Dear Stitching Friends,

Well the first quarter of the year is over, and I am packing to head back to Michigan. It was a grand six months of stitching with my "Southern Gals" and a few Northern snowbirds. Thank you!

Many of you know that I will be on my way to Celebration of Needlework only 2 days after I arrive up north. I look forward to seeing my friends up there...then only days after I get back... THE WELCOME HOME PARTY! This is SOLD OUT and I am really waiting, in anticipation, to see all of you. You are going to love working on your stitching shirts!

June is a busy month with all things SOLD OUT.

July, my very favorite day: the Annual Picnic, in St. Louis, Michigan. This project INCLUDES a limited edition, now discontinued, Longaberger basket!! WOW!!! If you are not signed up, please do. You are going to be in love with the "smalls" that set inside this beauty. IF you cannot make it, the kit will be $75.00. This includes the shipping fees. THESE ARE LIMITED!!!!

Branson is a new venue, for me, this year. I am looking forward to sharing the weekend with ALL of my Midwest gals that I have missed! I am planning on a Saturday evening show. How about joining me?

August is busy in the Carolinas and Georgia...then CJ and I are going to Ireland to celebrate our 20th anniversary...which was three years ago! You know most men, takes awhile to get them in the mode of travel!!

September has an added edition: I will be back on the East coast of Florida to celebrate the Sun Coast Region's EGA event...check this one out even if you are not an EGA member.

The next weekend, in September, is "TREAT OR RETREAT"! Just too fun of a day, in St. Louis, again!

The last event, up north, is the BEST PLACE, FOOD, PROJECT, and FELLOWSHIP: SHIPSHEWANA!

So, things are hopping, in my designing/teaching neck of the woods. Please come play with me!

Still Stitching, Susan

PS Bailey has become the little light of my life. He and Mr. CJ are very good at "batching" it when he can't travel along.

Story from one of my students - Mary Pat Rushton - article in Reflections from Kreinik (http://www.kreinik.com/reflections/March08/community.html) or click on the pdf version here.

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