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  • Happy Thanksgiving!

     Some of our most loyal fans know our secret… shhhhh. We are FROM San Francisco but currently located in Plymouth, Massachusetts. We hope that doesn’t cause you shock and disappointment– we’re still in “the city by the bay.” Plymouth may… Continue reading

  • Dot Zero

    Yesterday was the first day that it was absolutely freezing here– after weeks of Indian summer, it dropped down to 28.  So it is officially time to hunker down in our cabins! I treated myself to a little recreational sewing–… Continue reading

  • Happy Halloween!

    Come In! Come In! We’ve been waiting for you! The best part of a holiday is, of course,  the opportunity to show off gorgeous needlework. So we start off with our brand new, finished in the nick of time, calendar.… Continue reading

  • Sewing Projects

    The cream of the crop of our original machine embroidery projects for sale on the website– so you can make them and they’ll be your favorites too! Haunty Hills Village Throw Creepy, Crawly Countdown Calendar Mad Jack Table Topper (a… Continue reading

  • Mad Jack's Halloween Table Topper Part 2

    Halloween is now just a week away! The last post left you with a bunch of random pieces for your table topper– if you are devilishly clever, you may have already finished. The last design in the puzzle is now… Continue reading

  • Mad Jack's Halloween Table Topper

    If you follow San Francisco Stitch Co. and you do machine embroidery, we hope you’ve been following this month’s free stitch-a-long! To accent our Creepy Crawly Countdown Calendars, we’re making a matching table topper for under our candy bowls on… Continue reading

  • Why September's Flower Basket is Late

    It was the first week in September when Meg sent me this breathtaking photo from her garden. Thinking of the Flower Basket of the Month, I immediately changed gears from Sunflowers to Zinnias.  Anyone who knows me, knows I don’t… Continue reading

  • My Forever Project

    We all know what a UFO is… but a “Forever Project” is a very special sub-category. It is the one that has NOT been tossed into the closet– you are still actively working on it. But it is so detailed… Continue reading

  • Baby Turtles!

    This is a follow up to my post in mid-June– if you remember, a momma snapper, the momma of ALL snappers, laid eggs in my front garden. I googled in and marked the 90 day hatching on my calendar and… Continue reading

  • 'Nuf Said!

         I know this subject getting a bit old, but winning the AQS ribbon is such a weird and wonderful set of events, there are just some last thoughts and some thanks… then I am ready to get back… Continue reading