Karen asked me a question through a comment – have I actually had time to make any of the outfits I was planning with these fabrics?
Well… actually yes!  I sewed a hoodie from the green faux silk knit – but I don’t have a good photograph of it yet, so that will have to wait
I am quite proud to get this done however:

My DH asked for a shirt with a front placket, buttons & a space for cuff links on the sleeves… and buckles instead of buttons.  Now we won’t discuss how long that particular shirt has been …read more

Sorry about the lack of posts yesterday – I had about half an hour yesterday to deal with email… and that was it!
Here’s photos of the four finished cards – like all my work posted here, these are copyrighted & cannot be copied for sale or donation without my express written permission.

I used watercolor paper to make the cards, but you can also use commercially available blank card sets too.  I think my favorite is the blue & brown card with the ribbon
Don’t backstitch to finish off the ends, just pull the threads through to the wrong side …read more

This piece has been a comedy of errors. All blame is mine, as I appear to suffer from an inability to count properly when tired. The hat is slightly off, a few stitches are done in the wrong colors, and when it came time to backstitch the coffee cup, I did it in dark blue instead of dark brown because I was too lazy to go find the brown. I did purposefully stitch the dashed line in gold braid because I thought it would be prettier than if done in brown floss. The border? The …read more

When I was looking for some needlework to do last summer, I decided that giving counted cross stitch another try would be fun. I had tried it a decade or so ago, and was not really that excited about All The Counting. Off I went to one of my local craft shops to look through their patterns. Counted Cross Stitch must not be as popular right now (at least in our area) as it has been in past times, because usually the main offerings for needleworking are in kit form. I wasn’t sure I wanted to …read more