It’s naturally a time to reflect on 2021… I don’t have grandkids, so my camera roll is full of projects! It is sew fun to scroll through the year and see all that was accomplished. I fully… Continue reading

     Between Christmas and New Year’s is always my favorite week of the year! All the hustle and bustle is over and it’s time to relax and enjoy the holidays. New Year’s Eve is always low key for us… Continue reading

Time to stop thinking about finishing all those fabulous hand made Christmas quilts and gifts and actually finish them! Here’s what’s on my plate this week. 1) Chicken QuiltIn good shape here… or what I consider to be good shape!… Continue reading

    It’s high time to stop thinking and starting doing something about all those Christmas present ideas I have rattling around in my brain! What better time of year to have an embroidery machine with dozens of beautiful personalized… Continue reading

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