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...

This needlework piece of mine holds a particularly special place in my heart: It is “Wheels of Color”, designed by Genny Morrow. It was...

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...

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...

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...

Well, it seems like I’ve let a week slip by since my last post.  I really didn’t mean for that to happen, as I knew what I wanted to...

This past weekend, I was fortunate to spend a beautiful fall day at Winterthur in DE.  If you are anywhere near the region, it is well...

As I wrote about in my last blog post, a few years back, I learned about these prints, dated from around the first years of the 1500s,...

In my other world (as opposed to my needlework world), I am a middle school math teacher.  And I only bring this up today because it is...

(Side note before I even get started on the main focus of this blog post:  I was just googling “cross pollination” to see if it was...

This past weekend, I was at my LNS (local needlework store), which currently has my trunk show of models.  While there, I was talking to...

I thought this next blog post was going to be about another stitching project, but I’m going to take a little side track and save that...

In my last blog post, I mentioned that I had two particular examples of times that I truly made a counted canvaswork pattern my own.  Let...

I feel like this is a topic that often comes up:  using the “called for” threads and fabric versus choosing your own when working from a...

If you’ve read the two previous posts (and if not, you might want to go back and do so 😊), I’ve been sharing about a needlework I...

I was all ready to move onto another topic for this next blog post, but it seems like the Foote sisters wouldn’t quite let go of my mind....

I’m not sure exactly how this blog will evolve, but for the time being, I think it is just going to be a place where I’ll share thoughts...

I just want to see what this will look like!