That Thanksgiving is a week away! Do you have your menus planned? your shopping list made? your guests invited, the turkey selected, the wines, the flowers, the good dishes out and on and on? Ooh my mouth is watering as I think of the amazing things that I will be enjoying next week with my BFF, Missy!

If you happen to be able to sneak in a little time for stitching in between the craziness, how about stitching in the season?

Let me introduce you to Gobbles, a darling little canvas by a new designer “Little Bird Designs” and when I say little, I mean little as the stitchable area is 3″ x 3″. I love Michelle’s canvases, small, great colors and different. She is designing trying to attract both the seasoned and younger stitchers. I have known Michelle’s mother for years…who just happens to be an amazing stitcher, so I am happy to see the love of needlepoint stay in the family!

Of course I had to find the perfect magnet…

Tony Minieri just happen to help me pick out some threads for this. A little floss, a few beads, some Kreinik, Gloriana and Needlepoint Inc. Silk… and the latter it was the color that I was going for, so work with me here! And of course some red boucle for the waddle. I will photograph it with the threads to show you next. If your LNS (local needlepoint shop) or your FNS (favorite needlepoint shop) doesn’t have Little Bird Designs number, they can ask me and I will gladly help them out.

I have a few other pieces that I am working on twoooooo, a Halloween piece that just needs the background and a few finishing stitches and then a special Christmas piece that was designed to match a magnet.

Class was wonderful and amazing as always with Tony. If you ever have a chance to take from him, please think about it. He stretches your abilities, challenges you, you learn so much, you laugh ’till you cry and really it is fun! fun! fun! isn’t that what needlepoint is all about?

Sylvester is telling me that he is not letting me take his bag away from him.

I am thinking Thanksgiving and the time to be thankful…

Today I am most thankful that I live in San Diego and not in Buffalo, New York…