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
Just a quick post to let you know about the Moving Sale I am having over at The Needlework Boutique. 30% off everything until 4th October. Hopefully I have the shopping cart software set up properly.
I do. When I have time. I love stitching ornaments for my handmade tree (the decorations, not the tree). Over the years I have been slowly adding more and more. Most of the ornaments are from gifts and exchanges, with several very special ones. I will talk about these more in December. My favourite source… Read More
On Friday, I mentioned how hard it is to find time to stitch. These are some of the tips for making more time to stitch that I have collected along the way. before you put away your needlework at the end of a stitching session, thread a needle or two with a new length of… Read More
Do you decorate for halloween? I used to. It was so much easier to do so in The Netherlands. Although Halloween is bigger here, it felt more appropriate there. The days were shorter, the nights were longer, and it was getting colder. Since we have been back, I think I have decorated for Halloween twice!… Read More
It is so strange. To be happy dancing twice in a week. I chose to work on Blackbird Designs ‘Basket of Memories’, because I knew it would be a quick stitch. But knowing my track record, I was not sure if I would get it finished in the time I had set. It took a… Read More
For the past 10 or so years I have approached the end of the financial year with dread. And I suppose many retailers do. After all, this is when we have to do that boring inventory count. But this year, I decided to approach it differently. Because I realised something that I had not previously… Read More
After a long hiatus from stitching, and an even longer one from participating in an exchange, I have just signed up to a Blackbird Designs ornament exchange. The brief – to stitch a Blackbird Designs design, or part of a design, make it up into an ornament and send it off to someone somewhere in… Read More
Having just spent the last 2 or 3 days browsing the Hoffmans Distributing and Norden Crafts websites, looking at the design releases from 2011, I produced a long list of designs that really appealed to me. I could have made the list even longer, but I was trying to focus on the finding the 5… Read More
Every year I promise myself that I will be ready early for Christmas this year. And every year I leave it to the last minute. Always one or two gifts to get on Christmas Eve. And this year will be no different! But what if it is a stitcher you are getting the gifts for?… Read More
