I’m so proud to say I AM KEEPING UP with Fat Quarter Shop’s quilt AND cross stitch FREE patterns– here’s my Cross Stitch:    Each week I’m giving a tip– these light green leaves are not symmetrical–… Continue reading

      Many thanks to the Fat Quarter Shop for inviting me to this WONDER-ful stitch-a-long and linking to my blog! They had me at “STAR.” I do have a bit of a side effect that I wasn’t warned… Continue reading

    Summer is in full swing and it has been like camp here the past week! Various family members have made the trek up and enjoyed the amenities for a few days each. We have the lake, an archery… Continue reading

   It’s been a sobering week of “unpacking.” Well, I wish I was unpacking, but honestly all I have done is bring things upstairs that were all over the downstairs. Yup, I wish I was wearing my Fitbit that tracked stairs… Continue reading

…is my word for the week, but only in the happiest way! Very little sewing took place, but some more major milestones for the new studio. Moving continues at a snail’s pace– picture if you will, the journey of a… Continue reading

     Summer is now in full swing here, and swing is definitely the word since we blasted out of the 50s and into the 80s in a matter of a week. I was born in August and was surely… Continue reading

    3pm So there I was, a good eight hours into my twelve hours of sewing day. Three quilts were readied for long arm, but outside, it looked the world was ending. I had just sent this picture to my… Continue reading

    It’s been a good seven months since I was able to dedicate an entire day to sewing. Everyone was out of the house on this day for the first time in a long time as well, so it… Continue reading

      Another light sewing week, although a few things got an hour here or there. After sheet rocking my entire studio in a lightning fast two days, everyone on the homestead has had to get back to their… Continue reading

      A TON of progress this past week– just not on sewing… but my new creative space has walls! Here’s the “before”… So, just to NOT have disgusting insulation raining down on my head is a huge improvement…… Continue reading