Coffee

Coffee, gifts, ATCs, and some embroidery

This morning I met Marg from Maggies Textiles. It turns out that not only do we live within a couple of suburbs of each other, but I used to work with her daughter! This relieved her children, who were worried I might be some weirdo she met on the internet. Well, they weren’t entirely wrong…we did meet on the internet, and I am a bit strange, but only in a needle-wielding, rather than axe-wielding way. I wasn’t worried…I figured the chances of someone setting up a blog about embroidery to lure me into their clutches for nefarious purposes was fairly slim…and I was right. Marg is lovely, we had a great chat, Moo was on her best behaviour (helped by a juice and chocolate log which looked delicious, but she wouldn’t share), and Marg gave me a lovely gift – some hand-dyed fabric from her stash, and a little box she made covered in hand-dyed fabric. We also did show and tell, and I saw a sneak peek of her lovely TIF challenge for this month. My challenge for this month is still in the mulling over stages……..

Yesterday I received two ATC’s in the mail – from Doreen (creative meanderings) and her granddaughter Ebony. They are both beautiful, Ebony made the one on the left, Doreen made the one on the right – needle felted and hand embroidered. Also pictured is the lovely tassel Doreen made me. The photos don’t do it justice (when do my photos ever?) – It is absolutely gorgeous… I spend a lot of time fondling it, because it is very soft and tactile as well as being lovely to look at.

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