…. made some new friends, stitched a LOT, ate good food, got to see my daughter and grandson who live in Tennessee and generally had a good time. Came home tired, but a good tired. I tried to walk around every hour but the chairs got uncomfortable pretty fast.
Some of the roomful of stitchers there. I think there were 3 or 4 men who were cross stitchers among that hoard of women.
My table, I’m sort of in the back – on the right. We were from Alabama, Georgia and Pennsylvania at my table, though there were women there from all over the US and I met a couple from the UK. I wore long sleeves and wool socks all the time. Everyone else was warm, I was freezing (and who’s surprised about that?)
I was so blessed to have Barbara take me and thankful she convinced me to take my Craftlite. The battery pack worked GREAT and it still had plenty of power when we left on Sunday.
My cross stitching. That’s “Mini Koda” watching me. Koda was actually at the sitters and she sent me LOTS of pictures. Dogs were allowed at the hotel, but Koda is such a mama’s baby and afraid of everything, it just wouldn’t have worked with him. And yes, that is some kind of blond brownie with chocolate chips – and yes – it was delicious!
Couldn’t resist this picture – a disabled lady and her sweet service dog were there. She allowed us to pet the little dog and she was very friendly. Don’t you love her patriotic jacket. See, I’m not the only one who was cold!
Another special blessing was having daughter Dixie and grandson Marks join us for lunch on Saturday.
All in all it was a great weekend. Was able to relax, stitch and visit and take my mind off my health situation. Thanks again Barbara!
I’m truly the one that is blessed to have you in my life. I know I wouldn’t have been able to continue with Stitchers Haven without you. 😘
Ahhh, you’d manage, but thank you for the kind thoughts. You are a special lady in my life.
Iris
It was such a great weekend. Thank you for going with me!!! It was a lot slower pace than our Nashville markets we go to!! Now we have to look for more retreats to attend. Seems to be the only way I get any stitching done 🤣. It was great to see Dixie and finally getting to meet Marks. Glad we made some new friends as well!!!
Well, thank you for taking me. It was a great stress reliever for me – cross stitch usually is, but I believe that’s as long as I’ve stitched at one time. I thoroughly enjoyed it – I love the market too, but this was totally different. It’s always a blessing to be able to connect with Dixie and I was excited that “Marks” was there. Some really nice new friends too. Barbara, you are such a blessing to me!
Iris