Garden Sampler Update

Today was a very stitch-filled day, completely focused on Garden Sampler. I made great progress and I think that I might be able to get this completed tomorrow – or at the very latest on Monday.  I have a little text left, a bird in the lower corner, and then some fill-in flowers, and I’m done. No backstitching on this one.

I started work on it this morning at about 10 am at our second Rhode Island Stitchers get-together at the library. Managed to get some decent work on it today while listening to a couple of new women who stopped by who really, really needed to talk. Topics were difficult and the timing wasn’t good for the topics for others in attendance, unfortunately, but still… we let them talk. It was a bit depressing, however – not the silly, cheery stitching group ideal.

Still – it’s what happens when groups are open to the public. And it was pretty clear both women who came were in some pretty desperate need to have someone to talk to. *shrug* As long as it’s not the permanent state of mind, it’s fine. I do feel sorry for these women – they both seemed so incredibly lonely.

The rest of the day was fairly quiet. Erich was running a Star Wars d20 game in the garage, and I spent most of the day stitching and watching my “true crime” TV. I admit the combination of cross-stitch (particularly flowery samplers) and watching Gangland episodes is a rather weird combination, but meh… I’m fascinated by these shows from a psychology standpoint, I suppose.

So it was a good day. A little odd, I suppose – but good. Now I’m off to bed to prep for probably the chores day of my vacation.