Bits of Stitching!

I did not get to make more progress on my started Sunflower in August. Things got pretty hectic. I already added French knots to the center ...

  The first few days in August were a physically exhausting roller coaster due to the flaring of chronic health issues I have briefly mentio...

    In the last couple of weeks these, in the picture above, made it to my stash!     The Spoonflower printed fabrics are by Kathy Schmitz. ...

  Yes, it took me FOREVER to get this done! Why? Not sure. Maybe because the task seemed daunting and boring? Perhaps. However once I starte...

Hand embroidered flowers are so beautiful! Of course, nothing compares to the exquisite magnificence of living flowers, however, even a hand...

     In fact, a bit over 2 years since I last posted! Quite a few things have taken place. Some extremely sad and heart breaking, some chall...

Yes, it has definitely been a long while. My personal volunteer work commitment is on a regular basis nowadays. Although I still keep workin...

Spring is in full swing around here, so I'm reposting about this Japanese embroidery book all about hand embroidered flowers. Really lik...

All ready to be hand sewn! Related posts here and here . The embroidery was modified from a freebie on Mollie Johanson's blog. I'm ...

  Sneaking in an update on these two completed embroidery designs from Kathy Schmitz's most recent book. I've completely forgotten t...

This will be the last embroidery design for one of the English paper pieced lap quilts I've been working for quite awhile. This is the l...

  Started stitching the designs for the center of the 1" hexagons. Was able to complete 1 and 2, and working on 3. A progress shot of t...

  I'm not sure if this winter theme lap quilt project will get done this time around.  At least I got it out, transferred the embroidery...

Have you seen Kathy's Schmitz latest book release? So much cuteness! She self-published this one, and right now (in my understanding) yo...

Here are a few vintage embroidery designs that would look great on kitchen towels, quilt blocks, etc. Enjoy!

So happy to have been able to complete this Flower Bouquet in record breaking time!  This was a kit from Amazon. The materials are not the v...

Didn't take a picture of it after I finished embroidering the words , Updated this post to add picture of it with the words completely e...

Almost done with this flower bouquet! It's been fun, and therapeutic.  

Slowly but surely making progress on this lovely bouquet.   

Dedicating some time to continue to embroider my Garden Sampler project, by Kathy Schmitz.  Worked on it outside on the porch. The day was r...