Tiara Retreat Weekend - part 1

I spent this past weekend ensconced in the woods of Indiana at the annual Tiara Club's retreat!  It was a much needed stitching getaway.  We basically stitched, ate, and slept a little then repeated.  It was wonderful!

We were greeted with this super cute welcome gift.  Love the fall colors!  I wish you all could smell the wonderful salt scrub, my peep, Marsha made.  Yes, not only is she a talented stitcher she makes awesome soaps too!   Love the little pumpkin waxer and the needle tubes are really going to be handy.  They even came with needles in them!  Cool!

 

We always have a "free to a good home" table.  This year I actually remembered to bring a contribution.  I had a JoAnn's bag stuffed full and I happily got rid of it all!  I can honestly say I only came back home with a few things from the table...that felt good.

 

 

We always have a "show and tell" table too! Just check out the wonderfulness that showed up this year! 

 

 

I thought this one was so cute.  Love that pink fabric!

 

You'll recognize one of the Foster brothers is done now!  It looks great too.  This one belongs to my peep, Christie.  I hope she does a post about it so you all can see more of it.

Speaking of finishes, I had a couple myself over the weekend.  I'm so thrilled I got so much done.  The picture above shows everything I worked on.  Let's take a closer look.

Friday afternoon and evening, I worked on the Hornbook Bestiary.  I got all the third row's squares done and started on "K is for Kitten."  I finished filling in the kitten on Saturday morning.

Then I decided to "ornamentify" my "Bee Happy" heart I showed you in this post.  A little Mouse reminded me of some pretty awesome chenille trim I had received in an exchange this year.  I had tucked this trim away in a "safe" place and promptly lost it.  Don't you hate when you do that?!

I have to say, if you've never worked with this chenille trim, you seriously need to get yourself some and give it a go.  This stuff hides a multitude of sins and it's super easy to work with too.  I can see myself using this stuff more often.  Thanks, Mouse for spoiling me!

Design:  "Merry Christmas" freebie

Designer:  Threadwork Primitives

Fabric: 36ct. opalescent white

Floss:  DMC 115 & 367

Started:  9/28/13

Finished:  9/28/13

Needs to be ornamentified!

Once I finished the heart, I moved onto one of several Christmas ornaments I need to stitch.  This one worked up really quickly and I'm thinking of doing another one.  I'm not sure how I'm going to finish it.  I'm thinking maybe with a beaded edge but then a small pillow would be cute too.  Stay tuned!

Design:  Tin Toppers "ABC Sampler"

Designer:  Samplers and Such

Fabric:  36ct. light sand

Floss:  DMC as charted

Started:  9/28/13

Finished:9/28/13

This was the last thing I stitched on Saturday.  This is one that's been calling me from the basket o'joy for a while now.  It will eventually become a tin topper and fob.  I still need to do the back stitching on the fob and add my name/date to the tin topper.  I love this one!

I'll leave you for today with some comic relief.  This is my peep, Nancy's floss ring.  Yes, it does resemble a rat's nest.  Nancy even said so.  She's such a hoot!  Of course, when I looked at it I saw something else.

I think it makes for a good hair do!  You know like those daisy wreaths the hippies wore in the 60's.

Yep, we were getting a little silly at this point.  You know me, I can't help myself sometimes.  I'm like that dontcha know.  LOL!

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Well folks, this one is getting lengthy today.  I still need to show you what I made for the exchange and what I received.  I also need to share the other exchange pieces with you.  I'm going to save it for tomorrow.  Stay tuned!  I hope you enjoyed the retreat so far.


More tomorrow,

The Inspired Stitcher