If you have a bit of time to spend, The Met in New York has a nice online tour of American Needlework that I’m sure you will enjoy. If you have an interest in quilting, be sure to follow the article about half-way down and click on the bedcoverings & bedhangings link to view a similar online tour [...]
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Fall is time for apple picking. Here is a favorite recipe of mine for some Apple Bread which you might like to try:
1/2 cup butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cups peeled, grated apple
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. [...]
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The Busy Bee ensemble is coming along nicely. I had a very productive weekend and was able to finish stitching the top and bottom sections of the biscornu and complete the finishing for it. Also, I created a scissor tag and completed the stitching and assembly. The last piece I will make for this set is a [...]
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I received my copy of the Just Cross Stitch 2007 Christmas Ornament Issue yesterday. My contribution to this year’s issue is a Gingerbread Cottage ornament and a recipe for gingerbread cookies. I am honored to be among such a talented group of designers. There are so many beautiful ornaments in this year’s issue and I have already [...]
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Posted in Gardening on September 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My favorite season of all is Autumn. I have a nice breeze blowing in the window as I stitch and it is peacefully quiet except for the rustling leaves. My studio has a nice view of my front garden and I have been delighted to see the goldfinches again this year. I was afraid they [...]
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Welcome to my blogs new home at The Stitching Thread. I think this format has a cleaner, simpler look and I find that WordPress has many more options available for me once I learn all about it. I’m not completely sure that transferring my previous posts was altogether successful, since some of my photographs did not open [...]
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My garden like most everyone else’s I would suspect, has suffered from dry, hot temperatures. The few things blooming at the moment are my hostas with their delicate lavender-colored blooms (the honeybees adore them), hardy marigolds and my miniature fairy roses. They have made a second bloom and I have been pampering them. They burst forth [...]
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Wow, did this week fly by! Over the holiday weekend, I finished the main body of my second mitten. It took the rest of the week just to finish the thumbs and weave the yarn tails in. I am very pleased with this pair. I found them easy to knit and had much better luck [...]
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Hi Friends,September is always a good point in the year to take a step aside and reflect a bit. What needlework projects have I successfully finished? What are the future ones I’d like to spend my time on? The rest of the year seems to crank up with the impending holidays and speed by amazingly [...]
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