If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
When I want to be making something, but don’t have the energy for complicated projects like quilts or sweaters, I embroider. I break out the floss and start stitching. Sometimes even my improvised ornament designs are too much work. That’s when I grab the cross-stitch fabric (aka aida cloth) and make it up as I... Continue Reading →
Even though Christmas has come and gone, I'm enjoying all my handmade decorations so much I thought I'd share a few more of them before putting the holiday behind me. The first two are fabric dolls ornaments. Both were given to me as gifts, so I am unsure of the designer's name, but I know... Continue Reading →
One of the surprises of organizing my studio was finding a bunch of finished cross-stitch projects from years long past. I didn't pay much attention at the time; I was too busy sorting and storing to even look in the bags I found. But they all wound up in a bin together, so when I... Continue Reading →
I'm just back from a wonderful visit with my lifelong best friend Kelleen. We have a tradition of starting an arts and crafts project whenever we're together, and this time we went for needlework. We started out in Big Box Land looking for something small and easy just for entertainment value. Disappointed by the poor... Continue Reading →
