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January is a funny month. We have made and maybe broken our New Year's Resolutions, it has been really cold, it has been rainy and snowy and sometimes pretty warm and sunny. It is a great month to spend stitching with friends. It is a wonderful month for hot spicy soup and nights with  warmth from a fireplace and maybe hot chocolate.  We have been sewing a lot of new things and some of us are finishing projects that we started some time ago. These pictures will be a variety of projects done in several different classes. This in a Maggie Bononami pattern nicely done by Barb This is also a Maggie B pattern being stitched by Nancy. This is a pattern design by Sue Sparge and beautifully done by Marcie. One cute kitty by Karla Cindy has done this Sue Spargo design in record time. It is spectacular. This is the back and I'm proud to say I dyed most of the wool Sue Spargo again, this time done by Marlene. This

I haven't written anything for a long time! Holidays and my Dutch family was here and then I misplaced my camera until just now. Those are my excuses. So, the pictures I'm going to add today are from Christmas and from the last class we had before the holidays took over our lives. We are now back to a regular schedule and I'll list classes for the next few weeks. Judy has carving as a talent as well as doing beautiful stitching. Here are a few of the things she brought to show us. AND she brought the delicious peanut butter balls. These are a few of the cookies that Ginny, Carrie and I made to share. Very Festive And then Brenda outdid us all this day.... Then Oscar wanted in the picture! This is my once a year Bloody Mary, although I admit that I had one at Thanksgiving also! It is a very Christmasy color! Not all of those cookies were for me. I must include two pictures of my little