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LeeAnna  has asked What’s your favorite holiday food item that you look forward to enjoying every year? It is rather hard to pick a favourite!  I love a good turkey dinner with all the fixings.  I love having a more relaxed dinner where I put out loads of finger foods.  I count myself very blessed to have so much wonderful food to enjoy. I also count myself blessed to have had such a lovely holiday with my hubby.  He is pointing to the peak that we hiked to on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.  There is another higher peak but this one was challenging enough.  The trail had turned into a waterway from the previous night's rain.  I did not have the proper footwear for that.  I am so grateful that we are able-bodied enough to still do this sort of thing! A local church offers free noon concerts once a week.  A friend and I went yesterday and enjoyed it immensely.  What a treat to listen to such talented musicians!  We are hoping to att...
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Work in Progress Wednesday

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 I have been having a lot of fun playing with collage.  A group of us have been getting together once a month to play in the collage world.  The last time we were together, we focused on black and white.  I brought home my scraps and created this.   I think the two flowers on the right are interesting.  The one on the right is a bit off.  I am not sure how to fix it, so I will leave it for now. 
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Mandala Monday

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 I guess it isn't possible to love every mandala I create.  I am not a big fan of all the white space on this one.  I did enjoy creating it and that is good enough.
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Slow Stitching Sunday

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  I have started another butterfly.  I've tacked down all the fabric pieces.  I have stitched some interesting yarn to outline the butterfly.  Now the fun part can happen.  I love adding the embroidery to these butterflies.  Going through my scraps, finding the right pieces, and placing them is also a lot of fun for me.  It is all good. It has been a while since I have done a stitched mandala.  I am thinking it might be fun to try one with this method.  Do I really need to start another project?  Probably not!  I might do it anyway!   I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/
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LeeAnna  has asked What is a comfort food you love to cook or bake as the weather gets colder? I like soup.  Lots of different kinds of soup.  My hubby isn't a big fan of soup so I didn't make it for many, many years.  Now I make it and enjoy it.  I always gave my kids the option to make a peanut butter and jam sandwich if they didn't like what I prepared.  Sweet hubby can do the same. I like that there are free noon hour concerts once a week at a church not too far away.  I have been meaning to check them out for years.  I now have plans with two different friends to go in the next couple of weeks.   I like Dale Chihuly glass.  I was amazed by this piece at the Victoria and Albert Museum.  It is huge.  Just the section pictured above has to be at least ten feet. Here is a photo of the whole piece. A much smaller piece by Chihuly was donated to the local Glass and Clay Museum.  I haven't taken a photo of it yet. ...
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Work in Progress Wednesday

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 I have been working on the body of the unicorn stuffy I am creating.  This unicorn will be a character in the book I am doing for my second granddaughter.  I hope she doesn't grow out of loving unicorns before I get it done!  I am enjoying adding all the embroidery to this.  
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Mandala Monday

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  I am auditioning the butterflies on this mandala.  I printed the butterflies multiple times.  It is an image of one of my stitched butterflies.  I feel like it is an interesting way to use some of my textile work.  There is something about this mandala that I am not loving.  I am not sure what it is.  I think the butterflies are though.  What do you think?
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