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Bloom Mini Quilt
I had the pleasure of coming up with a spring themed mini quilt for Sulky Threads and I’m so pleased with how it turned out. The design is hand embroidered, but Sulky offers a digitized version for...
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Luna on a Tree
Back in early 2021, the Modern Quilt Guild did a Challenge where you had to create a quilt based upon trees. Back during the time I was deeply embedded in hand embroidery, I had started a whole series...
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Embroidery: New Pattern!
It seems like ages since I’ve worked on anything embroidery related. Once I finished up my last custom orders a few months ago, I had zero desire to pick up a needle and thread. It was by far the...
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2017 Year in Review
If I think back over some goals I had set for myself years ago, this year would have been the banner year for meeting those. From published articles to Etsy orders to Instagram and even reading – there...
View ArticleEmbroidery Tutorial: {a knotless start}
Here’s a short video on how to do a knotless start. This is a great little tip to learn when working with dimensional projects, such as stuffies or even stitching pillows closed.
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One Thimble: A Little Mermaid Doll
I’m so excited to finally be able to reveal this pattern! It is coming out in 12 days in the awesome One Thimble magazine. But today I can share a little about the pattern so that you can be ready to...
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Design Team: A Patriotic Post
I’m on a new design team for the next few months with Buttons Galore. It’s a pretty great gig for me – I receive some great products and get to design a product with what I get. Not a bad way to spend...
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Embroidery: Christmas is Coming!
I’m honestly still reeling over the fact that it’s November and I know I’m going to blink and it will be Thanksgiving. I went back and forth for the last few months trying to decide if I was going to...
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Embroidery: Free Form Flowers
After working so many months on my Jars Series, I needed a more simple project. I decided to work on my embroidered flowers techniques so I grabbed some fabric and a hoop and just started stitching. I...
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Embroidery: Bugs in Jars
One of my goals this year was to work on this series of embroideries I titled “Bugs in Jars”. I had this idea of stitching a mix of regular embroidery with stumpwork bugs and adding some vinyl to make...
View ArticleJournal: Cultivating a presence
I started this blog as a way to journal, write and share what I was making when my nearly 10 year old daughter was an infant. I wasn’t writing for comments. I wasn’t writing because I wanted to link...
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Embroidery: Custom Family Portrait
I love stitching these little portraits, but the ones I love the most are the ones I get to stitch of people I know. This one is super special as it’s one of my closest friends. It’s always fun to...
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Embroidery: Inch Stitch Along
One of the highlights of last year was the opportunity to be a part of the &stitches crew. After much discussion, the blog was shut down this year (the archives still remain) and it has been such a...
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Embroidery: Bugs in Jars Series
I’ve had this idea brewing for a while now of this series I wanted to do I’m calling “Bugs in Jars”. I’m using vintage insect illustrations as a guide and coming up with a series of embroideries that...
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Embroidery: New Patterns
One of my goals this year is to start developing new patterns again. I’ve been working through the ins and outs of learning how to use Adobe InDesign and I was finally able to produce what I hope to be...
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TSNEM: January Quilting
The theme for this month’s Try Something New Every Month was quilting. First off, I have to say that I’ve long declared quilting to be the one sewing thing I don’t touch until I have an empty nest....
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Custom Embroidery: 50th anniversary hoop
My parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in December. My mom was expecting some sort of embroidered hoop and while the freedom to make something completely as I want is awesome it can also...
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cindermouse
I’ve been stitching away lately on this little mouse in a series of three the last few weeks. She’s been a blast to put together. I’m over here sharing all the nitty-gritty today.
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over at andstitches today…
Sharing how I stitched up this stumpwork butterfly over at the andstitches blog today…check it out!
View Articlethe whipper crafter :: 1980s edition
I had the pleasure of being a contributor again to The Whipper Crafter. This is an awesome issue for those of us that grew up in the era of leg warmers and mixed tapes. It’s filled with so many fun...
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