I haven’t written a book review in a long time and have run across a couple of really good ones lately. The Book Thief First, is “The Book Thief” – now out as a movie, this is a fabulous and inspiring book. I was a bit skeptical when I realized
Taking a few weeks off from stitching – and I guess it’s not fair to say it’s a stitching injury, but it is an injury that keeps me from stitching. I pulled the upper muscles in both my arms. I’m under Dr’s orders to not strain them, but sheesh, do
One of the most outstanding books I’ve read in a while. One reviewer wrote that they don’t normally like books about old people (ha, ha) but this book is so amazingly about love and attraction that the age of the characters don’t matter. I just adored the setting and I
I’m still working away at my cross stitch and my crewel project. However, I took a side trip over to the sewing machine to catch up mending – I think that’s my biggest annoyance with the machine is that it can be used for so many practical things! ha ha!
There just hasn’t been much embroidery, sewing, crazy quilting or anything else going on here. Colorado has had such a tough year with the fires, the movie theater shooting and now Jessica Ridgeway – who went to an elementary school in our area and now her killer was found just
Yep, that even sounds weird to me – considering I’m a pacifist who hates war and violence, it’s an odd combination. However, I love survivors and I love to hear about “triumph in the face of hopelessness” and WWII England provided just that! It all started with Downton Abbey –
Not so much of the stitching until the last couple of days – my nose has been stuck in a book for 2 weeks now. As I posted on Facebook, I think I have a new record (although I don’t remember ever having one to begin with) and it’s that
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 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
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