I was all prepared for what I was going to write about this morning, but plans changed when I discovered something last night (so that planned topic will just get pushed off until next time…) As I think my readers know, I design cross stitch, canvaswork, and blackwork patterns and sell them as WorksByABC.  (Yes, my initials really are ABC.)  My primary venue for selling has been (and I will be continuing) my Etsy store.  However, one of my goals this fall was getting my name

So, here is how a pattern that is called “From Molehill to Mountain”, that by its very name gives you a sense that we are talking about a mountain, gets turned into a mountain range. As I shared at the end of Part II, I actually stitched this pattern four times. As I remember it, the day after I received this pattern book in the mail, it was a beautiful day outside.  I took the book and a little notebook with pencil to sit outside in the sun.  As I began paging through and se

It’s been a week since I last posted – hope everyone (in the US) enjoyed a good Thanksgiving holiday! In my last blog post, I began talking about a large project, a major milestone in my stitching life in fact.  Here is the photo from near the end of that post: This pattern is called “From Molehill to Mountain: A Study in Stitch Variation” by Pamela H. Gardner.  Not only did I learn so much about stitch variations in canvas work from doing this piece, I learned so much about

I knew I wanted to spend a little time on this blog talking about a big needlework project I did some time ago and all that I learned from it.  It might take two or three posts for me to share everything that I want to about this.  But, I do need to start with a pretty big disclaimer.  I will be talking about this: It is a self-published pattern book (it is not numbered in the traditional sense, but I’m guessing at least 150 pages), spiral bound, titled From Molehill to Mount