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Dear Stitching Friends,

The leaves are beginning to turn in north central North Carolina and there is a chill in the air after our nearly endless summer. Autumn is so lovely here...my favorite season!

I released the last of the 37 Monarch butterflies that I raised in 2026 three days ago. A Monarch mother left me three eggs in May and the others did not come to visit my milkweed plants until late August and early September. The 34 late ones will not enter the reproduction cycle but will fly all the way to Mexico, spend the winter relaxing there, and start the process all over as they mate, reproduce, and pass away every two to six weeks all along the way north next spring. I better fertilize my Milk Weed plants and trim them back in July so they will regrow for the late visitors.

I have almost finished stitching an original sampler and am naming it 'Autumn Gifts'. It incorporates 15 different stitches and I will be using it as a companion piece for my 'Dancing to the Blues' Shaker Sewing Shoe in England, October 2027.  I will decide which of the stitches to use on my little sewing shoe and get it stitched next.

Margaret Hughes 1771 is not back from the framer yet. I look forward to introducing her to you when she arrives. 

I have decided to reproduce a charming, pastel, 1744 sampler. I also want to complete the Williamsburg Sewing Set project I have had sketched out for about a decade with winter and spring options. Which shall I do first?

Of course, I must adapt three of my wonderful antique sewing accessories for needlework before I leave to teach in England next October. So many ideas, so little time! I better get back to it!

May you find time to enjoy the beauty that surrounds you...and to stitch!

Warmest regards,

Cissy

(Contact me at Cissy2449@gmail.com if you would like to discuss interactive lecture options, available classes, and dates)

 
 
 
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