Teresa Kogut posted a day or so ago about the grandson of friends of theirs who has recently been diagnosed with leukemia. The young family is not only having to deal with the heartbreak of his diagnosis but the financial issues. Teresa, being the sweetheart that she is, designed a chart called Hope & Love that is selling for $10 in Teresa's Etsy shop. The funds from the sales will go towards ...
Day 2 of My Heart My Home
I had wanted to get to the 50% done point last night and I made it! You can see that I stitched 775 stitches yesterday. That may be the most I've ever done in a day. My hands are telling me that was maybe a bit too many to stitch in one day. I may not make it to 75% today but I can try. Above is where I had left off Friday night. Below is where I stopped on Saturday ...
For the Love of Nature Frame
The frame arrived today for the For the Love of Nature (Teresa Kogut) piece. The frame looks nice. It's just positioned over the piece - not laced or anything yet. I'm happy with my frame choice but not happy with the frame. I've mentioned before that I was in the Custom Frame Club and, it seems I'm more disappointed with each frame I get from them. There are three places that make ...
Struggling to Stay on Track!
Remember the package from 123 Stitch that was traveling the country? It got delivered today. It was shipped on December 30 and, along the way, it stopped at 11 different post offices in 11 different towns. Texas, Kansas, Missouri (four different times), and Alabama. It's here and that's all that matters! The package contained floss for several charts and one of them I have been wanting to start ...
Small Winter Garden
You may remember that Vince put in some corner posts and then put boards around the top of them so I could put blankets over the 4 x 4 raised beds of broccoli, cabbage and Brussels sprouts. This is how I had them covered with moving blankets. On sunny days, if the temps are above about 35 degrees, I will take the top blanket off so they can get sun, I will water them, then before the temps ...
Stitching With My Friend
Yesterday was the day I stitched most of the day with my friend, Debbie. I've been calling her "my friend" and I asked her yesterday if I could say her name on here and she said sure . . so, my friend now has a name. You know how much I love being at home and I love stitching alone because there's so much going on with canning, cooking, dogs, gardening, etc. that when I have a few minutes to ...