Well, it is hardly calm and bright here, but it makes for a lovely post heading, don’t you think? I am up early today for a big day of cookie distribution, housecleaning, and cooking to get ready for tomorrow, but… Continue reading

As we are currently and ironically now located in Southeastern Mass, we were set to get slammed overnight with snowstorm “Gail.” The kid in me was super pysched to get our first nor’easter in two years; the adult in me,… Continue reading

Here is the last piece of Thanksgiving! Yes– after the stuffing, mashed potatoes, and gravy, the SOUP is really my favorite part. If you add in a can of diced tomatoes, you will get a beautiful broth like a rose… Continue reading

     As we go into the holidays and prepare to close out the year, the first thing that always comes to my mind is THANKS!     Thank you to all  who have kept my little business afloat this… Continue reading

I have retired the snowman cross stitch for a bit– I only have two more to do, and I think I will enjoy finishing it up in January when there might even be the possibility of going outside to make… Continue reading

Does anyone else feel like they are watching a bad Twilight Zone episode this year? One with too many farfetched subplots, characters you don’t care about, and not enough time for everything to be woven into a neat, satisfying ending… Continue reading

I spent last evening watching the gorgeous Blue Moon rise over my sewing room!  Practicing my voodoo… Hacking quilts to bits… Making bats for my belfry… …and digging up some old friends. It’s all part of this week’s plan… FREE… Continue reading

 So Mr. Nautilus was on my original list of sea creatures for the Stitches of the Sea Block of the Month (affectionately known as “Seafood of the Month” here in the studio) I first jotted down in January.  Now that… Continue reading

I am attempting to get “back to normal” around here– whatever that means anymore– and I really don’t feel like too much deep thinking right now so we’ll just leave that sentiment where it stands! Slow stitching is always such… Continue reading

 2020 continues its bitter course… my extended family has had a loss.  Not like a grandparent, who you are sorry to see go but who has had a full and joyous life…  …but someone who had years ahead of them… Continue reading