? I loved that job! Retail back then was very different than it is now.

I am going to leave you with this view of Hartford.

 

Thanks for traveling with me!

Stitch On!

Chris