Today, we released the 15th annual installment of our year motif series! I thought it would be fun to take a look back– yes, more nostalgia! Someone suggested I do a weekly post on an older set– it’s a great… Continue reading

     Between my cross stitch turkey and my son’s Patriotic Chicken quilt, it is beginning to look like a poultry yard around here. Do I have a “thing” for chickens? It wasn’t until my daughter painted a penguin at… Continue reading

 As I was preparing this year’s free Christmas Mystery Stitch-a-long, I discovered it’s the TENTH ANNIVERSARY! Seeing how nostalgic I have been lately, I thought we might enjoy a little stroll down memory lane. The Mystery projects started in 2011.… Continue reading

     I’ll begin with my guilty pleasure… indulge me– it’s very appropriate because it’s Thanksgiving week and I’m stitching a turkey! This project is going to go for a 3-4 month vacation after that turkey is roasted. I’m over… Continue reading

 Some weeks have a tendency to just fly by– last week was like that. All I can tell you is, I have been very busy, just not sure what I did!     Each week before I write the blog,… Continue reading

     After the big power out, we were in danger of missing our Halloween. Fortunately, the artist-in-residence was home last weekend and we pulled it off with just a few hours to prepare. The pumpkin was carved, the seeds… Continue reading

      For a little spooky Halloween preview, a nor’easter treated us to four days with no power!       So let me first say, if you ever think that time is moving too quickly, you’re tired, and… Continue reading

    Birthdays, summer, visitors, vacations… all are over now and there’s nothing else to do but hunker down for a lovely fall and winter of stitching. I. AM. HAPPY.      Here’s the update for what I accomplished last… Continue reading

 So the quieter sights of home are now being enjoyed again, after the spectacle of Vegas. I am now snuggled in for four months of sewing. I am really glad I made the trip, because I have a sneaky feeling… Continue reading

So let me start right off by saying– the headline here was just to suck you in– no quilt shops or even any hand sewing took place on this trip! It was a straight up vacation– the culmination of my… Continue reading