In January I finished the Stacy Nash project – and will post a photo of that once I have washed and blocked it, so I decided to pull out an old UFO – one of Lizzie Kate’s Double Flip series. I have started on the second chart – Love. It is a quick stitch, when… Read More
Over the past few weeks I have been focused on a long term project, the Maree Talbot Elizabethan Casket. Last weekend, and again Tuesday and Wednesday I attended classes at the Embroiderer’s Guild of Victoria for the 3/4th and 5th panels. Oh my goodness. Such fine work. I am absolutely loving it! I have also… Read More
Okay, so I am a little late to the party. It has been kind of busy around here lately. But more of that later. I am a big believer in goal setting. Where do I want to be in 12 months time, 5 years, even 10 years? With so much emphasis on setting goals instead… Read More
After a long hiatus from my needlework, my recent decision to take the shop to Pakenham Stitch! has brought my stitching mojo back. Over the past 6 or 7 weeks I have been working on Ann Womack, from Shakespeare’s Peddler. Originally stitched in 1838, Ann Womack is a gorgeous monochromatic sampler consisting of 5 alphabets,… Read More
Fricassee has been very good for my stitching mojo. I really want to get back to that pesky rabbit. But I have some other projects that currently need my attention. A couple of months ago I discovered that the Craft Alive event Pakenham Stitch! was coming back again this year. And major win for my… Read More
A year or so ago, I went back to the Embroiderer’s Guild of Victoria, after letting my membership drop. I went primarily to meet up with other Cabinet of Curiosities ladies. Some of these ladies were also working on another beautiful casket – ‘the other casket’, one designed by the talented Maree Talbot. They started… Read More
Since Friday I have been adding more charts to the shop. It has been kind of fun and interesting. As I go I have been coming across designs that I had forgotten about, and that I am thinking of doing. Such as Eliza Adams – a design by Primitive Things. Or Summer… Read More
Forever and always.
Remember the movie? Those cute little critters that turned into nasty creatures? Well, maybe nasty is not the word for it, but Gremlins really hit this blog big time in the first couple of weeks of the year! Late in December I decided to do my 31 Days of WIPs and UFOs again in January… Read More
A few years I go I started a January tradition of looking at projects that I had started sometime in the past, but have yet to finish. Last year I did not do this. I had stitched so little over the previous couple of years that I thought it was a waste of time, and… Read More
