Sunny and Warmer
The sun can bring warmth and feelings of nice.
There had been no plans to visit the studio on this Tuesday. About 9:30 this morning, I felt the tug. A trip had to be made to check if anything had changed over night. You can never tell. Sure enough I captured one very brave Boxelder bug sitting on my sewing machine. Hmm. I went ahead and cleaned, oiled and put a new needle in. I know the machine will appreciate it when next its turned on. That was the extent of this visit.
The sun beckoned me to my cherry red chair to soak up sun and prepare to begin a new cross stitch project. I have not come up with any solution for the framing of “Good Will to Men” cross stitch. Still thinking on that. Cross stitch stitching is really comforting for me. I do have to stay on track for a design to do well.
I will share why I dropped out of the stitching group that I had traveled to in Mankato. It began a while back when Anita put on Facebook that those interested in expanding interest in machine embroidery would meet in her quilt shop in Mankato. Anita sold her shop and we met in various restaurants for noon lunches. That for me was the beginning of meeting new people. Long story made short. Over time, machine embroidery people did not do or share any embroidery. Four of us could have out of the eight that the group grew to, and I did enjoy sharing what I had embroidered as well as sharing designs with three of them. The emphasis in the recent past was more on taking in quilt retreats, traveling to quilt shops to shop and eating lunches. I opted out to grow my passions in my own home and not eating fast foods. A part of it also was that my personal circumstances had changed in regard to my mobility.
The original group was enjoyable when we met in Anita’s quilt shop. Those sweet gals did meet with us in the lunch area of the mall after Anita’s sale. As all things will, they change and those acquaintances were lost and not included when Anita went forward with what became eight on a monthly get together.
My cherry red chair in my bedroom porch is my place of serenity and enjoyment, also being sunny and warm. I wish that for all the stitchers in my life.
With that I take my leave. ♥