So hard to believe that October is over and the holidays are just around the corner! This month, Greg and I escaped to the Smoky Mountains for a week away along with dear friends. It was just what we needed. She is a stitcher too and we both started Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow with the goal of getting that top block done. I was able to finish mine, she decided she didn't like her linen so she worked on other projects. It was a great week!
Since we've been home, I've made good progress on And Heaven and Nature Sing. It's been a fun stitch. I thought stitching all the brown on the deer would be a slog-fest but it went rather quickly. I should be finishing this soon.
Before we left, I worked on organizing my DMC. Thanks to a $.02 skein sale at WalMart and Greg making friends with a WalMart associate I was covered in unorganized DMC. Since I wanted to share the loot with my friend who lives in a very rural area, I had to figure out what I had. I decided to use those Ikea boxes I bought some time ago. I cut a PO cardboard box to make a center divider.
I cut smaller pieces to use as organizational tabs inside.
I ended up with 4 very full boxes. Very full. These photos were early on in the process. After these pics my husbands connection at WalMart texted him to say she had even more $.02 DMC. I was able to share quite a bit with my friend and I sent some to someone in New Zealand where DMC is $1.69 a skein! I can't imagine! I plan on buying two more boxes when our Ikea opens up and then the DMC organization should be done. No plans to organize any of the rest of it yet!
It's all logged into the XStitch app along with all my charts, fabric, and other threads except for what I bought while on vacation and have not put away as yet. I love being able to easily see what I have and need at a glance! Getting everything in there went much quicker than I thought.
Tomorrow is Halloween and then we are full on in the holiday season. I'm hoping to find some calm days with my needles during all of the busy-ness. I hope that you can too and that all your stitches are happy ones!
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