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TAST bullion and butterfly chain stitch

Well I’m getting back into the swing of things – finally looking at the summer and feeling fairly organized so I’m trying to catch back up to the TAST speeding wagon! 🙂 I really enjoyed these stitches. First, the bullion – I’ve done it lots of times, mostly doing Brazilian

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Catching up with my stitching and a quick new project

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

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Chain stitch – or lazy daisies in a line! :)

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

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Projects for 2012

Projects for 2012

This post has taken me longer than I originally thought it would – making goals and organizing my year has become a yearly goal, but this year I’m looking back and my fiber art really took an interesting turn. I’ve had some time to evaluate and have really loved a

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No, “Art Abandoned” isn’t abandoned

No, “Art Abandoned” isn’t abandoned

Yikes! I haven’t posted since Halloween! I can’t believe it! I’m actually still “finding my feet” on the new direction of this blog, but here’s an update on what’s going on with me. I’m busily working on 3 towels for a friend for Christmas – I’ll be happy when it’s

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The buttonhole stitch and other weekend endeavors

So, this weekend, I’m leading a class on embellishment at the Rocky Mountain Crazy Quilters. Which is kind of like saying “I’ll teach you how to make a crazy quilt in a day” sort of class – overwhelmed? Added to that is the fact that we have “beginners” and “way,

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Crafty weekends – a series of posts!

Note ** I have had so much going on, that I’m WAY behind on my posts, this is a post, I started two weekends ago – eek! Since then I’ve done a ton more, so the next few days will be post heavy! (brace yourselves, ha ha)** So, the first

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