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Lovely stitching. And beautiful tortie. We have two at the moment. Almost all of them have such sweet faces. ❤

Sports injuries! I love that!

As a technical writer and technical editor, I can't even begin to express how important this is and how it makes me appreciate Krista even more!

Claire, your stitches are beautiful.

What a beautiful idea. I'm sure that your dream will come true. Don't worry about finishing in time. 💖

@deberalynn are you sure that you're not a technical writer? I wish that the engineers I work with wrote even half as clearly!

Thank you, Krista. I'm sorry. I kinda panicked when I saw that they were starting to come in every few minutes. HATE spammers!

Beautiful. The picture of the room with the mannequin looks like a depiction of a doxato (the principal livingroom of a mansion of Kastoria). The woman's dress is very typical of the traditional dress of 19th century Kastoria, as is the little fez-like headress with the long tassle. I know this because my mother was born in Kastoria. Therè was a green silk dress in the family that had belonged to my maternal great grandmother and there is a picture of my mother wearing it as a teenager for a festival.

Outdoor flea markets are the best places to find treasures of all kinds.

I have read that in the Muslim tradition, it is said that only God can create perfection. For this reason, the makers of all traditional Turkish and Iranian handcrafted carpets made an intentional "mistake" in the pattern. For the sake of the humility, you see. 😉

Wish I could cross stitch while Lucy (all 18 pounds of her) sits in my lap, but as you can see, there is not much room left.

Ahhh! Thanks for the reminder to add the needle minder to my basket. This one, my daughter bought some regular magnets from Michael's and put washi tape. Coordinated with my thread colours, obviously.

Thank you all for the encouragement. This is all about the journey for me. I'm in the process of filling in my Avlea basket because my daughter is going to California soon and I will ask for delivery at her boyfriend's home (USPO shipping rates to Canada are crippling). Heaven knows when I'll finish it all. But having a little cross stitch stash (CSS) will make me 😊.

OMG! Even their name is unbearably cute!

Sorry, Willow. Is she a lovebird?

If he gets the job as your QA inspector on a permanent basis, might I suggest a little birdie diaper. Just in case. 😂 Also, make sure that you put in his contract that if he finds boo-boos, he is not allowed to pick them out himself. 🤣

Oh, Krista! My apologies for misspelling your name. I'm sooo embarrassed and I will never do it again.

Awesome! Thank you so much, Christa. Tomorrow, when I am more awake, I will order some patterns. And I've had an idea about solving my shipping issue for ordering kits and/groundcloth from Avlea. My daughter's boyfriend lives in Banning CA and she visits several times a year (barring Covid issues). I can have things delivered to him and she can bring back with her.