Slowly, I have started to pick up leaves from my garden. Slow going around the tender shoots, but careful, happy work despite the cold wind still blowing. The daffodils are well on their way and I was pleasantly surprised to see that the small columbine clusters and black hollyhocks fared well over the winter. I started some [...]
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One of my favorite things on a Monday morning is to read the Nordic Needle Newsletter . It is a wonderful connection to people from around the world who share the same passion for needlework. I highly recommend signing up for Sue & Roz’s newsletter if you already haven’t - you’ll be glad you did! Oftentimes, amongst the [...]
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In the end, “The Sampler” will be finished using bell pull hardware. I began stitching the needlework piece a day or so ago. After a good dose of nice, bright sunlight and viewing the threads, the bell pull and the fabric all together, I decided to go with my first inclination to use the Tumbleweed fabric. No [...]
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I have picked many of the colors that I want for my new cross stitch sampler, but I am having second (and third) thoughts about the fabric. I have plotted all the necessary stitches and colors into my stitch program so at least the framework has been done. It doesn’t help, really, that colors on [...]
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Alot of tasks have been accomplished this week that don’t make for interesting reading. Being a freelance artist, there is a need to wear many hats: marketing and promotional work, book keeping, correspondence, etc. which incorporate a necessary bit of time. All are very important, but nonetheless, they do not make for an interesting read.
I have been impatient [...]
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I have been busy stitching a “Welcome Home Sampler” for one of the two Habitat houses to be built in my hometown this Fall. I took a ride over to see it and discovered the walls have been raised already and good progress is being made by the work crews. My initial thought was that I [...]
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