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The Cross-Stitch Project from You-Know-Where
I’m just back from a wonderful visit with my lifelong best friend Kelleen. We have a tradition of starting an arts and crafts project whenever we’re together, and this time we went for needlework. We...
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Cross-Stitch Project Completed!
Back in February, I started the Needlework Project From Hell. At the time, I claimed I was determined to get the thing done, and in fact, I worked on it steadily until I had all the embroidery and...
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Studio Makeover: More fabric, and another distraction
The makeover is taking a while because I keep spending the majority of my time working on projects I’ve uncovered. I finished a needle work project over the weekend and have launched into work on a...
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Owl for Inspire Me Thursday
For the first time ever, Inspire Me Thursday’s theme (owl) sparked an immediate image. I saw owl eyes made out of sunflowers, and I was off. Made of fabric, ribbon, felt, and thread. I had fun with the...
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Christmas Angels
One of the surprises of organizing my studio was finding a bunch of finished cross-stitch projects from years long past. I didn’t pay much attention at the time; I was too busy sorting and storing to...
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Crazy Things Come in Tiny Packages
This Christmas I received a handmade gift from my friend Kelleen. You may remember that together we took on a pincushion project last spring that I despaired of ever finishing. It included tiny counted...
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Next Step of the Bag: The Flap
I’ve actually already finished the flap completely and have blocked the pieces. However, the camera is in the shop, so I can only show part of the progress I’ve made. After cutting the front and back...
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East Meets West: It’s Done!
(Almost.) The bag I started nearly a year ago sat around in pieces after I got it blocked in January. I finally got organized enough to trace the pieces for the lining and construct the bag about a...
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