It's been over a year since I last visited my not-so-local shop, which is about 2.5 hours away. But Mr. Wonderful had a couple days of leave after the holiday weekend so we took a little road trip so I could do some stash maintenance. I was shopping for 250th and Christmas Open House stitching!
I can never have enough GAST Buckeye Scarlet. It's my favorite red and I expect to be using lots of it over the next year. Not being a fan of most blues, I took the opportunity to peruse the wall of threads and choose a blue I really liked to swap out when I needed it. I chose Classic Colorworks Cauldron. It looks periwinkle in this picture (and purple next to other blues!) but it's a deeper, smokier color and looks so pretty with Buckeye Scarlet.
I picked up a few pieces of fabric as well, all 32 ct. Lugana. Left to right: Dusty Lavender (not quite as grey as the picture), Wildberry, and Steel Blue.
I'm always on the lookout for nice, neutral "parchment-y" colors that don't lean too heavily yellow or brown. This one is reading yellow of course (have I mentioned I hate the camera on this phone? Colors are impossible), but in reality, it's a very well balanced neutral. 32 ct. Burnt Sand from Mani di Donna.
I have so much patriotic and Christmas Open House stitching lined up, I didn't even really look at charts, but I did bring home this little guy. Too adorable to pass up. The whole Animal Crackers series is very cute, but I think he's my favorite.
A couple of treats from one of my favorite Etsy shops.
This week also brought a lovely surprise in the mailbox from Robin in Virginia! She knows me... I am a fox loving, sweater weather kinda girl! Thank you, Robin!
In other news, stitching has commenced on 250th birthday and Christmas Open House 2026 projects! Yes, you read that correctly, 2026! Things are cookin' over here at Wonderful HQ.
We also had shots this week, and while Marigold always powers through with no ill effects, Butterfly always develops a fever, poor darling. She's all better now, but she had a rough couple of days. Here they are, sleeping off their vaccines.
And that's the update from our house. Hope y'all are having a wonderful summer.
Happy Stitching!
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