Merry Christmas….and my last finishes of 2024

Merry Christmas! We are enjoying a home week. Nothing much to do, plenty of leftovers and snacks, and fun presents that are occupying our time nicely. My best stitching presents: 2 kits from Inspirations and Mother Of Pearl treasures from Jackie duPlessis. Also I got needles and finger pads, and a nice pair of rose gold colored scissors. The pretty […]

Kiriki Press Advent Box

There have been so many enticing offerings from various stitching sources recently, I have been so excited about the possibilities for new projects! I absolutely could not resist the adorable Advent box offered by Kiriki Press…12 kits to make felt ornaments over the course of December…the ornaments revealed in the teasers leading up to the release were all darling. I […]

Belated Blog Anniversary!

Oh dear … I checked my last published post and see it’s been over a month since an update! Yikes! I think I had planned a post for the end of September that was never published but now I can’t find it. I probably wrote it in my head! It was related to it having been my 8 year blogging […]

A Small for August 2024

For my August small I finished the funky birdy from Moments of Glad Grace by Blackbird Designs. This past weekend we were camping and I finished it up in the beautiful cool air on top of Mt. Lemmon. “We” includes me and my 5 children ages 6-16, a friend and her family with husband and 4 children ages 1-14, and […]

July Small

I have an “instant gratification” stitch for a small this month. It’s Crowning Glory from Summer House Stitche Workes. I love the Slate Gloriana on the Straw Weeks. Very regal but also prim. My friend loaned me her chart after I was able to find the crown that you place the stitching into. Thank you, friend!! I’m so happy I […]

A teeny tiny finish

It took less than an hour to stitch up this tiny one inch square project from Old Colonial Designs…. It gets finished as a tiny horn book. You can put a magnet on it to create a needleminder or make it into a little scissor fob or ornament, which is what I did. Now isn’t that cute? I just need […]

May 2024 Small

I’m linking up with Rachel, Ten Hour Stitcher for the May Smalls SAL. I really wanted to finish the Jeannette Douglas Garden Box this month. It was just a delightful little stitch and I loved it. I did finish the bee skep sampler which is the largest of the components and so the stitching in this project is all done! […]

Can’t resist a finish…

I was so close I went ahead and finished the stitching on the first 2 little pillow inserts of the Jeannette Douglas Garden Box. Here they are!! I started the long cushion next. Unfortunately I stitched the border in the wrong color. The chart is oriented sideways and and symbols used for the supposed-to-be-TAN border is upside down of the […]

Bees and Funky Birds

I finished the Botanical Bee from Hands On Design! What a cheerful project, but there is a lot of stitching in it! I have it prepped for finishing. I am deciding on these 2 fabrics to back it as a circle ornament. I am leaning to the blue stripes as more elegant but I’m shopping around for opinions. Here is […]

April 2024 Smalls

I bet you knew I would make it! I finished a small for this month! This is called Flowers from Mary by La D Da. Of course I was delighted to have a little project with my name in the title of it. I love the quirky flower vase and the alphabet border. I love just about everything from La […]