Dorcas at Summer School

This past week/weekend I attended (and worked and worked and worked!) at The Attic’s Summer School. I have never been an attendee before and it was just amazing. We were so busy in the shop all week and the actual event was Friday evening through Sunday noon. There were 6 wonderful projects from Vickie and Maegan Jennett (Needlework Press), Brenden […]

A New Vignette. A Framed Favorite. My Stitching Tool Box.

I have finally gotten around to unpacking my smalls, and I have made a new vignette for my display by the front door! I had purchased a large pedestal stand for my Advent candles this year. (I never found a wreath I liked, so I just got this pedestal stand and put big pillar candles on it with some greenery […]

Starting over

I am still here, on this earth, doing mostly the same stuff I was doing when I abandoned my blog for critical home projects a few months ago. We have had a time of it. We had a broken pipe-caused flood in mid November. We moved out of our house the week before Christmas so the reconstruction work could begin. […]

November 2023 Smalls Link Up

Hello, I hope all my American friends had a great Thanksgiving last week. We did. The kids and I made 3 pies (apple, pecan, pumpkin) and the rest of our feast was tip top as well. This is not Instagram worthy food photography but maybe you’d like to see it anyway… I did not finish my small. I thought if […]

Back to a regular schedule?

Hello friends! Goodness it’s been touch and go here. I was making good progress on several things…in stitching, and in life, I thought, but it’s been pretty wild around here! I have started a home decluttering project. I really need to do this. We have lived in our home for 13 years now and have accumulated a lot more than […]

2022 in Review

Happy New Year! After reviewing my photos. I found I stitched more than I thought I did this year! I participated in Carol’s Instagram challenge…12 in 22 ornaments which resulted in 10 new ornaments, 8 for Christmas, 1 for Easter and 1 for Halloween. I did also stitch 4 letters for Clare’s alphabet tree too so I guess I made […]

Some finishes and some WIPs

I haven’t updated you on some of my ongoing projects in a while mostly because I keep hoping there will be more to show if I wait another day or 2! Does anyone else do that? Well, I am guilty of it too often. Nonetheless, I do have some finishes to share, this one for 2 full weeks! Yes! I […]

Exciting News!

Hello friends! I have big news! I have new job! And it is a cool job for you all to know about! I’m working at the famous Attic Needlework! See all the exclamation marks?! I am very excited! I decided to write a post of introduction as Jean planned to include my blog address in the shop newsletter to introduce […]

Happy New Year! A 2021 Summary

In 2021 I had 28 finishes. It is much less than the number of finishes as 2020 (42 I think?) but most of them were a good deal more complex. And several of them were off my “bucket list,” projects I deemed to be high priorities in my stitching career. I also had a good number of starts which I […]

Gifted Gorgeousness! And a December Creativity Recap

I’m linking up with Jo of Serendipitous Stitching for a picture heavy post of my creative efforts this month, including a few gifts! First of all, the banner image features our mantel with the gorgeous needlepoint stockings my mom made and gave each of us over the years. I’ve shared them before but they are so special they must be […]