Here’s a little peek of how our Flower Basket of the months are born… well bloom… the soil is the idea, the water is the work, and the sunshine is thread!     For a monthly series, we like to follow… Continue reading

   I’ve been seeing “Modern” quilts everywhere. The clean white backgrounds, rainbow colors, and simple patterns just make everything look so fresh and easy. I even went as far as to buy a Tula Pink pattern… occasionally I allow myself… Continue reading

Since this is a machine embroidery blog, lets start with my American Beauty UFO… it so deserves a trip out of the cabinet, and yes, I need to finish it! But now for a bit of digression… I always loved… Continue reading

Just put the last stitches on the binding of my Quilt of Valor last night… how appropriate now that it’s President’s Day! So I just thought I’d indulge myself and show it off one last time, and since none of… Continue reading

We certainly are “over the hump” with this project, and hope you are, too!  We just finished the “Twelve Drummers.” We’re taking a trip around the world in this series, but for the drummers we are home again, watching the… Continue reading

   We’re sure you are all getting ready for the big night… but most of us will not be standing elbow to elbow in Times Square or flying the Concord around the globe and celebrating New Year’s ten times over!… Continue reading

I took a break between the “Days of Christmas” to join my college student in NYC for some city sidewalks siteseeing and shopping.  What business I had taking a vacation at this time of year in retail, well, let’s just say… Continue reading

So last we left it, I had found eight Christmas star blocks in my UFO pile… and I decided on a whim I would stitch my Twelve Days of Christmas designs in the middle of them, thus completing TWO projects… Continue reading

So, of course, my previously mentioned rotator cuff repair pretty much totaled the fall sewing season! And I am still lamenting the fact that there’s no Santa’s Helper Club this year. Especially since those Santa’s Helper’s office samples made for… Continue reading

It’s been quite a while since my last post,  but I have a good excuse…. This happened! That makes it sound like I had an accident, but that’s not the case… apparently, my rotator cuff has been wearing away over time… Continue reading