You know how I want to stitch as much as I can on each piece of linen before taking it off the frame. I have all kinds of "scraps" of linen that I've cut off other projects but since I can no longer stitch in hand, those pieces are sometimes small enough that, unless I add strips of fabric around the sides, they're too small for a scroll frame and some are too small for a hoop so it makes more ...
Winter Cometh & Autumn Provides
Yesterday I finished everything on This I Know except the grass fill in and I stitched around it to measure for the frame. You can't see the outline I stitched because it's done in yellow thread. It's just a basted line and that's the line that I measure across to get the frame size and I also use that line for folding the fabric over the foam board to insert into the frame. I've measured, in ...
They DO Grow Up
Chad and his family are in Louisiana and Chad sent me this picture. When I looked at it, my first thought was . . I have to share this on the blog . . for those readers who remember Chad in high school and college. He wasn't a BAD kid but he kept me on my toes and we butted heads probably daily for many years. I have to laugh, and thank God that he grew up to be the man he is. I guess many of us ...
The Kitchen Lab
Some days my kitchen does feel like a lab but a big part of what I have been working on happens partly in the kitchen and partly in the basement. I love having coffee extract but haven't made any in a good while. I was talking to a friend last night who also loves making extract and she told me she loves using tequila for her coffee and chocolate extracts. Vince said he didn't think we had ...
The Sheep Are Stitched
The sheep on This I Know are stitched - their bodies anyway. I hope to stitch remaining body parts today, then I can get started filling in the background. It's hard to see them but with the background stitched, they should show up nicely. Otherwise, all I have left to stitch is the bird's beak, a few stitches in the nest and the veins in the leaves. I'm hoping to have this one finished ...
A Stitching Hoop
I love my scroll frames and the lap stands that hold them but they aren't the best for traveling. Since I don't travel, I guess I should say . . they aren't the best for stitching away from home. When I was at my uncle's last year, he had a great little chair but it had wooden arms so I put towels over the arms so the stand or frame wouldn't scratch them. When I was waiting while Vince was in ...