Monday, August 12, 2013

Where I've Been

I just returned home from a glorious weekend of sewing. It's more sewing than I've been able to do in months. And there have been some good reasons for that. In the Spring I started doing some commission work for Spring Market, which kept me busy but I wasn't able to share my projects here. Then shortly after, I jetted off to Europe for a month for a friend's wedding in Paris. My husband couldn't take a lot of time off work, so we spent ten days in Italy and a night in Amsterdam before he had to fly back home. Then I continued on to Paris, then London on my own before my journey ended. 


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The whole time we were in Italy I was feeling sick and completely wiped out with exhaustion, which is odd. Well, we discovered in Rome that there was a reason for the way I was feeling. Which is also the reason I haven't been able to blog at all in the past few months. We're pregnant. And when I got home we got the next shocker. We're having twins. So I have been really sick for the past couple months and have not had the stamina or energy to sew anything but a few commission pieces. Finally the fog passed about two weeks ago so I am getting back into the groove, slowly. I plan to do as much sewing as I possibly can for the next few months, or until I get too big to reach the machine. I need to get it all in and fast, as our entire world is about to change. 


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So I appreciate you sticking around while I was away! And I'm glad to be back. Now, it's back to sewing!

10 comments:

  1. Hollie!!!! I was wondering where you'd been... What wonderful news. Congrats my friend... and twins.... Ho-lee-gacamole!!!!!!!

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  2. I didn't get to chat w/ you at the meeting on Monday - but major congrats Hollie on the twins! Very exciting and glad you are feeling better - Mazel tov! xo

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  3. Woohoo, congrats! And hope you're past the pukey stage now!

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  4. Congratulations! That is so exciting!

    Your trip sounds like it would have been awesome too. :)

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  5. You should check out my friend Amy's blog, and go way back. She blogs at www.stitcherydickorydock.com, and she had twin boys a year ago. Her older daughters are exactly the same age as my girls, so she's got a 5, a 3, and twin boys almost a year old. She was sewing up until they boys were born...even converted her hospital room (bed rest) into a sewing studio! :)

    I'm happy for you, Hollie. And know that you'll figure things out sooner rather than later. :)

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  6. Congratulations! I'm a twin mom too-it's quite a shocking moment when that little nugget of news hits the brain, isn't it?! What an exciting time for you guys:)

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  7. Congrats! "morning sickness" (lasted the whole day for me) and quilting don't go together. I hope you are feeling better now.

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  8. Congratulations! How exciting! I'm sorry you've been so sick :( I hope the rest of the pregnancy goes smoothly.

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  9. Congratulations! I love hearing about twins since I just had a stein March of this year. Such an amazing thing to be a twin momma.

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  10. Congratulations! I love hearing about twins since I just had a stein March of this year. Such an amazing thing to be a twin momma.

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