Yesterday evening I was cross stitching and Cooper popped his head between the frame and the linen like h was thinking . . can't you stop stitching and play with me? He's the cutest little guy. He's getting close to being 9 months old and he's still an energetic puppy but he's a sweet, snuggly boy. He's going to be such a good dog once he calms down a bit. I love his personality. He and ...
Hamburger Buns
This post is not to try to convince anyone to grind wheat and make flour and bake your own bread. This is most for those few of you who have the mill, have the wheat, have tried it and weren't happy with the results but haven't totally given up yet. It was in 2007 or 2008 when I got my first mill and I made bread using 100% hard red wheat. The bread was edible. Poor Vince and Chad . . they ate ...
Faith, Hope, Peace & Love
After working five days on A Symphony of Friendship, I felt like I needed a break from something so big. The stitching is fun . . most all stitching is fun for me or maybe I just don't do the pieces that don't look like fun, but with it being so big, it's a big harder to handle. I ended up taking the frame off the stand and have been stitching it with the frame propped against my knees, which gets ...
Morning Splash Quilt Pattern
Morning Splash is a quilt pattern that I taught back in 2010 and 2011. Not only has our family moved three times since then, but my blog has moved several times since then. Several times a year, someone will show a finished quilt made by this pattern and I am inundated by requests for the pattern. I no longer have the pattern. I no longer have the file for the pattern. I made several quilts using ...
Two Things
When I use something that I absolutely love, the first thing I think about is sharing it here so here are two things that have really impressed me recently. First is this body cream and foot cream I bought at Ulta. Other places have it too. Ulta will ship for free with a fairly small minimum and they shipped my order Fed Ex. I love this stuff! The foot cream comes with a file but I have ...
Stitching on April Fool’s Day Project.
Last night Cooper and Oscar slept for four hours or more under the stitching frame. This piece (A Symphony of Friendship) is so wide I'm not even able to use a stand because to work on the far right side, the tiered stand next to the sofa is in the way. So, it makes it easier for Oscar and Cooper to sleep on my legs. They played hard and they were tired. Cooper is so sweet. I'd love to sit ...