I'm wading through the piles of paperwork on my desk that accumulated while doing the summer program, but mostly things are calmer. Thank goodness!
My fun news is that I got to hold the baby. My great-nephew William is five-weeks old and still getting used to things here. They came up Saturday for the 30th wedding anniversary party for my sister and her husband. A fun time was had by all in the pavilion on the Fox River.
My other news is that I will soon retire. It came up faster than I'd expected or planned--pushed along by yet another office reorganization. I think it'll be fine once I figure it all out, so that's what I'm doing right now. I'm envisioning more stitching, more traveling, more husband, and I'm looking forward to all of that.
And speaking of stitching. I'm still plugging along slowly...
I stitched down the overlay for the current level of the EGA challenge piece and I added outline stitch around the edges of the blue wheel. This time I used black with a color for a thicker line and tweedy effect to catch some light.
I've basted down padding for the rim of the wheel. After I took this photo I began stitching one of the shorter sections with raised outline stitch. I'm not sure I like it, but I think I need to add more rows and really pack it full to see for sure.
