{"id":6770,"date":"2024-10-12T07:40:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=6770"},"modified":"2024-10-12T08:12:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T15:12:51","slug":"belated-blog-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marysthread.com\/?p=6770","title":{"rendered":"Belated Blog Anniversary!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oh dear \u2026 I checked my last published post and see it\u2019s been over a month since an update! Yikes! I think I had planned a post for the end of September that was never published but now I can\u2019t find it. I probably wrote it in my head! It was related to it having been my 8 year blogging anniversary on September 28 and my Sampler September progress! I don’t think I ever imagined I would be the type of person to blog consistently for so long. I’ve been a bit less consistent lately it’s true, but I’m still stitching and still here writing about it so it ebbs and flows and if you’ve been wondering where I’ve been…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been in Paris!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The family looking out on Paris from the front of Sacr\u00e9-C\u0153ur <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We had a wonderful family trip the first bit of October. It has been 16 years since I’ve been back to Paris. I had done a college study abroad there and then before children my husband and I often went especially during the time we lived in The Netherlands. But that is all a long time ago! It was So Wonderful to be back. I was grinning the whole first day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I found the building where I studied as a student!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The weather was fine, we saw everything, just about, on my list, and we made a side trip to Monet\u2019s house and gardens at Giverny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And of course we ate a good deal of delicious food especially croissants and crepes and pastries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We went to Sajou! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of several displays of spools at Sajou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I wish I took more pictures! I bought some lovely fabrics and a few other little items…the ladies were so nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I did no stitching in Paris because we were walking 14,000-20,000 steps a day and I was beat at the end of every day and all full of stimulation. I couldn’t take anything but quiet and inactivity when we got back to the apartment. But on the plane and train (we flew into London and had a couple days there before taking the Eurostar to Paris) I did a little stitching. I brought 4 projects. Three I fully intended to work on for sure, and 1 as a “comfort back up” project. I\u2019m not the only person who always travels with a security project bag am I? Just like a security blanket. Ha ha! Well anyway, I only worked on 2. That’s not too bad for a vacation actually.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Here are my travel projects.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Stitch #1 was Snip Snip by October House. I finished it! I bought this cute ribbon at Sajou to embellish the finish, probably a cushion, maybe with a scissor pocket on the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stitching #2 was Souvenir de France, a freebie from Blackbird Designs. I would have it more done but I had a sleepyhead resting on my arm on the plane and couldn’t move my arm or use the light. It’s ok. I might finish it up this month. I didn’t get fabric specifically for this one, but hopefully one of the ones I got will work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, to have one other topic for this long post, how is Dorcas coming along? Well Dorcas didn’t get to go to France, I decided that was the safest option, but that means she’s behind. Here are the acorns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And a close up\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I have my feet under me, I’ll finish them up as well as the verse. Looks like I won’t finish this by December after all. Boo hoo! But I’m going to aim for January and I think that is doable. I\u2019ll be getting back to Dorcas this weekend and hopefully have a good post for you next week about her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for reading my long ramblings! I also hope you like my new look. Do let me know if you encounter problems with it or if I eliminated things you had found useful. Thanks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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