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Do you remember going out for a shopping outing, in anticipation, with your heart fluttering at the prospect of what you might find? Well I think those days are pretty well gone, with the harsh reality of big box stores and the giant discount retailers making it some what a thing of the past. Here in Jordan village, what gets my heart fluttering is a shop called Stitch. The brain child of Jocelyn Chamberlain, a woman as lovely and gentle as the needle arts she promotes and champions, Stitch is presented as a sanctuary and reprieve for the needle art enthusiast and knitter. Housed in a quaint and charming cottage it embodies everything that is required for experiencing these crafts up front and personal. Jocelyn's passion for what she does is clearly evident everywhere you look. The finest yarns in up to the minute colors and weights beckon to be fashioned into whatever your imagination holds. Books and kits so beguiling, that if you are a fabric or textile junky like myself...

Every year around this time, I start to think about decorating the house for Christmas, thinking only.... I can hardly believe I have only six short weeks, it seems, to pull it all together! But every year I think this year is going to be different, and I will be ready, organized and rested??? Yesterday I began pulling out some boxes and some of the first things to be unwrapped were my Father Christmas figures, which I have collected for years. Obviously, since they were on top, they must have been the last things to be wrapped up and put away. I know they may seem a little dated to some, but there is something about them that just tugs at my heart strings every year. I have tried to keep my collection somewhat colour co ordinated, creamy whites or pastels, and always looked for those which have vintage fabric in the construction. The faces have to speak to me, no waxy, blank stares allowed! This sweet little Christmas angel, was made from snippets of my wedding veil.  She a...