All the best of the holiday season to you and yours! A bit late getting this out there... so what's new!!  It's been a busy month, finishing up the last month of the year long SAL (which is still available on the website... ALL of the SAL's are shown there, so when you sign up you'll receive the entire project, and can work at your own pace!).

I managed to finish the children's book for our 3yr old granddaughter... and apparently she loves it, as she asks to have it read to her several times a day, LOL. I've put it up on Amazon, but I'm not really pushing it, so don't expect it to do much... but we'll see!

What stitching have I been doing? I designed a little tree ornament, which I gave to my newsletter recipients... and I started stitching a new release for January, which I have about 3/4 done, so fingers crossed I can get it to my distributors next week...

Of course, being the start of a new year, there are TONS of new releases in the works... an adorable snowman (the first in the series) which I showed you a few months ago, was supposed to be ready for December... but life got in the way. The stitcher had to go in for surgery, but she's back at work, and we hope to have this first piece done shortly...

There's also a Keirstead being stitched - a stunning horseback bronco riding cowboy - quite a departure from his stone houses and old watermills! My next (and possibly last) piece with him will be a harbour scene...

I have several McVittie artwork pieces to get working on - and one out being stitched, which I'm hoping will be home shortly... so lots of goodies coming in the new year...

One piece of sad news... I'm starting to slow down, so will only be releasing SIX new design in 2022 (rather than my usual twelve). That DN count the magazine piece I'm doing with A NEEDLE PULLING THREAD though... There are two reasons for that... I've started doing more writing, and with all the classes I'm taking, as well as the books I'm working on, there just aren't enough hours in the day! But the main reason is that I'm starting to slow down towards retirement.

Never fear, its a couple years off yet, but in 2022 I have only booked two shows - I am teaching at Seminar 2022 (for Embroidery Canada members) in Toronto in May, and I'll be doing the needlework fair in Kingston, which the Cataraqui group host. I love this event, and have really missed it, as it was cancelled the last 2 years due to Covid.

Fingers crossed things improve enough to allow both these events to proceed!

Well, that's enough from me for this month... have a GREAT New Year, and I'll talk to you in 2022!