Giving Thanks...

... for the opportunity

to forego my usual routine during this
short school week,

I turn on a CD

of instrumental

Christmas hymns


and focus on fun



(that I'd boxed up,

put away

and given up on

long ago...)


snipping

and clipping,







pinning,

stitching,

turning,

pressing,

topstitching,









formatting

finishing

touches,













machine

embroidering,












and handling



(what many

would call)



a generous potholder...




or...


(what I consider)


a functional canvas

to be released.


"Tis the Gift to Be Simple"
starts the old Quaker song...


And for the simple gift of these three relaxing days, I Give Thanks.

Wishing you and yours a gracious Thanksgiving Day of peace and love.