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Working on “new”
I’m having so much fun working on my newest block of the month. I’m mixing the new “Vin du Jour” from Three Sisters with some French General Favorites. They are getting along wonderfully! I can’t wait to show you my quilt! Just a few more weeks and it will be off to the quilter. I’ll take some sneak peek photos before it leaves. Yesterday we cleaned our storage room and pulled out fabrics we totally forgot we had. You’ll find them in the sale section on my website at 50% off. These are fabrics left from quilts and kits. You may find something you still need to make one of…
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We have a Winner!
I stopped by Random.org to let them pick a winner for the lovely “S is for Stitch” book. They do things in such “randomness”, they make it easy to pick someone. I just put in the numbers, hit enter, and ta da a winner is declared! Ellen M #194 who happened to comment: “Such charming designs. I’m getting back into embroidery after a very long time, so this would be a great inspiration. Many thanks for the chance!” Congratulations Ellen, I hope your stitching away and loving it very soon! And thank you Kristyne for writing such a wonderful book! Hats off to you! If you received my newsletter…
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I wish this were mine
My friend Nancy (she does most of the piecing for Bunny Hill) brought over her Dear Jane quilt this week to share with us. She’s an excellent quilter so we knew we were in for a treat. It took her a little over 4 years to complete all the blocks and assemble the quilt. She sent the quilt to Ohio to be hand quilted by an Amish quilter, and she just got it back last weekend. The quilt has over 200 blocks and each block is quilted with a different pattern. I could look at this quilt for days and never see enough. These photos can’t begin to capture its…
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“S is for Stitch” Blog Hop!
Hi Everyone! Welcome to the “S is for Stitch” blog hop! I’ve been lucky enough to receive a copy of this book and I’ve had so much fun looking through all the embroidery projects. If you love embroidery, you’ll love this book! Kristyne over at Pretty By Hand, is the author of S is for Stitch. It’s her first book and it’s so cute! It’s perfect for beginners, teens, tweens, and everyone! With embroidery designs for girls or boys she’s right up my alley. S is for Stitch has 2 alphabets, along with embroideries for each. A is for Angel…or maybe an ant. Are you a ballerina or is baseball…
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Good Books to Read
I love to curl up with a good mystery book and I’ve been reading some really good ones lately. To those of you who told me about the J.D. Robb books, I can’t thank you enough. The only problem is, now I’m addicted. I’ve read them ALL and I can’t wait for new ones. When I hear she has a new book coming out, I schedule it into my calendar so I won’t forget. I was so excited when I saw her latest book, Calculated in Death! I wasn’t disappointed. It’s a good book and worth reading. Give me more books with her main character, Eve Dallas, and I’ll be…
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Prairie Cloth & “S is for Stitch”
I’ve added a new fabric to the website called Prairie Cloth. If you haven’t tried stitching, cross stitching, or wool applique on Prairie Cloth, you’re in for a treat! It’s a wonderful, slightly coarse cloth, that looks like linen and runs about half the price. It’s 100% cotton and comes in many different colors. Can you see the texture of it in the photos below? I think you’ll like working with Prairie Cloth, but remember it ravels a bit. If you have a serger, just serge the edges before you start your project. You’ll find 6 colors of Prairie Cloth along with the Jumbo Ric Rac for my new…