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can you believe it is nearly the end of January!!! please no….

Did you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year?

I spent a wonderful 9 day break Cruising to the South Pacific with my family – some well needed rest, two books and some stitching achieved.

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Then it was maintenance week around home, some long awaited and required cleanups, fixups and freshen ups here…

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Back to work, came with a nasty cold – 11 days now and counting, down and out, in bed, or not, coughing and dribbling…..  my payback for having a fully healthy year in 2014 I’m told…

But I can still stitch and am well into my list for the year.

So, thought I’d remind you of a few upcoming dates – yes I may be coming nearby to you and would love to stitch with you.

My First trip is to Bright VIC

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I’ve JUST finished the project for this one, its being tested now, would you like a little peek?

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From Bright I drive to my hometown of Penola South Australia where I will be doing three days of workshops – one on one technique instruction with small classes – one to not miss!

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Then we’ll finish with a Gathering on the Saturday-  started this project today!!! so no peeks yet.. but our class projects are:

Colourque and hexies

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Hexies and embroidery

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and my gluestick applique technique

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then back here to Hobart for a day with Lynette Anderson – this one is almost sold out so be quick to book.

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For my US friends, I’d really like to see some friendly faces to enjoy this with me…..

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This is filling fast but its not too late to join in… it will be a first for me – I am so excited both to be teaching on a cruise and secondly to Alaska!!!! wow…

now that’s enough for me to think about for now so I am sure it is for you also…

I know I am a slack blogger nowadays and don’t find the time to write lovely long blog posts for you all – so pleas e follow me on Instagram (where you see every post) or like me on Facebook (where they decide what you see – so comment or like often and you won’t miss out)  for daily peeks and tidbits of my stitching world.

hugs and happy new year to all

Helen

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