What A Week!!

Hi Everyone,

I usually begin by saying Good Morning, Afternoon,

or Evening, but not today.  I'm just hoping we get

through this day without too many problems.

Haven't we had a week!! Earthquakes and now

a hurricane.  Hollis has quite a story to write

in Avery's baby book.  In the month of his birth

he has had quite a few experiences.  She and I

 had just gotten back from taking Avery to the DR.  

I was on the telephone with Faye at home when she

starting yelling something and then the house

 starting shaking.  Hollis said "It's an earthquake,"

grabbed the baby, and we went out on the deck.

What an awful experience.  I never want to go

 through that again.  In 2003 there was an

earthquake in Richmond, so she knew what

she was feeling.  According to her the one in

2003 was nothing compared to this one.  Two

days later, an aftershock woke me up about 1:00

am.  Hollis and Paul were in baby comas and felt

nothing.  Nothing since then, thank heavens.

The earthquake was stronger in Fredericksburg.

I had pictures off the wall, things fell off of shelves,

the door on my linen press opened and some of

my glass items fell out and broke.  It certainly 

could have been worse though.  I don't know

how people in California deal with that threat.

I'm back home for a while and am in serious

need of more time to get all of my new 

designs finished.  I want to share with you

my almost complete Cinnamon Stick Santa.

There is another design in this publication, which

I will show you later this week, I hope.  Plus,

I will share some of the designs from my

Christmas Stocking publications.

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A little parting picture of Avery?  Can you believe 

how much he has changed.  He has finally gotten

back to his birth weight, plus a few ounces, and

grown 2" in length.  Gosh, I hate to leave Richmond.

I miss him so much. 

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Hope to get some much needed stitching done

during this hurricane.

"Many Happy Stitches" 

to all of you,

Sandra

Thank You

Good Morning Everyone!

I know it is really early on a Sunday morning, but

we are preparing to leave for a short visit to see

Hollis and Avery.  Cannot wait to get there.

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I had to take a few minutes to thank all of you

wonderful people out there for your care, concern,

well wishes, congratulations, and heart felt comments.

You will never know how much it has meant to

me.  I read every one of them, many with tears in

my eyes.  It is such an emotional time for me and

my family.  We have waited a long time for this

little one.

Once again, you are so appreciated. 

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 I'm sorry I could not answer everyone of them 

individually, but I'm sure you understand that I have been

otherwise occupied.  Faye has been here some of the 

time, but if we have not answered a question, missed an

 order, etc., please do not hesitate to resend it.

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I promise to get back to stitching soon, in fact

I will stitch on the way to Richmond.  Must

hurry and finish my Cinnamon Stick Santa

and my Halloween Rounds 'A Plenty.

I hope you have a joyous day.  I know I am.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Family News

Good Evening Everyone!

I hope all is well with everyone.   It has been such
a long time since I visited with you.  Things are 
doing fairly well with Hollis and Avery.  There 
have been a few bumps in the road, but things are getting 
better.  I am back in Fredericksburg for a little visit only,

so I needed to touch base with all of you.

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If you will bear with me, I want to brag a little 

about our son, Cameron.  Here is a picture of the

proud uncle with baby Avery.

Recently, someone found his photography on

his Flickr account and one of his pictures was

shown on Fox News.  Because of that, a

gallery in New Jersey contacted him about

a showing of his work.  How exciting

for him.  He has thought about trying to sell

his work at art shows, but just never got around

to it.  It forced him to think about pricing,

framing, etc.  A little stressful when you have

never done anything like this before.  

Anyway, I just wanted to share.  This is the

picture that was on Fox News - Air France 

descending over the beach at St. Martin.

If you would like to read more about the Gallery

Showing and his other works, go to

 http://galleryatriversedge.com/future.html

When you get to the Gallery page, click on Future

Exhibits and then on Cameron Sullivan.

Here is another one of my favorites ~

We are so excited and happy for him.  

Way to go Cameron!!!!!!

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I promise to be back soon with many new

designs.  Christmas is coming so we must

get our Christmas stitching started.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Avery - One Week

Avery - One Week, a photo by Angry Lemur on Flickr.

Little Avery Is Here

Good Evening Everyone!

With much relief and happiness, I want to announce

that we have been blessed with a healthy and adorable

grandson.  Avery was born August 2nd.  Both Hollis

and Avery are doing beautifully.  Unfortunately,

things didn't happen easily.  Hollis had to have a

C-section, so her recovery will be a little longer.

I want to take this time to thank you so much for

all of your well wishes over the months and for

listening to me and looking at all the things I

made for this little guy.  It has meant so much to

me that there are so many of you out there who

think about us and care enough to write.  It

touches my heart.  You are all wonderful.

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Now that he is here I will be gone for a little

while, spending time in Richmond helping

Hollis recover and do whatever I can to help.

Time permitting, I may share some of my happiness

with you, if you don't mind.  Faye will be manning

the telephones and shipping.  Unfortunately, I'm the

one who does all of the printing, so some orders

may be delayed.  I hope you will understand.

I'll be in touch,

Sandra