I have taken a bit of a break from stitching to attend my 25th College reunion (honestly I had NO idea I’d gotten that old!!) – which was a blast, but I came home exhausted, so I’ve been relaxing and catching up on my reading. So, if you do crazy
I found the embroidered piece at an estate sale – finished, but on a pillow “kit” (it just folded over and you could stitch it to the back) and so I rescued it. I got home and realized I had the fabric and pom-pom edging and couldn’t resist. I’ve been
The headline is sort of a tease – here’s last week’s TAST stitch couching: I really struggled with this, because most of the couching I’ve done was with heavy fibers or eyelash yarns – something kind of bulky and I really couldn’t picture that treatment on this block. However, I
I finally figured out how to “live blog” from my phone and stitch night seemed great! I’m working on my sheep: The other gals are working away on their projects: The best part is the chatting!!
I don’t know about you, but that sort of plug (“If you like “Downton Abbey” you’ll love…) for a book often leads to disappointment, but at a book club last night I found myself raving so much about this book that I realize in this case it lives up to
This is my TAST (take a stitch Tuesday) stitch for this week, the motif is from Carol Samples book, “Treasury of Crazy Quilt Stitches” and I’m really pleased with it. I used basic cotton thread – variegated for the chains in the circles. I’m open for suggestions on how to
I already did the Week 7 stitch – detached chain – by accident. However, I found this little flower piece of felt and decided to take it further. My inspiration was this book “The Stitches of Creative Embroidery” – I have NO idea where I found it, but it has
I’m a crazy crazy avid reader (some say a little insane) – and so one of my hopes was to throw some of my book reviews on here that I post on Goodreads. So, relatively quilt related is the Shenandoah Album series by Emilie Richards – I had NO idea
I have started this post 3 times and what’s funny is I keep stitching on my seam and having to update it! ha ha! I had the actual stitch done a while ago and kept adding and updating – I meant to post in between and I just didn’t get
I have hopes that both of these projects will move quickly – first is this cute applique mini-quilt. I’ve been looking at these sheep for forever – here they are in mid-assembly: The second, I’ve already given you a peek at – I’m trying this new frame and so far