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. ...

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

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

The stitching was completed on hexagon no.3, the sheep, few days ago. Lots of French Knots! Notes: Design from Tiny Treasures: Miniature Han...

  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...

The Valdani threads arrived! There are 12 called for colors. Ordered 9, had 2 in my stash, and substituted 1 for another Valdani color I had...

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

A Bluework throwback. Stitched on January of 2019. Originally posted here and here .

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

Throwback to an English Paper Piecing session few years ago.  Taken on January 21, 2016 at 1:06 PM.  January is flying. Volunteer work time,...

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...

I've been away from this blog for a little over a month. Time fly by when keeping busy. Here are a couple of overdue updates. In fact ...

So guess what?! Did get out the EPP and Daisychain projects, and today I plan to work a bit on them (inserting a happy dance here).  The p...

I think this might be the year of dusting unfinished projects and doing my best to complete them. Here is another project that I've ...

Yes, a snowless winter this one seems to be. January is almost gone and February is projected to start with temperatures in the 50's. M...

We've been so busy these past few weeks. Caring for a sick family member has taken much of my time and energy that I either do not ha...

...but goodies! ;-) Here I am, perusing through previous crafty photos and felt like reposting a few. In both of these stitcheries I u...