Sometimes, I call it the Embroidery Blues. Sometimes, I call it a Needlework Dilemma. Right now, though, I think I'll call it utter-and-total-complete-indecision-with-a-bit-of-guilt-on-the-side.

The problem? I want to start a new embroidery project, but I'm stuck in the Worlds of In-Between and Not Finished.

Don't you ever get this way? It's kind of like inspirational glut: I have a million ideas that I'd like to move towards, and yet I know I can't start anything big, and yet, I know I want to be doing something, and yet I have plenty to do, and yet I can't make up my mind.

And yet.... there's a pretty good line-up of ready-to-do embroidery projects just waiting to happen:



I want to work Trish Burr's lilac-breasted roller. It's so darned beautiful. I want to make it. I want to hang it on my wall.



I want to take the embroidery design I posted the other day and translate it into a goldwork project. I'm even thinking I want to stitch it on velvet. I'm also thinking I'm a glutton for punishment.



I'm also thinking I want to start this project, but there isn't really a buuurrrrning desire to start it. It's not sparking anything right now, if you know what I mean. Do you know what it is? Can you guess? It was a gift - I was enrolled in "university!" But it's not a project I can blog step-by-step without violating an ethical code, so I am rather hesitant to launch into this one. I could certainly update you on progress with pictures, I suppose, since it's my embroidery, but I do like to venture into instructional points when I blog, and that wouldn't be quite right. Any idea what it is? I'll give you ten points if you guess right.



Oh. He just HAD to sneak in here! This is the Side Dish of Guilt in my present state of indecision. He must be finished. I've circled the parts that need to be done - it isn't much! I know I'll feel better about everything once I conquer this rascally rooster. (And hey - I've thought of a good use for him, too - but more on that later...)



I want to make this next needlebook from the French Maid Needlebook series designed by Bobbi Chase and distributed by Access Commodities. I really loved making and finishing the last needlebook, and I'm kind of eager to translate this one into a surface embroidery design, too. On top of that, they've come out with the fourth one in the series. I'm sure I'm going to want to make it, too.



Remember this? I started it last year, with my niece working on her own copy of it at the same time. Neither of us has finished. Working on this right now isn't un-appealing. I'm kind of in the mood for the simplicity of a charted design.



But then there's this - I'm dying to get back to some Schwalm work and actually FINISH a piece. Luzine Happel, author of Basic Principles of Schwalm Whitework, sent me this printed piece of linen, which is ready to stitch. Not only do I want to do the central section of this cloth, but I want to work some fancy hems around the outside (using Luzine's book, Fancy Hems). What to do?



I could take up something very small, like this crewel small. I enjoyed working on the crewel pomegranate small and the other crewel flower small - they were quick weekend projects that satisfied. But if I'm going to do crewel work, you know and I know that it must be the rooster first.

In fact, if I'm going to do anything, we all know it has to be the rooster first.

There's one other thing that's tempting me, and it's rather silly and inconsequential - but it would be a fun and relaxing project for the next week or so. Remember the spring corner I embroidered on a towel, to line an Easter basket last year? I want to make another one, with a different design, but in spring colors, for the same purpose. I have a terrific corner flower design to use - it's fun and crowded and casual and versatile, and it would be really bright and colorful. I think the grey winter weather is leaning me more and more in the direction of THIS idea.

So this is where I am, in the throes of a jolly bout of indecisiveness.

How about you make the decision for me and put me out of my misery?!

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Posted By: Mary Corbet on Saturday, February 13, 2010
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I love the pomegranate as a symbol in art, and I especially love it rendered in embroidery, so I was really excited to see the crewel embroidery kit on the Tristan Brooks website that featured this seedy fruit. And, better yet, it was one of the "smalls" - a little complete embroidery kit, with all the threads and everything ready for stitching, for a project that can easily be completed in two evenings (and maybe one, if you want to spend several hours in a row stitching!)

These little crewel embroidery kits (which I've found rather addictive!) take me three sessions, approximately: one session for setting up, and two stitching sessions, If I can spend a couple hours straight stitching. The first crewel kit I finished took a lot less time than this one, for some reason. Last week, I finished this pomegranate small, and overall, I really like it a lot. However, if I were stitching it again, there are a couple things I'd do differently.



This is the finished piece. The colors are really appealing to me - I love the reds and the blues and the greens, with just a tiny touch of yellow.

In retrospect, I would have paid a little more attention to the shape of the pomegranate. The top edge on the right side of the fruit is looking a bit flat.



The only thing I changed in the design and kit directions on this one was the center of the pomegranate. The original design has a few scattered French knots in red in the center, with a tiny green fly stitch at the base of each French knot. These look like teeny flower buds of some sort. I'm a sucker for lattice work in embroidery, and I love seeing laid work in crewel embroidery. So I filled the middle of my pomegranate with a lattice in the medium pink, tacked down with the dark red at the intersections.



Concerning the stitch chosen for the skin of the pomegranate, the kit called for coral knots, layered from dark on the outside to light on the inside, all worked in Heathway wools, except for the innermost line (in medium pink), which is stitched with Gumnuts Poppies.

On the picture accompanying the project, the lines of coral knots become a bit more spaced out as they move towards the center, so that the fabric is visible. Two things I wonder, now that the project is finished: 1. I wonder if this would have looked better, if the rows of coral knots were packed together all the way to the edge, so that the ground fabric isn't visible? 2. I wonder how the pomegranate would have looked if stitched in a different stitch - for example, stem stitch used as a filling?



I do like the texture of the coral knots, but stem stitch would've been a bit more pomegranate-skin-like. A pomegranate has very smooth skin. But - I like the texture. So I'm happy enough with the coral knot pomegranate. I just wonder if I would like it as well (or maybe better?) in stem stitch. Maybe I'll test that some day....



One thing I do really like about these kits is the use of Gumnut Yarns (poppies) and Heathway wool next to each other, creating a noticeable contrast. Poppies by Gumnut Yarns is a 50 / 50 wool / silk blend, so it has a very nice sheen. It's a really beautiful thread to stitch with! I'd like to try the other threads from Gumnut yarns to see if they are comparable in quality. Maybe someday I will. (In the meantime, if you're interested in seeing the threads available through Gumnut yarns, check out their website! Their threads look enticing!)



The blueberries are clusters of French knots, worked with Gumnut Poppies. This is actually two colors of thread - the middle berry is slightly lighter than the side berries. It's a great thread for French knots, by the way!



This is the other thing - probably the Biggest Thing - in this design that I don't like, and now, I wish I had worked it differently. While I like the Heathway and Gumnut Poppies next to each other (the base of this leaf is Heathway wool, the weird vein-things are worked in stem stitch with Gumnut Poppies), I don't like the striped effect in the leaf, and I don't like the shape of the stem stitching in the middle. I ended up eyeballing this, actually, because once the satin stitches are in, you can't see the lines for the stem stitching. My first instinct, actually, was to substitute the stem stitched bumps with a double fly stitch, worked down across the leaf. I wish I had done this! That's really my only Big Regret in this kit. I didn't pick the stem stitching out, because it would have ruined the satin stitching underneath, and I didn't know if I would have enough thread to replace the satin stitched leaf if I had to.

And, well. It's not that big of a regret! Overall, I really like this kit, I'm pleased enough with the way the piece came out, and I'm dying to get going on the next small!

"But what about the rooster?" you ask.

Oh, I started him. I started one of the flowers, and I have taken good photos of the parts I've put in and picked out again. And then the parts I put in and picked out yet again. I put in and picked out on the flower three times so far. It's been great fun! I'm hoping to remedy the situation today by switching colors.

I hope you're having a terrific weekend! Back to my needle and thread....

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Posted By: Mary Corbet on Sunday, January 03, 2010
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I've (finally!) finished the first in the series of French Maid Needlebook kits by Access Commodities. This kit is the one called "Nichole" and it features a monogram and fancy stripes that match the reproduction fabric that lines the inside of the needlebook. I'm excited to show you the finished needlebook - I like it a lot, and, of course, it's always great to see a project completely through to the end!

There are heaps of things I like about these embroidery kits from Access Commodities. In previous articles showing the progress on this particular needlebook, I've mentioned the supplies especially - good linen, nice lining fabric, beautiful threads. Other aspects worthy of mentioning about this kit: the detailed instructions are easy to follow and clear, the finishing touches on the needlebook are nice, and .... well, this is a big deal for me.... it came out the way it was supposed to!



Once I finished the outside of the needlebook, it was time to prepare the lining so that it could be sewn in. All the work on the needlebook is completely done by hand, by the way - there's no need of a sewing machine for the finishing. I was glad of that. Believe it or not, I don't have a sewing machine. I'd like a sewing machine. I have my eyes on a particular sewing machine (a Bernina!), but I don't actually have my own machine. The fact that I didn't have to high-ho-hither myself to my sister's house to use her machine was a huge plus for me!

Anyway, I thought the shot above really captured the coordination of the lining and the design on the needlebook.



The lining has a pocket in it. It's created by a simple fold, and it works out really well! Clever design, I thought. By the way, this obviously isn't a step-by-step tutorial on finishing a needlebook! The step-by-step instructions are available in each kit in this series.



I almost forgot the ties. That would've been a pleasant disaster. The ribbon for the ties is black. At first I was a little unsure of this color choice, thinking that a pink ribbon would be a lot prettier and would match the flowers. But the black looks terrific with the black needle lace around the edge, and pink doesn't look so great - I tried it!



I tacked the ribbon rather sloppily with backstitch. I almost took it out again, thinking it really should be neater. But it's going inside the lining, and no one will ever see it. So I left it!



Before sewing the lining in, I attached the felt, using the buttons and pink ribbon. Actually, I also used a bit of pink floss and sewed the buttons on first with the floss, then tied on the bows. That way, if the bows every come undone (or I get tired of them!), the buttons will still be secure.



Once the lining was in, I still had the spine to worry about. This was the last step. Through all the layers, down the middle of the spine of the needlebook, a line is supposed to be sewn in such a way that it looks decent on both the outside of the needlebook and the inside. I was faced with a dilemma: to use a natural colored sewing thread that matched the outside of the needlebook would've been really simple - but on the inside of the needlebook, one of the grey stripes on the fabric was lined up exactly with the spine. Darn. A natural colored thread would show up against the grey stripe. So first I tried the grey floss (Soie d'Alger) that came with the kit, but it looked pretty bad! Then, I decided to backstitch down the spine in black, using the Soie Perlee that came with the kit. On the outside of the needlebook, I ended up with a backstitch line, and on the inside, I ended up with a stem stitch.

I didn't much like the black backstitch line on the outside.



So I whipped the backstitching with the grey Soie d'Alger that came with the kit. I liked that better.



The black line on the inside of the needlebook is not very noticeable, which is nice.



The line down the spine serves as well to separate the long pocket inside the needlebook. The pocket can hold small scissors (in a sheath), or maybe flat bobbins of threads, or even more needles on cards.



Here's the needlebook, closed, from the front....



... and the needlebook, closed, from the back.



And here's a little detail of the needlelace around the outside edge!

I really enjoyed making this needlebook and I'm looking forward to starting the next one in the series soon! You can see the progress of this project at the following links:

Nichole Needlebook Kit Unboxed - kit contents
Setting Up the Needlebook Project
Satin Stitching on the Monogram - troubleshooting
The Monogram
The Front of the Needlebook
The Back of the Needlebook
Working with Linen Thread

If you're interested in purchasing this needlebook kit, I ordered mine from The Mad Samplar, and it looks as if they have them in stock right now, which is nice. If you want to see what's in the kit, you might want to take a look at my first post on this project, Nichole Needlebook Kit Unboxed.

Whew. One project done. I didn't quite meet my Christmas deadline, but I came pretty close! Now, onto the next project! See you tomorrow!

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Posted By: Mary Corbet on Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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Oh, these tiny crewel embroidery kits are wonderful! They make me feel so accomplished! So on top of things! So capable of finishing something! Yesterday, I introduced you to one of the Tristan Brooks "smalls" - which are literally that: small crewel embroidery kits, that result in a small finished product (about 4" x 4"). Today, I'll show you the finish.

This little crewel embroidery kit is easily finish-able in a weekend, and on top of that, it's really fun to work! One thing I like about crewel work is the variety of stitches used in it. This little project, for example, used a total of eight different stitches, all in about 4" square. You can beat that for variety!



I made a few adjustments in the whole plan of the kit, substituting a few stitches here and there. For example, inside the blue flower in the original design there are some scattered French knots. I opted for seed stitch. The yellow tendrils are supposed to be plain stem stitch in Heathway, but the Heathway seemed a bit bland as a plain stem stitch, so on the top left tendril, I whipped the stem stitch with Gumnut Poppies, and for the lower right yellow tendril, I stuck with Gumnuts poppies for the plain stem stitch.

I set up another small right after I finished this one. They're so .... small and manageable! Which is great if you're pressed for time, still want to stitch, and want to enjoy that feeling of actually finishing something!

Some crewel topics that will be discussed in some upcoming posts, thanks to your input:

1. What is crewel work, anyway, and how does it differ from other forms of surface embroidery?
2. Threads for crewel work
3. Fabric for crewel work

I'll also discuss stitches and so forth, and give you some close-ups of these little projects. If you have any additional topics you'd like discussed, leave a comment below!

This week, besides regular blog upkeep, trying to catch up on e-mail, sneaking in some work on these smalls, and finishing up the lingering needlebook (!), I'm working out in the studio, which has been decommissioned for quite a while due to storage difficulties, household rearranging, and so forth. Once things are in order out there in my frigid workspace, I'll be setting up a project, taking pictures for various upcoming posts, and hopefully filming stitches. There is so much I want to do during my short break between semesters - I have to be careful not to turn my vacation into a pressure-cooker! After all, this is supposed to be fun, right?!

Enjoy your Monday!

Labels: crewel work, embroidery kits, needlework pictures, pictures, threads, wool

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Posted By: Mary Corbet on Monday, December 28, 2009
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Last week, I mentioned the new needlebook kit in the series of French Maid Needlebook Kits from Access Commodities, and since it showed up in the mail, I figured I'd show you the insides of the kit.

Even though I'm not usually one for working things in a series - I'm just not a "collector" at heart - this particular needlebook series has really captured my fancy! These are the points that appeal to me about this series: the quality materials (Au Ver a Soie silks, Legacy Linen); the coordination of the needlework part of the kit (threads, fabric, stitching designs) with the reproduction fabric lining; the pretty finishing touches; and the fact that I can adapt the designs from counted work to surface embroidery if I want to.

Of course, if I don't get my you-know-what in gear and get the first needlebook done, I may end up with a stack of boxes on my shelf and no needlebooks to show for it! (More on that later!)



Here's the box the kit came in - you can see it's the third in this series, and it's produced by Access Commodities.



This is the cover design for the needlebook. The picture doesn't do it justice, really - the trim and finishing touches add so much to the needlebook! But still, you get the idea of the overall design of the book here as well as the color scheme.

In contemplating the design, I don't know if I could reasonably adapt the bird to surface work on this fabric. I'll have to think about that one a bit.



I love the creams, browns, and cranberry color scheme here! The silk threads are perfectly coordinated with the lining fabric. Very pretty!



This particular kit has four skeins of Soie d'Alger, one spool of Soie Perlee, ribbons and so forth for the finishing, as well as covered button hardware, lining fabric, Legacy linen for the outside fabric, interfacing for the construction of the book, felt for the needles (and three needles), and all the instructions.



It has a very clear chart for the back cover of the needlebook, too. The initial is again something you have to come up with, but there are plenty of online resources for these cross stitch initials, where you can find them for free. Well - you know me - I'll switch that to an embroidered monogram, anyway.

I purchased this kit (it's my own Christmas present - you know, any excuse!) from the Mad Samplar. It came very quickly, but at the time, they had it in stock. Now, I see it's a special order item, but I suspect that they can get it pretty quickly, if you're interested in the kit, too.

Now, what of the needlebook kit I'm supposed to have finished for Christmas? Um....

When is Christmas?

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Posted By: Mary Corbet on Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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Linen is SLUBBY. There's no way to get around it. Some linens have fewer slubs than others, but linen and slubs just go together. In linen fabric, slubs can be pesky; in linen thread, they can be downright maddening. Well, until you remember it's linen... and slubs and linen just go together...

A slub is a little lump in thread (or yarn or fabric) that develops during the spinning process, when loose fibers get caught up in the thread being spun. "Slub" is a magnificent word. When I hear it, the word "slug" automatically comes to mind. There are two reasons for the connection: 1. slubs look like slugs, in a fibery sort of way; and 2. slubs in thread try my patience and make me want to slug... something, someone, anyone!

But then I remember... slubs and linen just go together.

On my needlebook project, Londonderry Linen thread is used for the edging around the needlebook. Before assembling the book, the instructions require backstitching all around the edge of the needlebook, using black Londonderry Linen thread. Once the mitering is done on the cover of the book, I think I am supposed to go back to those backstitches and work a scalloped buttonhole needlelace in them, using the same thread.

And I don't mind using Londonderry Linen thread! As linen thread goes, I like it a lot.

But if you've never used linen thread, you should prepare yourself for the experience. You should know that slubs and linen just go together.



I backstitched all around the outside edge of the needlebook.

It was a lot like writing with a bloppy pen. You can see where the black stitching is a bit thicker-looking, can't you?



In places like this, for example?



Or in places like these?



See?



This is the culprit. It is a slug. No, no - sorry - it's a slub. And slubs and linen... they just. go. together.

But you know, you can take a stand against slubs. They can be conquered. When I find them on thread, and I see that they are an obvious protrusion from the thread, I take a needle and try to pick them out, or, if it'll work without cutting the thread, I take my scissors and I trim them. I do! And when I find them in fabric, if they interrupt the design and I can do it without damaging the fabric, I carefully pick them out with a needle and tweezers. But you know, sometimes I think I might be damaging the character of the linen.

But if you find that slubs really frustrate you when you're stitching - because on linen thread, they can be frustrating! sometimes they're like pulling a small knot through the fabric! - just calm down and remember that they both (slubs and linen) just go together.

Have you experienced slubs? What do you do about them?

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Posted By: Mary Corbet on Friday, December 11, 2009
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The little motif on the back of my current project - this embroidered needlebook - is finished. There are some hiccups. Lately, and I don't know why, I always have hiccups in my needlework. Despite them, though, I like the little design on the back. For this part of the needlebook, I adopted part of the counted cross stitch design given in the kit, and then added my own surface stitching to finish the motif. I'll show you my adjustments...

In the original needlebook kit, a cross stitch pattern is supplied for the motif on the back of the needlebook, an urn filled with roses. I kept the urn, though I adjusted the count on it, and then I filled the urn with bullion rose buds and feather stitch and French knot greenery.



This is a distant shot of the urn and flowers. The flowers are one of the hiccups. I wanted them to be in approximately the same place they were plotted on the counted cross stitch chart that came with the kit. But I started them in the wrong place, and things got a bit discombobulated.



The little urn is supposed to be stitched over two threads of fabric. I decided to keep it small and stitch it over one.



At first, at the very base, I went with cross stitch, with one strand of Soie d'Alger, but you know what? It didn't work! The single thread was a bit too thick to manage a whole cross stitch, so after the base, I resorted to tent stitch, which actually worked out ok. In a macro shot, you can really see the stitches, but in person, the stitches are really too tiny to see perfectly, so you get the overall look of the urn just fine, without seeing where the tent stitches didn't quite do the job!

I like the urn a lot, even stitched as it is - half cross stitch, half tent stitch.

The roses bug me a bit, though - but NOT enough to take out and re-do them! I tried to keep them more bud-like, than full-blown roses, and so I started with the long bullion center. For a regular, full-blown bullion rose, it's easier to start with a round center. Anyway, my roses came out a little bit angular. And do you notice something about the drooping bud on the right? It's true, I resorted to two fly stitches around the dark bullion center. Why? Well, it was a combination of factors:

One, I was sick of doing bullions.

Two, I worked one there and it looked awful. I picked it out.

I stitched it again. It still looked silly. I picked it out.

I tried two bullions, overlapping. The didn't fit - they looked heavy and all wrong. I picked them out.

I stitched two fly stitches.



And here 'tis - the embroidery finished on the back. Now, it's quite done - I still have to backstitch around the outside edge (where the basting thread is) in black linen thread. The backstitching will mark and define the edge, and also provide the base for some needlelace scallops around the outside of the needlebook.

I'm not making it through this kit as quickly as I thought I would. This isn't because of the kit so much as it is a matter of having time to really stitch. I'm pleased with the kit so far - I really like it! I'm looking forward to the construction part!

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Posted By: Mary Corbet on Monday, December 07, 2009
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I've had time to embroider! Yippee! Though I was thinking I might have this whole needlebook finished by the end of the long weekend, and though I realize now that it probably won't happen, I'm still pretty excited about the progress I've made on this French Maid Needlebook kit from Access Commodities.

I've finished the monogram, added some bullion roses to it, and almost finished one of the "fancy stripes" down one side of the front. Now, I AM excited about the project so far, but I have made some mistakes, and I'll be pointing those out to you - not because I'm a negative person always looking for mistakes (!), but just so that you can see where I've run into some pitfalls. Maybe pointing out the pitfalls in my stitching will help you avoid similar pitfalls in your stitching.



Here's the finished monogram, and you can see that I've started adding the bullion roses to it. I would like the monogram, had I not made some little mistakes on it that bug me. The question is, do they bug me enough to pick out some of the stitching and re-do it? Ummmm.... maybe not!



This is the upwards swash where the main part of the T curls up and around. The circled areas indicate the points that bug me. The circled area on the right: I should not have made such a clear separation for the last little section of the curve. The circle on the left: there's a stitch in there that's too small, and it makes the curve there look pinched, so that it is just slightly angular, rather than smoothly curved.

The latter problem isn't that big of a deal - I don't find it that noticeable. But the former problem (the right circle) does bug me (a LOT), so I'm thinking I might pick that out eventually!



I added the bullion roses to the center, using the pinks that were supplied with the kit. I used two strands of Soie d'Alger for the bullions.



Once I finished the bullion roses, I used two strands of the brighter green to work in some straight-stitch greenery around the roses. Here, I should have worked in all three greens that were supplied in the kit. Later, I did go back and cut in some other green, but it isn't very effective.

I also should have reduced to one strand, when working the rest of the curl on that green branch. You can see this point better in the picture below:



Here's the completed monogram with the flowers.



In the original kit, the "fancy stripes" down the two sides of the front and back of the needlebook are bordered by a cross stitched edge, straight down the length of the stripe. Inside, are cross stitched roses. For my version of the surface embroidered needlebook, I wanted to keep the color and design scheme, but work in surface stitches. For the edges of the stripe, I chose Portuguese Knotted Stem Stitch. I like the little bit of texture this stitch provides, plus I like the somewhat wavy or scalloped look of the stitch.



After working the one edge of the stripe area, I realized that, if I were going to stitch bullions in the center, it would be easier to do so if I were not stitching between two embroidered lines! Otherwise, I risk running into the embroidered lines with the tip of my needle and snagging them. So I added the bullion rose buds before stitching up the other edge of the stripe area.



I added straight stitch leaves on each side of each rose bud, and worked a running stitch line down the center of the stripe area. The running stitch line is part of the original counted instructions.



In the photo above, you can get a sense of the design of the needlebook cover and the matching lining fabric. I think they look great together! I like the way the stripes on the cover mirror the stripes in the fabric. In fact, I think that's what sold me on the kit in the first place!

So, there's my progress so far. I'm enjoying this little project! Keep your fingers crossed for me - maybe I'll get the embroidery finished on it before Monday arrives again!

Enjoy the weekend!

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Posted By: Mary Corbet on Saturday, November 28, 2009
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