In My Backyard…

I love spring. I even love rainy days, like the last few have been, because everything becomes so beautiful and green. I just wanted to share a scene from my backyard. This picture was taken just a couple of minutes ago: I cropped the photo and I hope you can see my surprise visitor as [...]

I’m home :-)

Good morning, It is a gray, wet day here, but the grass is greening beautifully. I am back from my adventure and hope to post more later. Because I have to lay kind of low this weekend, I am looking forward to stitching…and perhaps even finishing the Round Robin (the church. I will also spend [...]

The Little…er…Gray Church in the Dale

-I would sooner live in a cottage and wonder at everything than live in a castle and wonder at nothing. -Joan Winmill Brown-  Well, thanks to my bout with insomnia (I lost ) last night I temporarily took over my husband’s occupation and became an architect. I built my church one satin stitch brick at [...]

Glorious Color!

Kaffee Fassett is one of my FAVORITE artists and authors. This man is a serious genius where color is concerned. Working in media as diverse as ceramic, paint, yarn and fabric, he has been and continues to be one of the most prolific designers of our time. Glorious Color is about…what else? Color. Focusing primarly [...]

An update on the ‘Hood

It is a lovely day here in the north country. All those piles of snow are no more and the ice has gone out on the lake. Isn’t spring a season of miracles??? It is…glorious! I will shoot a few photos one day soon, so you can see the transformation of not only my deck, [...]

Words for each of us who create and relate

–Whether we are poets or parents or teachers or artists or gardeners, we must start where we are and use what we have. In the process of creation and relationship, what seems mundane and trivial may show itself to be holy, precious, part of a pattern -Luci Shaw– I love this quote…because I don’t believe [...]

Spending Spree SBQ And Free to a Good Home

First of all, thank you for the wonderful comments and birthday wishes!!!! You guys are just the best! Second, last week’s SBQ (Stitching Blogger’s Question): If you had $500 to spend on stitching-related items, what would you buy? My, oh my, oh my…how to answer? There are many designers and projects I love out there. [...]

Mmmmm….Spring!

–I know a bank where the wild thyme blows–where oxlips and the nodding violet grows–William Shakespeare Yes, my spirit is tuning itself to spring. I love these days when I can feel the first softening of the breeze, see the first greens of the season and even wake to the sound of Canadian Geese honking [...]

Grapes, grapes and more grapes, but no sour grapes!

I LOVE grapes. I adore grapes. And, well, it’s a good thing. Because you HAVE to LOVE grapes if you want to work on the Bordeaux Sampler by Sampler Cove. The aforementioned grapes are all rhodes stitches and are so much fun to do. In fact, the whole durned thing is fun to do. Some [...]

Recommended Reading

Each week I will share a book from my needlework library that I’ve enjoyed. Some of them focus on technique, others on the history of the art and some are best enjoyed simply for the inspiration they provide. All relate in some way to the needlearts. First up: ‘The Embroiderer’s Story’ by Thomisina Beck. This [...]