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

 Just wanted to squeeze in one last post before we say goodbye to another month of this wretched year. For my birthday my dear son and his wonderful girlfriend gave me a 2021 calendar– best gift of them all and… Continue reading

 Last Saturday was “National Jelly Roll Day.”.. who knew? We were all supposed to pull out our Jelly Rolls and quilt something. Did you? I’m as much a precut fan as anyone, but I have to say, the Jelly Roll… Continue reading

When last I left you, I had just returned from the lake to my next BOM quilt in the mailbox! Block of the Month quilts are just like sugary treats: once on the lips, forever on the hips. It only… Continue reading