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This weekend I went to a four day stitching retreat in Mt Calm Texas. I finished a few projects:

toil and trouble by Erica Michaels -


this one I did the stitching on last year, and finally got around to doing the assembly into a wall hanging:

front:


back:



Also, at the retreat we exchange gift boxes with a number of different themed items. Well, all the people at the retreat know how much I love frogs, so one lady created a box just for me and decorated the outside to make sure everyone else knew to let me have that box. Everything was frog related including an ort bag, scissor fob, scissor case, fabric, beads, charms, etc







I also worked some on my HAED, and am hoping to stay motivated so I can finally hit the halfway point. No picture to share yet

Lovely finishes and what a lot of frogs in your gift box!!

Sounds like a fantastic week-end. The whole frog thing is just to cute....

Wohoaa...! What a bunch of wonderful stuffs!! I'm glad that you just had a productive weekend. Honestly, I want something like that but maybe I should work harder to make all the jobs done faster, lol.

Some fantastic work completed You certainly do like your frogs!!

Very nice!!!

I want a retreat like that too! How did y'all organize it?

Sounds like a fun weekend! All the little frog gifts are cute!

Your weekend sounds amazing! Such wondderful projects came to fruition
Faith

Like_Fine_VVine wrote: Very nice!!!

I want a retreat like that too! How did y'all organize it?

the retreat is sponsored through our local cross stitch store. The owner somehow found this wonderful location. She also has a lot of designers that donate for door prizs.

Super stitching!! As I scrolled down the photo of 'toil and trouble' I was thinking "there must be a frog here, somewhere" .... and there he was at the bottom!!

I absolutely love the expression on the frogs face in your wall hanging - he is brilliant!!

...... and all your wonderful gifts - they really do know you, don't they!!

Nice grab bag. That is a lot of frogs!!

I really like your wall hanging. And your froggy collection

The frog prince wall hanger is great, you also found the perfect fabric for the back! and the frog box you were given is just amazing

How fun!! The frogs are fantastic. I am SO jealous - I would love a weekend like that.