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

MY DESIGN WALL 5/1/20 It’s May 1st– we made it through one of the crazeist months of my lifetime. SO… I went back and read my blog post for March 16th– that is when the initial realization set in that… Continue reading

This is the story of a two-year battle to stitched digitized quilting designs successfully on my Flower of the Month quilt from 2017.  It is long-winded and boring, except to a tiny minority of deranged proselytes in the cult of… Continue reading

In the background of running San Francisco Stitch Co., I’ve also been attempting to fully and beautifully finish some of our monthly block program quilts. So to take you back in time to the beginning of the year, I was… Continue reading

I’ve always said that the most joy I get out of this little business is seeing what YOU make from the designs! And every so often, you send me wonderful pictures. This arrived in my inbox yesterday, completely out of… Continue reading

So we’ve just started a twelve-week free machine embroidery stitch-a-long project. To keep our spirits up, we’re now going on an extended “vacation” around the globe and we’d love you to join us! The link to the first destination’s design… Continue reading

Yesterday was the first day I was able to focus and put what I consider a full day’s effort in. The news has taken on a degree of sameness which makes it easy to turn off. Instead I find my… Continue reading