In just a few short weeks, turkeys will be thawing or brining…shopping for the big day will be front and center…last minute thoughts will be scribbled on a piece of paper…flowers to be ordered…pies to be baking…adult beverages to be selected and all that stuff.

Thanksgiving seems to be very early this year as it seems like Halloween was just yesterday? Maybe your feast will look just like this one that was set on the first day of thanks so many years ago. This is a Needle Deeva canvas and is part of the Thanksgiving set that I stitched for her. I learned something very important while stitching this group of canvases…don’t wait till you are all finished stitching all of the canvases till you write down the threads that you used in each one! You know the memory is just not once what it was. Once upon a time I never ever had to write anything down as it all stayed locked in the memory banks forever. These days, not so much so and people tell me that since I have lots more to remember now that there is not room for it all!

This is the ad that was created by the magic fingers of Sherrie of Needlepoint Now fame, announcing the select retailers that will be offering the club for your stitching pleasure. The canvases are with the finishers now and soon we will get to see them in all their glory.

This will kick off with the arrival of the newest Needlepoint Now which is in the mail any day now…my preview copy hasn’t even arrived yet! Matthew Williams, the young Pilgrim with the turkey and Chief Wampanoag, the Indian brave with his fish will be in the magazine with their stitch guides and thread selection. All I have left to do is get the other 10 stitch guides ready for prime time publication and work on the master thread list. Easier said than done?! That will be my front and center project with priority as soon as I chart one more stitch guide for the magazine and finish stitching a small piece should have been done yesterday.

I never did make it out for threads on Saturday. I was sure that I absolutely had to have some white Splendor in the stash. As how could I let myself run out of that one? I did find some and did kill lots of time looking for it. Putzing around the house took more time than I thought and before I knew it, it was too late to go. Now I need to look for another thread for one of the cupcakes. I have the right color in the wrong type of thread and the right type of thread in the wrong color…so maybe I can find one that is just purr~fect? So guess where I am headed soon?

We all know what tomorrow is and there will be no mention of politics here. I just hope for the best outcome. Period. end of discussion.

AlleyCat is very busy watching kitty tv as the birds were driving her crazy! and until next time…keep on stitching