(Probably about time I got this out of being a draft post!)
I did sew at Scrub Stitchin', more than usual as instead of rush rush rush rush and still being in work mode when I got there I started leave the week before so I had time to decompress beforehand and actually be able to concentrate, relax and get into it before Sunday lunch time (you know, pack up time!). I considered schlepping a machine with me this year but got over that idea and spent a day prepping up the embroidery/stitchery/applique type parts of a few kits I rediscovered (aka forgotten I even had!) when looking for one specific kit. The plan being to get done whatever got done and worry about the machine sewing later - and what wasn't done sets up a nice supply of pick and go hand sewing for Thursday nights at quilt group so win/win for me!
I didn't do anything on the kit that set me on this path - but it is prepped for another day so no loss...I started with a Lynette Anderson Design Christmas Needlecase...No
idea where this came from as it is not something I would have bought,
so maybe a group swap of some kind? The pattern packet had most of the
fabrics (except the scissor keep heart as the piece in the pattern was
too small) and the wee bell for the reindeer's collar...
I would have finished the handwork at Scrub Stichin' but wanted to use green for the words (not the black the pattern called for) which I knew I had heaps of but not with me (that will learn me to pack light!).
Now in the needlecase pile, it will come in useful in a project box at some point.
Happy Stitching...