Bits of Stitching!

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

As promised, here is a closer look at the cute birdie from the Sweet Stitches book (which I mentioned in more detail, fourth picture on th...

Things didn't turn out as I was expecting these past few days... kids appointments were put on hold do to myself having to do an unexp...

Cold rainy days are not good for autoinflammatory illnesses. Despite the achey stiff joints... so thankfully I managed to get laundry done,...

What a month October proved to be! Looking forward to a beautiful November! I started a new towel. This English Paper Piecing project belo...

Our summers tend to be busy; fun outings with the kids & friends, volunteer work, and yearly spiritually upbuilding Regional Conventi...

Here is my finished gladiolus! Definitely in love with stitching flowers. Embroidered flowers have a very long lifespan ;-). Plus the only...

On our recent trip to New York City we stopped by Kinokuniya (Japanese bookstore), at my request ;-). We were just a few blocks away so we w...

Some of us enjoy collecting things. Do you? One of my favorite things to collect are Japanese embroidery books, they are so cute! My other ...

I've been looking for this book for awhile, and finally was able to find it at a reasonable price from an Amazon seller from the UK. ...

Miss Piggy was stitched few years ago, more precisely four years ago in 2010, shortly after I got the book. It was a very quick and simple ...

The 1st one, on the picture above, is  Colour Confidence in Embroidery by Trish Burr. I have 3 other books and a DVD from her an...