Logan's First Stitchy Gift

Logan was one week old yesterday, so of course Oma had to go and see him and cuddle him for a bit!

After seeing Logan, I went to my EGA meeting, and Debi gave me this cute stitched bib for Logan! Thanks so much, Debi, he will grow into it!

No time for stitching....

Who can stitch when this little guy needs cuddling? Here he is, sleeping soundly. What an angle!

Logan's Home!

Logan and his Mommy came home from the hospital Thursday afternoon. Daddy is still a mess, but getting better.

Oma went to help out.

Not much stitching getting done these days!

Here's Logan!!!!

Here he is, just about 2 hours old! He is just the most beautiful baby I have every seen!

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!

Logan Peter Rill was born this evening.

Mother and son are doing wonderful, Father is a mess!

Oma is going to see him now!!!!!

On the 5th Day of Christmas.....

In Texas it's Lone Star Flags!

I finished this one over the weekend, actually put the past stitches in as my flight from Tulsa landed at O'Hare.

For those of you that have asked, these will be ornaments for one of my favorite son-in-laws. The other favorite son-in-law gets the Northwoods afghan.

One More Tulsa OK Report

When I was stash shopping in Tulsa, first at the Silver Needle and then at Stitchworks, I was really hoping to purchase the Needlepoint Silks for Shores of Hawks Run Hollow. Both shops suggested I try a needlepoint shop in the area; Stitches.



Thanks goodness for my trusty GPS, Gabbie! She got me there without much trouble at all. When I walked into the shop I was in fibre heaven! Every kind of fibre you can imagine, except......you guessed it! No Needlepoint Silks!

The shop was actually half knitting and half needlepoint. I found the ladies working there very helpful and knowledgeable. They looked up a chart for me on the Internet so that I could make a list of the fibres needed, and I was then able to purchase the canvas and most of the fibres without a problem.

There were out of a few of the needed fibres but I managed to make another stop at both the Silver Needle and Stitchworks and both From Nancy's Needle charts are now all kitted up.

While in Tulsa, I was also on a secret mission that involved a quick trip to Russell Stovers......but I can't tell you why!

Stitchworks

After my visit to the Silver Needle, I drove across the street to Stitchworks. It amazed me that there were two large cross stitch shops so very close together!




At first glance, Stitchworks appeared to be spacious with lots of stock. Upon taking a closer look, it had yarn and knitting and crochet patterns in about 1/4 of the store. That's great for knitters and crocheters, but not for me. Upon even closer look, the shop models were mostly older designs. The shop in general looked a bit worn and shabby. The fabric area was not as neat as I am used to seeing, and the displays were just so so, definitely not as innovative as what I saw across the street.






To the right of the front door was a large display of moose designs, with the same name on them as the shop. They are the owners own designs and were quite cute, but I just don't associate Oklahoma with moose.











A room to the left of the main shop area housed all the holiday designs. Again, quite a bit of stock, but mostly older charts.















I got out my list and started looking around. They did have the fabric that Sue had asked me to purchase for her. They did not have the 40 count fabric I was looking for. I was also looking for a 10 count cream Tula. The young lady helping found some fabric but it wasn't marked in any way as to stitch count or price. She was rather new and didn't really know where things were or what I was asking for.



There were some older charts I was looking for, and I found all but one of them. I also found a needlepoint chart by From Nancy's Needle that I liked, Crystal Violets. I already had the companion chart at home, so I though I could kit them up. There was no computer access in the shop at all so I couldn't look up the list of fibres needed. They didn't carry Needlepoint Silks, and although they had Kreiniks, they didn't have half of the ones I was looking for.


Although the clerk was very helpful, she was new and didn't really know where things were or how things were done. I would have spent more money in the shop if they had the things on my list, which was the case at the Silver Needle also.

I was directed to a nearby Needlepoint shop though, and I will report on that shop tomorrow.