Jul 27, 2015

It's All About Stitchy Goodness

One day, a coworker asked me if I was interested in some ‘embroidery stuff’ her daughter inherited from a relative. She brought it in for me to look at.   The embroidery stuff included:

175+ skeins of DMC floss in flossaway bags, 
some DMC metallic, 
1 spool of Kreinik blending filament...
2 packages of aida, some evenweave, 
and a sheet of perforated plastic canvas...
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a couple of iron-on embroidery transfers, 
two hoops, needles, needle threaders, a xs kit...
a couple XS of charts, and 3 older XS magazines.
All for $15! Great stashing day!!

Earlier this month, it was Debbie's birthday.  She hosted a giveaway to celebrate.  I was the lucky winner!
She stitched the adorable little pillow.  It's a freebie by Snowflower Diaries that can be found HERE.  The 2016 calendar has lots of photos of the Vancouver area -- very scenic and beautiful.  Debbie also included two packets of flavored tea.... love me some tea!!  Be sure to visit Debbie's Corner to see what she's been up to.  Thank you, Debbie, for EVERYTHING.

In other stitchy news.... I *have* been stitching.  I'm about 3/4 done with the marriage sampler I started back in March.  Although I've been taking progress photos, I can't show them.  I'm also about to start my next mailart exchange... Halloween themed!  By September, I'll be able to show photos of both.

17 comments:

htimcj said...

That was quite stash haul!
Heidi- ILCS

Deb said...

Great stash enhancement!
Lovely gifts! Congrats!

Anonymous said...

That is some haul!!!! Congrats on the birthday win!!!
Betty in AZ

Justine said...

What a haul! I love the little pillow from Debbie.

Unknown said...

Wow! Just Wow! Lucky lady and congrats on a great deal! On Both!

Anonymous said...

Well done Meari wonderful stash

Denise
From UK

Carol said...

Stitchy goodness is right! What a great bunch of stash you got for a very reasonable price--enjoy!

Your little mermaid pillow is so cute from Debbie, too. I look forward to seeing your Halloween themed mail art, Meari :)

Vickie said...

Good for you with the "embroidery stuff". The pillow you received is precious.

Emily in NC said...

Man, you always hit the mother load when you get stuff, lucky girl.

StitchinByTheLake said...

I recently inherited some cross stitch from my daughter's mother-in-law, who passed away earlier this year. What a treasure! blessings, marlene

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on the stashing! :) I'm looking forward to seeing your Halloween mailart.

Karin in CA

Linda K's Stitching Corner said...

Great Embroidery/Stitching Items - I am glad that you received them...

The small Pillow is so cute and so adorable...love the colors.

Happy Stitching
Linda K

Faith... said...

Great win and stash haul!!

Anonymous said...

Nice stash for a great price and love your win from Debbie.

Marl

Anonymous said...

Meari -

Congrats on the win and the gift from your co-worker.

Marge

gominam said...

Great haul! Have fun with your new stash:)

Pam in IL said...

I love your stitchy goodness! Congrats on winning Debbie's great giveaway!