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Stash Boomerang

Part of my mother's stash came back to me. It was no small project in 2023 to clean out the room with embroidery stash. There was a lot of give away. There were some things I kept and finished. But there were many things I abandoned. A few months ago, I got an e-mail from the person in Pennsylvania who helped me donate my mother's stash to the Thimble and Thread chapter of Embroiderers' Guild of America . She had some boxes. Could I please take them? It turned out it was only three boxes, a lamp, a frame stand, and a kitchen garbage-sized bag of metallic threads. In other words, it only took up half my car not my whole car. Not too bad. I went through that stash, organized it, and donated most of it to Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance . Their thrift shop is a fantastic place to acquire materials. You never know what you are going to find, so it is a good idea to make a habit of visiting. In fact, I did not leave empty-handed. I decided to work a ...

Glorious Weekend

I'm a couple days behind on this post. Partly that is because the Cuddly Hubby is home this week. He decided to take a week of vacation to come home on his own personal spring break. He also wanted to see The Atlanta Opera's production of Faust , which we saw Tuesday night. And, yes, it was very, very good. Beautiful sets, emotionally-engaging music, impressive singing, and a story worth thinking about. This is all coming off a great weekend with TECHknitter! First off, a huge thank you to Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance primarily, and Atlanta Knitting Guild secondarily, for bringing TECHknitter to Atlanta! And thank you to all the knitters who signed up for workshops. This weekend was scheduled more than a year in advance. As TECHknitter is presently trying to write a book and also now has a home in a fairly remote location, I believe it will be harder to fit teaching into her schedule as well as more expensive to cover her travel. We were fortunate to schedule her when we...