Another life lesson

What lesson is that, you may ask?
Taking one day at a time. Using the strength I’ve been given for today and not for fretting about a past I can’t change or a future not yet given.
For example, how many times as I sit and stitch on a project, has my enjoyment been diminished by thinking [...]

SBQ-Frogs, Frogs, Frogs…

Do you use your needle, a seam ripper, or something else when you have to frog stitches? Why do you use the method that you do?
Who me? I NEVER have to frog. (Frogging, for the uninitiated, is having to rip stitches out because of a boo-boo. Get it? Rip-it, rip-it, rip-it )
Pause.
Wooooo…that lightening strike [...]

A Mini-Finish

The last few days I’ve been working on my Chatelaine Mystery X-A Victorian Garden. The more I work on it, the more addictive this piece becomes. Martina’s use of color and texture is extraordinary. I have also discovered a love for the Dinky Dyes silks. They have a soft hand (as opposed to ‘crunchy’) and [...]

Musings…

This post is going to be a tad philisophical, so if you’re not in the mood, well, I promise I will post something more ’stitchy’ later.
I was reading the Bible this morning (now you get a glimpse of my personal beliefs ) and I came across an extraordinary statement. In Philippians 4, the [...]

Moving Right Along…

Happy Saturday! I can’t believe how fast these days go. We slept a little late this morning, worked around the house a bit, visited a friend in the hospital, made a quick stop at work, ate a burrito (and tacos for me) at Chipoltle and the day is mostly gone. I have yet to put [...]

SBQ and a Little More

 
 
The most recent SBQ (Stitching Blogger’s Question) was suggested by Danielle and is: Do you find yourself stitching faster when you are getting to the end of a design?
Most of the time, yes. Although I don’t think it’s as much stitching faster as it is applying myself better. I am not a particularly fast [...]

In like a lion…

It’s a beautiful day out there, at least from my safe and warm perch. It’s probably not so beautiful if you have to fight traffic. Thankfully, I don’t have to think about that for another hour.
For those of you not in the midwest United States, we are getting our second major snowstorm of the [...]