Portable, Peaceful, Pieceable!

As the weather gets nicer, we move outdoors. We garden or walk, hang out by the pool and maybe, slowly and cautiously, we head back out into the community at large.  The first six months of 2020 were challenging, at at times, scary and sad.  And resuming all of our “normal” lives can be slow, if happening at all.  

So here’s a thought to bring a smile to your face – Christmas is 162 days from today!  That’s right, Christmas!!!  My very favorite time of year, the time of year I think about the whole rest of the year.  And if you’re a quilter, stitcher, sewer or crafter like me, you need to be working on holiday projects and gifts starting NOW!  And one of the most overlooked part of our projects can be the portability of some of the work.  The hand-stitching parts of projects, be it embroidery, fusible applique, English paper piecing or even hand piecing, are all very portable and go outside with you!  It’s quite easy and inexpensive to put together a couple of project cases – needles, thread and threaders, a small hoop, something to cut the thread (wide variety these days) and your project. 

My project cases used to be Ziploc bags but slowly I’ve begun to make and use other project cases.  And it’s not at all uncommon for me to a few different ones going.  You can find a project in my purse, my tote bag, my briefcase, in my car, so that where ever the opportunity comes up, am ready.

In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, I have several gifts to you with my Subscribers! In the next edition of “Puppy Tracks” newsletter (posting Sunday, July 19th) I will include the pattern for this brand new project case AND there will be a sale code for 25% OFF all Holiday patterns!!  If you’re not already a Subscriber, just head over to the Home page and sing up to receive all the latest news.  Oh and there’s more! I have a book (my first!!) coming out!!  “Holiday Stitching” has been delayed a bit by COVID but is back on track and should be ready for sale in early Fall and Subscribers will get first dibs in all the FUN!  I have been revising the holiday patterns to digital downloads/PDFs for those of you who want to get started right away but remember, all Puppy Girl Designs paper patterns are full size!   

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Until the next time, keep stitching,

Lynn