RCTN activity

I recently found my way back myself. I'm on Facebook but use rctn for my st itching fixes! For a quick fill in:

I became a great aunt in August (even found the MLI baby in a basket chart that I had bought on sale YEARS ago) and now have to frame it, stitched "Fa rmer John" on a denim style bib that is now to small for Baby John to wear and stitched a tabletopper for Baby's mom, who married my nephew last March . I've not actually met her because they live in Hawaii but my sister says "she's a wonderful girl". It's always nice when the mother in law thinks the new wife is wonderful! :-)

Rescued a (supposedly) 10 year old Turkish Angora cat in May and, fortunate ly, was able to find him an EXCELLENT Forever Home in November. He wasn't hypoallergenic like Fichu (our half Turkish Angora) is but he has a really sweet personality and a huge purr. Our two girls WERE NOT letting him sett le in so we were starting to have inappropriate barf and poop issues. His new family is very happy with him and, being the only child in his new hom e, there have been no "issues" of any kind so everyone is happy.

Twerp (our 2 year old female) had us chasing her around the house this week after biting off about a foot of Caron Watercolors from a tabletopper proj ect that I had stupidly left next to my chair without folding it with the d angling thread inside. FORTUNATELY for all of us, she spit it out rather t han trying to swallow it so we were spared a trip to the vet hospital! She esh! There can't be a loose thread anywhere in the house and I have to tie the handles on my needlework bags to keep her out of them. It's a small pr ice to pay for the "therapy" of watching the two girls chase each other up and down the hall or check out the firewood stacked next to the stove or lo ok out the window at the turkeys or just sit and be cute. :-) In between, I'm reading 'An Irish Country Wedding", the Molly Murphy mysteries from Rhy s Bowen and just re-read 'Skeleton in the Closet' while waiting for the nex t Hamish MacBeth book to arrive at the library. Liz from Humbut

stitching fixes! For a quick fill in:

t that I had bought on sale YEARS ago) and now have to frame it, stitched " Farmer John" on a denim style bib that is now to small for Baby John to wea r and stitched a tabletopper for Baby's mom, who married my nephew last Mar ch. I've not actually met her because they live in Hawaii but my sister sa ys "she's a wonderful girl". It's always nice when the mother in law think s the new wife is wonderful! :-)

tely, was able to find him an EXCELLENT Forever Home in November. He wasn' t hypoallergenic like Fichu (our half Turkish Angora) is but he has a reall y sweet personality and a huge purr. Our two girls WERE NOT letting him se ttle in so we were starting to have inappropriate barf and poop issues. H is new family is very happy with him and, being the only child in his new h ome, there have been no "issues" of any kind so everyone is happy.

ek after biting off about a foot of Caron Watercolors from a tabletopper pr oject that I had stupidly left next to my chair without folding it with the dangling thread inside. FORTUNATELY for all of us, she spit it out rather than trying to swallow it so we were spared a trip to the vet hospital! S heesh! There can't be a loose thread anywhere in the house and I have to ti e the handles on my needlework bags to keep her out of them. It's a small price to pay for the "therapy" of watching the two girls chase each other u p and down the hall or check out the firewood stacked next to the stove or look out the window at the turkeys or just sit and be cute. :-) In between , I'm reading 'An Irish Country Wedding", the Molly Murphy mysteries from R hys Bowen and just re-read 'Skeleton in the Closet' while waiting for the n ext Hamish MacBeth book to arrive at the library.

I guess there are too many like myself, who found that life got in the way of stitching. Sad really, because this was such an amazing resource back in the day. RCTN taught me so much about fabrics, threads, stitches, patterns, designers, LNSs, tools, techniques, & styles; I've dabbled in so many types of embroidery now that I can't remember all of them anymore, LOL!

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