Last Post from Germany
5 September 2006 15 Comments
As the title suggests, this will be my last post from Germany. In about 18 hours I will be boarding a plane in Munich and then approximately 8 hours after that, I will be entering the U.S. in Philadelphia and after clearing customs, running across the airport to make my connecting flight. I will be sure to wave to all my Pennsylvania stitching buddies (Cathy, Jenna, and Lynn) as I fly over on my way to Kansas City. 
I haven’t done too much stitching the last few days, but I did manage to stitch up my Crazy Cat Lady Exchange while watching Andre Agassi’s final match at the U.S. Open. I have been a huge fan of Agassi ever since he had hair and I was very sad to see him lose in the third round. I don’t cry very often, but when he made his farewell speech at Arthur Ashe tears were streaming down my face. He was quite a gift to the world of tennis and I have enjoyed watching him mature as an individual as much as I have loved watching him play tennis.
Today is the post day for the Needleroll Exchange and because I wanted to make sure that I had it out of the way before I left, I mailed mine last Friday. And what do you know? My partner received it yesterday! Well, it did only have to go to Sylvie in France after all. 
Above is M Design’s “Sun Needleroll” stitched by me for Sylvie. The needleroll is a bit short and fat because I apparently miscalculated which resulted in my fabric being wider than and not as long as necessary, but I think it adds to the charm of the design.
As you may remember, a good part of this design (i.e., the sun) was stitched over one and though it took me longer than I had planned to stitch it, it was a wonderful experience. The rest of the design had tons of specialty stitches and I made a slight modification on the top and bottom bands: Instead of adding beads (I had already packed them up) I free stitched our names and added a few single cross stitches.
I am quite pleased with the results because I think this is a design that really allowed me to take my stitching to a higher level and I will definitely be stitching it for myself sometime soon!
See you all on the other side! 
