My Stitchalong

Can you believe I had two finishes this week?  TWO!!  I don't think that's ever happened in my stitching life time. Welcome to Hogwarts was one of this week's finishes.   This sweet little penguin was a quick start and finish.  A very dear friend of mine was suddenly hospitalized and had to have major surgery.  She loves penguins, and I knew I had a small penguin design...somewhere.  I found it pretty quickly, and decided to make it for her.  This is where having a decent sized stash of supplies comes in handy!! My husband and kids were told not to bother me unless someone had lost a limb, and I sat myself down and got to work.  It was delivered to her in the hospital the next day, and she was so touched that I thought of her.  Her surgery went well (thankfully), and she is on the long road to recovery. So, two finishes deserves a new start, right?  Normally I would say yes, but I'm trying to work on things already started. Passion Chocolat was star

Summer has definitely arrived!!  We went on vacation to Florida, and before we left the temperatures here at home were in the 70's.  It was 95 degrees every day we were away.  The heat really makes you tired, but we had a good time.  We seem to have brought the heat home with us, because since we got back it's been over 90 degrees every day!  I like the warmth, but I was not made for this heat!! I got no stitching done while we were away, but I've been trying to get some in since we got home, and I'm proud to see progress. Welcome to Hogwarts is looking great, and since we visited The Wizarding World of Harry Potter while we were away it's been it's been high in my rotation.     I did a little bit on the pandas, but they aren't showing as much progress.  I'll get back to them...eventually. One of the things we were working on before our vacation was having the living room, dining room, and kitchen painted because MJ and I ordered n