Bits of Stitching!

Wow, it's been awhile! Nice to be back! Where to begin updating this blog with the various needlework projects and hauls that had taken ...

It has been a couple of months. I've been stitching, but not as much since there are always other more things that take precedence. Ther...

  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...

For my anniversary, instead of flowers.... lovely threads! I do like flowers, but love threads. Not only do they last longer, but whatever I...

These past few days I've been keeping busy, but not with stitching.  Just now taking a little break and decided to post a brief update o...

Decided to gift myself a few stash additions to enhance my Japanese embroidery book library.  These were the ones that made it to my p...

Presencia Finca Perle Cotton no.8 made in Spain Cosmo no.25 Embroidery Thread made in Japan DMC no.25 Embroidery Thread made in...

There was a lot going on this month, there wasn't much time for blogging.  Thankfully I'm practically done with my personal goal f...

For awhile now I've been keeping some of my most needed hand embroidery / cross stitch tools, supplies, materials, and patterns easil...

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...

Awhile back I mentioned that my crafty area set up in the basement wasn't quite done. Thankfully in our master bedroom we have a very ...

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 ...

Well, not much stitching these past few days. However, I do have -among other things- some recent additions to my Japanese embroidery b...

Lately, I've been dedicating most of my free time to the CQBC, and my hand piecing is on hold for the moment. Few weeks ago I took a fe...