Summer is in danger of wearing out its welcome… we get to this point every year, when it’s too hot, too sticky, and the joys of working outside have become a chore. I left this topic in June, when you… Continue reading

August is my birth month– yes, why celebrate for just a day! I try to keep it going for as long as possible. For the monthly programs, I usually do something that is extra special to me– in the past,… Continue reading

I used to think that if I only had the time, I’d be able to clean up and get organized…now after lockdown, I realize that wasn’t the problem! This was the sad state of affairs before last weekend when I… Continue reading

We have completed seven months of cottages, and I’ve started to think about the finishing kit on this. (Five of the months here are photoshopped repeats, so don’t panic if you think you missed something! Just trying to get the… Continue reading

I’m proud to say that I powered through and finished a couple of things that were about to end up back in the closet! First up, my Halloween quilt (that I am desperately trying not to think of as “The… Continue reading

This is a nice long weekend for us all. I’m asking myself, how is it different from any other weekend or day right now? But we have a lot of birthdays around this time, our state is opening up without… Continue reading

Yesterday, we happily closed out 12 weeks of our World Tour of Embroidery Stitch-a-long! When we started, I imagined after that length of time, we would all be “home” by the time current events were all on the upswing… Sorry,… Continue reading

When I designed this before Christmas,  I very little imagined how inappropriate a beautiful, flowery setting would be for this year. Now 2020 is sure to be featured prominently in the history books along with “1914” and “1941.” On political… Continue reading

  So there’s always a bit of guilt when an artist resorts to making a pattern– or worse yet, a kit! I have learned to accept that after the brain drain of working on embroidery designs all day, there’s nothing… Continue reading

Yesterday I had the framework of the May cottage of the Month finished… I had made a list of  potential monthly themes in early January to see if I could think of enough, and also to try to make them… Continue reading