Hello everyone! It's been a long time, hasn't it? I'm sorry I had been away for such a long time. I never meant to be gone for this long but life has taken over a little. I feel like there are too many things I want to share today. I could talk about how nice it was to have my friends over from Japan and to visit lots of places with them like Napa Valley. I could talk about how much fun it has been to be a part of the Ringo Pie flickr group that Penny of Sewtakeahike and I started with super creative folks. I could also talk about fabulous surprise packages I have received in the past few weeks. And I could talk about how my sewing projects have been progressing, but you know what,I think I need to make this post short because I have to finish up this post before this little boy who's taking a nap wakes up. Ok, so let me focus on one topic today. How about me talking about the new Stitch magazine that came out very recently?! I am super duper lucky to have my projects