From Sea to Shining Sea....

Hello Again.....
my dear friends! At the culmination of our July 1st Canada festivities, I knew I was *this close* to wrapping up my current WIP that I kept a secret from you all. So I awoke this morning bright and early and got to work and finished this beautiful, wonderful project. Without further ado, may I present to you:

"From Sea to Shining Sea"

Collaboration Thread Pack Series

Designed by: Little House Needleworks ~ Diane Williams

Silk Threads Provided by: Crescent Colours ~ Sharon Crescent

Stitched on: 28 ct. Belfast color: Summer Sky

I started....

this beauty while travelling to Florida on our summer vacation. The reason I chose it was because, as you stitched you travelled from West to East Coast and although I wasn't travelling that direction, I was travelling from the Midwest, to the mountains of the Appalachia and on to the sands and water of the beach. I thought it poignant. You know me and my deep thoughts....

I also decided to pack these thread packs because....

ease of travel. I only had six little packs to take that already contained all the threads and the patterns ~ all I had to provide was the fabric, needle and will power to stitch it. EASY! I put everything inside the same little bag that each individual pattern came in and I was good to go. So when you are travelling this summer...give the idea a whirl. The collaboration thread packs are perfect travelling companions.

Crazily....

like all of us mad hatter stitchers that have this idea that "Oh that's not so much to stitch..." or "I'll be done with this in a snap" I thought (stupidly) that I could get the majority of this done by the time I returned home from vacation. Why don't you all join me in a round of maniacal laughter!? What was I thinking? I didn't even get the border done prior to our return trip home cause I was too busy....vacationing! :)

However....

no matter, because once I got home and this beauty started coming to life as I finished pack after pack, I slowly started falling in love. By the last X made just a few short minutes ago, I can firmly say, I am totally in love with this piece. Does it not just scream "Vonna"? Does it not just say, "Hang me there on Vonna's wall"?! Oh I've got ideas for you my precious....many ideas. And the first is to get you all framed up using my coupon from Michael's. Soon my pretties....soon.....

So....

that's a wrap! Now its off to herd my kiddos into bathing suits, pack a cooler and slather on some sunscreen because we're off to the pool, baby! It's FRIDAY! Yeah!

Until next time...

I'll be keeping my "hands to work and heart to God"...

P.S.

This great land of ours is varied and wonderful. A site to behold, but just for the record books - I'm proud of my little piece of the pie and my Mid-Western roots. There is no place like home!

Love and hugs,