01/01/2019

New Year, New Start!

I rang in 2019 with a big new start, my very first Chatelaine, Frosty Knot Garden!! Here is today’s work. It is so pretty with nice winter-y colors and the Petite Treasure Braid is SO sparkly and fun and I’m pleased with how quickly it’s moved along today!! I feel like I made a lot of progress in one day! […]

Uncategorized 9 50 sec read
12/28/2018

2018 Wrap Up Part 1: WIPs

Merry Christmas to all my readers who celebrate! And to everyone, I hope this end of year season is restful for you and finding you well as we quickly approach 2019! It is time for taking stock of the year. As I look through my project bags I find they are all still full! (Do you like my bags? After […]

Summary 8 2 min read
12/14/2018

Advent Calendar Day 15…Heirloom Nativity Update

Today I am representing Day 15 for Jo at Serendipitous Stitching’s Advent Calendar, sharing this day with Ariadne from Greece’s blog. During this fun blog hop, Jo opens a “door” to a different blog each day of Advent and we post some Christmas stitching for all to enjoy! For my Christmas stitching I want to share with you my progress […]

Blog Hop 26 1 min read
12/04/2018

Little by Little

I am working hard on Heirloom Nativity. I want to have all the stitching done before Christmas (not the hardanger, just the stitching, not the cutting!) What is left is the rest of the manger scene, the words, the final decorative band, and the hardanger “squares.” I am putting time into it every day, and it is growing and growing! […]

WIPs 8 23 sec read
11/24/2018

Two for two

It’s the end of the year and things are getting finished up! I completed the stitching in Charmed by Raise the Roof last night: Next is the fun part: arranging all my charms on it!

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11/22/2018

I’m thankful for…

…a Thanksgiving Day finish! Here is Random Thoughts by The Drawn Thread! And also that I did not run out of “dark pine” thread! It was close! But I made it! All that’s left is the hem stitched border, which I plan to do in January. For now, happy dance! Wishing you and yours a joyful Thanksgiving weekend!

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11/12/2018

Small Finish Small WIP

This past weekend I finished up the American Goldfinch kit from Crossed Wing Collection for my mom’s birthday present. While it sure is cute, it is hard to sustain the micro stitching for long. Good thing it’s a little project! I finished it in a Tim Holtz watch fob like I did with my cardinal last year. This is an […]

Finished! 2018 4 1 min read
11/03/2018

Random Thoughts etc.

Well! I didn’t have as much to finish up on Random Thoughts as I thought I did! I was able to put in the remaining motifs in a couple days! Here is a close up of the section I did last. The cat was tent stitch so it was a breeze! And here I had saved it till last! Since […]

WIPs 5 1 min read
10/23/2018

October 2018 Smalls SAL

I finished up Mr. Nutley Owl by Just Nan for this month’s Smalls SAL. Here he is! Isn’t he darling? I can see why these designs are addicting. It is just SO cute! I also finished up my Christmas Ornies SAL project for this month’s theme “O Christmas Tree.” This is the Christmas Tree Scissors Keep from The Victoria Sampler […]

Finished! 2018 20 38 sec read

Amy Mitten Autumn Quakers Bargello Bathya Bent Creek Betsy Morgan Blackbird Designs Brenda Gervais Chartmakers Chessie and Me Christmas Dorcas Haynes finish GPA Hands Across the Sea Heirloom Nativity Indigo Rose JBW Jeannette Douglas Joyful World Just Nan La D Da Little House Needleworks Mill Hill ornament ornaments Ornies SAL 2017 Plum Street Samplers Prairie Schooler Priscilla's Pocket Rosewood Manor Sampler Cove Samplers Not Forgotten Samplers Remembered Smalls SAL 2017 Snowflower Diaries Stacy Nash Summer Casket Sweetheart Tree The Drawn Thread The Victoria Sampler Threadwork Primitives Victoria Sampler Willing Hands With Thy Needle and Thread