...until I leave for the Mirabilia retreat in Charlotte. Although, I'll have to get up by 3am on Wednesday to make my 6am flight, so more like one and a half sleeps! 😅
I have my stitching bag pretty much ready to go, as well as a few pieces to take for the brag tables. I've never taken any for that purpose before, but since I'm taking Geranium, which was stitched as part of the retreat SAL, I thought I'd throw a few more in the bag as well. The only Mirabilia I don't currently have framed is Silver Moon Tea (which I'm hoping to send to Rensel Studio soon), but I found 27 Nora Corbett designs in the finishes bin, so I'm taking a few of those. I made a video of those finishes, which is posted on my Instagram if you're interested.
I did decide to take Red with me, which hasn't been worked on since a retreat in 2014 (where the heck does time go?!):
I'm hoping to make good progress this week, and my long-term goal is to keep her out when I get home and try to finish once the Nora Corbett models are done.
For table gifts this time I put together the threads for Portrait of Antique Vines, which was published in a little booklet for Mirabilia's 25th anniversary:
The only things missing are a pack of beads, a pack of treasures and a piece of fabric. I always stress about this part of retreats, but I hope this is seen as a decent offering. I actually stitched the model for the booklet:
And then stitched it again for myself with a color conversion:
I doubt I'll get much stitching done in the next couple of days, between cleaning and packing. I always obsess about packing so much before a trip that it's always a relief when I finally leave for the airport just so I can quit thinking about it! 🤣
Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!
Red is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYou always have awesome fabrics.
Have a fun, safe trip!
Marilyn
Thanks Marilyn. I love collecting fabrics and then waiting for the right design to come along for each one. ☺️
DeleteHow exciting! The last Mirabilia retreat I went to was in February 2019 at Terrigal NSW in Oz. Have a great time, as if you couldn't. I love the fabric you are stitching Red on. Enjoy!
ReplyDeletexo Alicia
Attending a Mirabilia retreat in Australia would definitely be a bucket list item for me, although just going to Australia would be more than exciting enough! I'm glad I signed up for this one, as Nora has said she might not go to any more after this one, at least for a while. 😟
DeleteI'd be thrilled to get such a table gift! Hope you had a wonderful retreat.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the positive feedback on the gift! I had a wonderful time, but it takes a little while once I'm home to pull everything together to present a coherent recap! 🤔
DeleteTwenty-seven NC finishes. Girl. 😧
ReplyDelete😁 Some of them are more than 10 years old, so not a lot of recent ones. I already have so many framed that it's hard to get up the ambition to take them in, especially because the guy who used to help me doesn't work at the gallery anymore and I miss his input.
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