Getting Ready for Retreat
At 9:00 tomorrow morning, I'll be on my way to my sampler guild's semi-annual retreat at Salty Yarns and the Lankford Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland. These trips require more than a little bit of preparation. About six weeks ago, I started pulling potential projects. I knew that I wanted to start Blue Ribbon Designs Quilted Garden at the retreat since that piece is hanging on the walls in the hotel. I spent some time pulling the DMC threads from the nearly complete collection I have of my own threads and those I inherited from my mother. And yet, I will need to buy some colors at Salty Yarns, so they went on my shopping list along with the NPIs I will need to start the Susan Rambo sampler in January. From the possible "small" projects, I chose Turkey Love from Plum Street Sampler. After all, it is beginning to be that season. It's only 5" x 5" finished, so I should be able to get it stitched this weekend, right? I had the called for