Ciao

We leave tonight for Italy, but I wanted to wrap up my trip to the US, after watching a disappointing soccer match between Serbia and Germany... ok, we left off with the My Peaceable Kingdom Sampler.  That was a two-day class.  Our third day was spent working on the Americana Sewing Roll.  Again, here are some close-ups.

This is the main pocket,

And the pocket above.

I really like the colors in this .  Unfortunately I did not take a pic of the outside, which is all done in flame stitches.

Here is the needle book

It has a little pocket behind the needle pages to house the scrimshaw ( which is on order)

We had a very nice banquet - as you can see, Marie Z. and I are suitably serious for the occasion, Ava & Michelle however....

Our entertainment was a man from Antigua who taught us a bit about music and rhythm... along with none other than Michelle, who demonstrated rhythm very well.

Ava had a birthday while I was there and this is what I stitched her since she celebrated her birthday atop  the Eiffel Tower last year.  It is unstuffed in that picture, I had to wait to get to the States to get ground walnuts for the stuffing.  

We also celebrated another friends birthday and I stitched her a scissor fob - you can see the scissors I put the fob on in the background.

Wishing you happy stitching.  Ciao, until I get back from Italy.