Mele KalikimakaMonsterbubbles from the 2004 JCS Ornament issueThread Gatherer Silk ‘n Colors over one on 32-ct ivory linenBegun 3/4/2008 Finished 2/28/10 On Sunday night I finally finished the neverending ornament. Mele K. appeared in the 2004 JCS Ornament issue and back when shops were kitting up the JCS ornaments, I ordered a kit for this [Read More]
Light the Way
I really enjoyed the responses to my last post about your own artful experiences. That’s pretty cool! This weekend was pretty busy and didn’t allow much time for stitching. I did put in a little time on Mele K. though. I finished up the cloud and now it’s all sky left to do and a [Read More]
King Me!
photo credit to Michael Fletcher on Flickr Admit it. That is THE CUTEST checkers set you have ever seen. I found this photo on Flickr and now I think I need a checkers set made up of little red and yellow apples. So sweet! Anyway, I was looking for photos of checkers because when I [Read More]
Afterglow
I hope you have all had very happy holidays! We have been enjoying ourselves and our families over the past week too. If you’d like to take a peek at our annual Eggnog & Dessert Party, you can see that here. On Christmas Eve we had snow again, which seems like some sort of [Read More]
Little to Show
It was a strange week last week. I hardly got any stitching done at all. I was hoping to have had more time for it, but several nights last week I just didn’t feel up to stitching. Friday and Saturday I did get a little time in on my Jane Austen piece. I am still [Read More]
A Trip to the Quilt Store
This morning I made a little trip to the quilt store for some fabric. Aren’t those colors pretty? This year one of the things I’d like to do is learn needleturn applique. So, before starting my big Halloween Baltimore Album quilt (the same one Missy is doing), I thought I’d practice on something smaller. Lucky [Read More]
