I spent the weekend at a stitching retreat everyone.  Let me tell you, this was a real treat!    Twenty-one women, two nights, all accommodation and meals provided, peace and quiet (well, except Saturday night when we practiced belly dancing), no interruptions.  Yep.  Heaven on earth!  We were well fed.  So well fed I figured my only defense was three walks a day, one after each main meal. 

Projects worked on?  I finished my "Leaves" project...except to find a hanger for it.


I finished stitching a second Christmas ornament.  I have a few more to do before the end of October.


I finished stitching a Kissing Pillow for the Canadian military in Afghanistan.  This link is for an American kissing pillow.  The only difference between the Canadian and American ones is Canadians add some maple leafs instead of the stars.  The pattern for a kissing pillow was featured in "Embroidery Canada" in the October issue.  This magazine is available to members of the Embroidery Association of Canada only.  I stitched this on a friend's cloth, so do not have a photo of it. 

I worked more on my "Friends" cross-stitch.  But will have to rip out the grass under the skirts, as I did it wrong.  However, I was happy just to have those skirts done!


The next project to work on, aside from "Friends" and Christmas ornaments, is the guild sampler from three years ago that I haven't finished!


All this stitching has motivated me to finish off some projects.  Having concentrated time to work on a project really helps.  I think I may try setting aside large blocks of time at home to work on projects.  I've been avoiding it for a variety of reasons.  Time to get to work!