Russellville Recap - part 1

Well folks, it's that time of year again!  The annual Russellville "reunion" has come and gone.  There were only 15 of us this year.  Those that weren't present were missed.  Our drive down last Thursday started out pretty uneventful.

We took the ferry across the Ohio River.  The girls humor me every year.  I appreciate that!  They know how much I love riding that ferry.  This was the one we rode on.  I took this picture on the return trip while waiting for the bigger ferry to come back the Kentucky side to fetch us.

We also made our annual pilgrimage to visit Sondra and Carol at The Finishing Touch in Louisville.  This was the stash haul this year.  I've got an idea for the two pieces of fabric and I couldn't live without the other bits and pieces.  Sondra said those thread keeps fly right out of the shop as soon as she gets them in.  I can see why.  It's really pretty!

After we shopped we went to Cafe Classico for some sustenance.  Then a brief stop at the Hadley Pottery outlet store on the way to the highway.  I forgot to get pictures there.

As we were tooling down the road we noticed the truck beside us had a really cute passenger!  Y'all know I'm such a dog person.  That face just melted my heart.  Imagine traveling with your best pup friend.  So sweet!

Then we ran into this!  Yep, we are the blue dot on that map and yes, we went through all that nasty.  We all agreed at one point it was saints and angels carrying us through that storm.  Oh. My. Goodness!!  It was one nasty storm.  Later that evening one of the peeps' husbands called to let us know Russellville had made national news for the flooding!  There were yards and fields that had lakes of water in them.  I'm pretty sure they aren't normally like that since I've been going down there for the past seven years.  Thankfully, we arrived unscathed and ready to stitch!

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Design: Russellville Getaway Group Project

Designer:  The Queen Bee aka Belinda

Fabric: 28ct. Fog

Floss: WDW & DMC

Started: 7/7/16

Finished: 7/9/16

Completed: TBD

This was our group project designed by the Queen Bee.  We all did the outer border with the same WDW Confetti floss and then had the option to choose from a basket of curated DMC for our words and flower colors.  I chose to make my flower a poppy and the words are a teal color.  We were instructed by Queen Bee to each bring enough charms, beads, buttons, etc. to share with everyone.  The thought being to attach them to this stitched piece once finished and then the whole thing would be attached to the top of a wooden box.  I decided to wait on that part until I got home but I'm happy I got the stitching done while I was there.

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Dogs seem to be a common theme on this trip.  This cutie pie above is Donald (no, not named for any political figure in case you are wondering).  He's my peep, Valerie's furbaby.  Val forgot her embellishments for the group project embellishment exchange and her DH kindly drove them down to her.  Donald wanted to come along to meet us girls.  He was well received.  Such a good pup!

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Well, this one is getting a bit lengthy so I'll stop here and resume with the show and tell next time.  I hope you've enjoyed our trip to Russellville so far.  There's lots more to share so stay tuned!

Until next time,

The Inspired Stitcher