First, let me say a huge THANK YOU to all of you that commented on my blog anniversary and birthday! Your greetings were very much appreciated! The winner of the gift certificate was ROWYN. I h...
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I am back from vacation! It was wonderful and relaxing...we will be doing a cruise again. I love that there is no cleaning, cooking or any thoughts of housework related items. It's a beautiful ...
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It's been a busy few weeks for me, because I have been working and preparing to go on vacation, so much so that I have not stitched very much. But vacation has finally commenced and hopefully...
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This is Strawberry Garden by Blackbird Designs, a chart I have long loved and avoided because of the lazy daisy stitches in it. However not too long ago I saw a great little video on YouTube...
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It's been a long time coming...but Willow House by Blackbird Designs is finally finished! The shop sticker on the pattern when I bought it is dated for 2009. I really don't remember when I s...
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Happy New Year dear friends! I hope that the new year has started out well for everyone. It's been busy here in my little part of the world. An ear infe...
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As usual it's been far too long since I have been to this space. I don't know why as its always on my mind and even open on my browser! I started this blog almost 10 years ago to deal with a ...
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As usual, it's been a bit since I have been here but I won't wax poetic about that. I am here to tell you about my lovely trip to Chicago for the Plum Street Sampler and Jeanette Douglas class at...
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First, the most awesome finish of all! My daughter graduated from high school this past week! So excited for her and for what her future holds. I can't believe my second baby is finished with p...
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Finally, I am posting, if I posted as much as I thought about posting to my blog you would tell me to please stop! Why do I worry about it you say? I still like blogging, I just feel that I...
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Edited to Add: winner is Annie! Please email me. Well friends I had good intentions...lets not go into those. First Happy belated New Year to you! I hope so far that 2015 is treating you won...
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Well it's almost that time again, Christmas is upon us. It seems as I get older the faster it gets here. It's been a bit since I blogged, life has just been busy with work and the kids, you all k...
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I can't believe it's November! Where did October go for goodness sake? It seems as we get older, the time just zips on by. Also, this means that Christmas is next month! Believe it or not, I ha...
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Finally here is Hannah Lovina Joslin 1856 by Blackbird Designs all completed! I am honoring my maternal grandmother Vida Mae McCants Salter with this sampler. I absolutely love seeing her na...
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from the magically fast needle of Sherri. She has finished a couple more of my African ladies for me. This makes African lady number 4 and she is halfway through number 5. Then the series will...
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on Hannah Lovina Joslin by Blackbird Designs. I am loving this sampler, I just wish it wasn't taking me so long to get it stitched. But I am making progress! I am honoring my maternal grandmo...
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This is Primitive Bouquet by Jardin Prive which has been lurking around in my stitching bag for quite some time. I would stitch on it whenever the mood struck and now its finally finished. I...
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however it wasn't completed by me! My super nice and super fast stitching friend Sherri completed it for me. I love it! This is a Pat and Lee Design (#131). I thought I would try my hand...
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After much procrastination, I finished Kitty Cat Row by Bent Creek. I really could have finished this ages ago but...I really don't have a good excuse! LOL It is stitched on 32 count Earth...
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This month I celebrate blogging for 8 years! I can't believe it's been that long. My very first post was back in April of 2006. At the time, my husband and I had separated and blogging was a bi...
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Promised Lamb by Plum Street Samplers. I love the colors in this piece. I could have been finished a few days ago, but I have been lolly gagging around. It's stitched on an unknown to me Lake...
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It seems as we get older, these days, weeks and months pass by so fast! Here we are again and I am late for the February WIPocalypse posting. I have been stitching, however I have been working q...
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Well finally, I sat down and made a list of my stitching plans for next year. Naturally, the list is still crazy and ambitious, but that is the fun of it! I rejoined the WIPocalypse and I hop...
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Well friends it's time to close the door on 2013! I can't say that I will be sad as it was a hard and frustrating year for some people I love the most. That's the beauty of starting a new ye...
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Well better late than never! I finally finished my Mary's Sampler II design by Plum Street Samplers. It was a lovely stitch to do and I would have finished earlier if my stitching muse had n...
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