Secret finish!

Well, in the background ever since I started the blog, I’ve been working on this sweet little friendship sampler by JBW Designs as a gift for a dear friend. Her birthday was a while ago and I had gotten the stitching done but it took some figuring to manage the finish. I knew what I wanted but as I have […]

My Very First Workshop!

Ooh, I am so lucky to have gotten a fantastic early Christmas present! The Attic Needlework Shop offered classes last weekend with Sherri Jones and I attended The Lounging Hare Sewing Box workshop. Was that ever fun! The project is darling, the wooden box I got is exquisite, the ladies were all very nice, and the lunch was yummy.  We […]

Best Laid Plans

It always happens that when we plan a trip, I think, I will bring my stitching and get so much done on it I should bring one or two more things to start! Since I will have so much free time! And then it always happens that I rarely even put one stitch in. This kind of plan shows my […]

Birds…check!

Wow, I am amazed at the quick progress on For the Birds! I put finishing touches on extant birds on Monday, Kitty in the Corner yesterday, and, got the crows and charms in by the end of the week! I will do the alphabet border over the next week. It has a few more birds in the border to keep […]

Snatching Stitches

On a busy weekend, the best I can hope for my stitching is to grab what time I can here and there. The result of that this weekend is the addition of a bunch of the birds to the Drawn Thread piece.  The photo on the chart is so tiny, it is hard to appreciate how cute this thing is. […]