Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged family, needlearts, needlework, pie, stitching, thanks, Thanksgiving on November 20, 2007 | No Comments »
I like Thanksgiving Day a lot. It is about family and friends, good food (especially the pie!), laughter and watching the Macy’s parade on TV in the morning. It is the nicest of holidays because it gently reminds us about those things that matter the most - spending time with those we love - because we really ought [...]
Posted in Other Destinations, tagged Books, cross stitch, needlework, stitching on November 4, 2007 | No Comments »
November 12 - 18, 2007 is National Children’s Book Week. Celebrate by encouraging a child to set aside time each day for reading. Make a visit to your local library and spend time reading with a child. It will foster a life-long love of learning and reading in his or her life. Better yet, please visit Jen Funk Weber’s [...]
Posted in Habitat for Humanity, needlework, tagged cross stitch, needlework, sampler, stitching on October 24, 2007 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Other Destinations, tagged birds, Finches, songs, stitching on October 22, 2007 | No Comments »
Over the weekend, I went to a White Elephant sale at a community group. What fun poking around. In amongst everything, I found an old wire bird cage and had a crazy moment… and bought it. My daughters and I headed to the local pet shop and spent some time looking at birds. No parakeets, please, too [...]
Posted in Needlework Sites, Quilting, needlework, tagged art, crazy quilts, friendship, needlework, Quilting, stitching on October 17, 2007 | No Comments »
I had the most wonderful visit yesterday with the Cape Cod Chapter of the EGA, a local guild group in my area. They are working on a correspondence course on making a crazy quilt. What wonderful color combinations I saw. I love crazy quilts as they are just so imaginative and amazing to look at. Best [...]
Posted in Design Process, cross stitch designs, tagged cross stitch designs, needlebook, biscornu, stitching on September 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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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