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Dear Stitching Friends,

I have not written an update since my brother went into the hospital in early May. We were hoping that the heart surgery on May 12 would give Skipper more time, but his heart was too weak.  He passed away on May 20. Thank you for your prayers and cards and kindness.

He had three cats and a Golden Retriever. All have been adopted and Charlie and I have two of the cats, Cinder, and Joy. Love went to live with my son and daughter in law and Scout was adopted by a dear friend of Skip's who is a friend of the Breeder and actually helped deliver Scout.

Things are slowly getting back to normalish. I am Skip's Executor so closing down and selling his 98 year old home has been a key focus as well as notifying his utilities, the state and federal government, and a zillion other duties related to his death have been my focus. My neice and my children are helping me and I am thankful.

I had a lovely time yesterday teaching members of the Historical Sampler Satellite of the Austin Stitchery Guild EGA Chapter on Zoom! I just put the Austin, Texas adaptation of my 'Swindon In My Heart' design up on this website as a PDF at their request. There is an alphabet so you can change up the wording if you wish.

I will be making new changes for the Needlework Guild of Minnesota because it is one of the three classes I will be teaching when I fly to Minneapolis next month.

My 2026 Red House Patriotic Etui is another class I'm teaching and it will be a retail piece with lots of stitch options for the interior scissor sheath and needlebook. I didn't pick up a needle from May 5th until last week so the model is still underway.

Registration for my September 19th Scottish Castle Etui Zoom class closed on June 1st and the materials are coming in at a steady pace. I designed name badges and sent out the bonus designs a few weeks ago.

Karen McGaha Bryan did a wonderful job stitching the model for my 1771 Margaret Hughes Ten Commandment sampler and it is being framed. I will be advertising it soon along with the 2026 Red House Patriotic Etui. Right now I better make PDFs for the two new MESDA Sampler Reproductions because I dropped the ball on doing that in April.

Nicola told me that the class registration information for her Mrs. Parkman's Academy of Needlework event in Swindon, England in October 2027 will be going out soon. I am designing a small sampler for those who sign up for my 'Dancin to the Blues' Shaker Sewing Shoe adaptation class. The sampler will include several bands and designs that students can chose from to decorate their tiny sewing shoes and to create the sampler using the components they like the best. It can be finished as a mat for the little sewing shoe to be displayed on...hmmm...maybe I should think of other ways to finish it...

Thank you again for your kindness during my time of trouble. Take good care of yourselves and each other.

Cissy

(Contact me at Cissy2449@gmail.com if you would like to discuss interactive lecture options, available classes, and dates. I need to update my Classes Page with new offerings.)
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