Category Archives: Stitching

SBQ – Choosing Exchange Pieces

This week’s SBQ was suggested by Ish and is: How do you choose a project for an exchange? Do you pick solely on what you know of the taste of the recipient or are there other reasons you pick the … Continue reading

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Long Drive With a Finish at the End

We went to a Jewish bris today for the son of friends of ours who was just born one week ago today. We left at 10:30 this morning and didn’t get home until 8:30 tonight. 3 hours up and nearly … Continue reading

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Bye-Bye 50 Projects Challenge, Hello 10 Projects Challenge

It’s official. I did it. I dumped the 50 Projects Challenge. I failed. Miserably. I had the best of intentions, but the way I’ve been treating exemptions, I obviously cannot, realistically, hold myself to this challenge. So, say goodbye to … Continue reading

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New Model and Barnabee

Yesterday was a pretty good mail day. I received two packages of orders from the online Needlework Show (yes, I bought some new goodies to sell on One Star’s Light) that I need to enter into inventory and then advertise … Continue reading

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Lovely Sunday

A little chilly, but a beautiful day, nonetheless, with blue skies and gorgeous, fluffy, white clouds. We went to visit Cathy this afternoon so that we could attend her chorale concert. Her group was excellent and I really enjoyed their … Continue reading

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A Beautiful Day to Garden

Not too hot, mostly cloudy so that the sun wasn’t beating on me. Just right. I started by watering my seedlings. The herbs seem to be germinating nicely and I think I’m going to have a nice planter crop of … Continue reading

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Kokopelli Finish

Not once, but 1 and 1/3 or so. Come on, I had to stitch something for the bottom of the biscornu, didn’t I? I ran out of floss, though, and didn’t feel like buying another skein, so I stopped with … Continue reading

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I Have a Touch of Start-itis

What do you do when you sit down for a brief stitching session and want something easy and quick to stitch up, but don’t seem to have anything at hand? Why, kit up a new project, of course! I just … Continue reading

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SBQ – Of WIPs and UFOs

Today’s SBQ was suggested by Kathryn and is: How many WIPs do you have? How many UFOs do you have? When does a WIP become a UFO? I will go backwards in order to answer these questions. Like many others, … Continue reading

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SBQ Ketchup

Er… catch-up. 😉 I haven’t been keeping up with the SBQs and haven’t even been getting all of the notifications, so I had to dig into my archive and the SBQ archive to find everything. __________ March 15th: If you … Continue reading

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