Good Friends Make the World Go Round!

For the past 6 weeks, my friend Helen has been in town for a visit. Now, you say that 6 weeks is a long time...but in our case...not near enough time! At this writing, Helen is probably 6 hours into her flight back home, which is Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Helen and her husband come to the US almost every year for a visit with their son and his family who live closeby in Draper. I met Helen through the Swan Sampler Guild several years ago and our friendship has taken off from there. While she was here we stitched at the local needlework shop, Craft Center of Fine Stitchery (almost every Monday), took a class from Ebeth of Dames of the Needle through the Swan Guild, visited the Bush, several other stitch-related shops, Brighton (jewelry at the Gateway)...ahem...I spent twice what I'd planned to...(thanks Helen)! We stitched at my house, watched a movie, ate lunch in and out at Paradise Bakery until we were probably sick of it...(LOL)... So much fun to spend time with a person you have a lot in common with! I'm going to miss you Helen! Good thing we have email and blogs and the whole internet thing to help keep us in touch! Oh what would we do without stitch friends??

This is a picture of a little pin cushion I made for Helen, it's Blackbird's Bluebird, Reward of Merit. I really enjoyed stitching this and finishing it. I took the picture on a cloudy day and so the flash really brightened things up a tad much.

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