Ha ha, I’m so funny – this week is the “sheaf” stitch, thus the little ditty above. I’m finally back in the groove and made a huge switch from working on a project to working in my stitch book – a little book I put together years ago and never
What a summer! It was great – and it was sad and it was TOO busy, but now it’s over. I always find it amazing how time absolutely flies! This week I’m digging out the kids school stuff and seeing them through their first 4 day week. The great news
Well I have NOT gotten much done this month – except for finishing some things, I’ve just been zonked out in front of the TV every night With the kids still in elementary school, it seems like they pack a years worth of activities into May! It’s crazy. That and
This was such a quick project it didn’t even make it onto my sidebar, but I’m excited to send it off today. The recipient gave me the towels and mentioned lime was her favorite color – so I thought this would be an appropriate thank you! 🙂 I’m back
If you’ve read my blog at all you know I’m a bit of a sewing machine -phobe! I really don’t LOVE machine sewing, but I have to do it sometimes to get through projects! This weekend I actually had some fun! I ordered this fabric before Christmas (see how behind
Wow, this has NOT been a good stitching month so far – however, I’m signed up to take a class next Saturday and I have several new projects/ideas in the wings. This first one is a simple daisy embellished dishtowel – even though it’s just started, I thought I’d show
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 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 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