Because we both don’t already have enough hobbies (apparently), Mom and I have embarked on another little adventure.

Now I don’t know what Mom’s excuse is… but I’m blaming a long-dead relation. When I was about seven years old, a great aunt died and my grandparents were tasked with cleaning her house out. This aunt was a bit of a pack rat… (maybe even hoarder)… and LOTS of amazing (to me) things came out of that house – including a pile of hand embroidered tablecloths, doilies and pillow cases.

I remember seven-year-old me being just enchanted with them! I used the pillow cases on my bed and felt like a princess.

And while I’ve cross-stitched since I was quite young, I never seemed to pick up embroidery, though I always wanted to.

Well… last week, before I went to Mom’s, I was browsing on Missouri Star Quilts website, where they were promoting a new kit…. called Ingrid’s wild flowers….*

I messaged Mom, sending her the link… and she started laughing. It was already in her cart, and her and Paisley were planning on doing them together. She put a second kit in her cart for me, and by the time I’d gotten to her house, it had already been delivered.

It comes in a beautiful tin…

With everything but the fabric inside (there’s a separate kit for the fabric, but it’s denim, and I don’t want to make it on denim)

There’s even tutorials on the website to get you started.

That said I won’t be starting any time soon… I came home from Mom’s with a cough that has turned into a full blown chest cold. It’s knocked me right off my feet so much so that evening sewing binding is a chore.

I hope to be feeling better by the weekend – I’ve got a lot of sewing to catch up on.

* It looks like they sold out of the first run, but are now doing pre-order for delivery in July