I've been seeing this graphic a lot lately on some of the political blogs I read. Funny but also not if you know what I mean. I know tha...

This holiday weekend was a flurry of activity—most of it taking place outside. I'll tell you about Saturday in a minute but Sunday and M...

A photo from a long time ago. This is my grandma Elizabeth in one of her perfect sweater sets, my mom with her ponytail and bobby-pinned cu...

A couple of years ago I started a group ( Feedsacks ) on Flickr to catalog some of the 15,000 existing patterns of feedsacks. This was a pro...

The modest, lowly violet In leaves of tender green is set; So rich she cannot hide from view, But covers all the bank with blue. —Dora Read...

Stitch School has moved to it's very own space on the web! You'll now find the Beads post  here . Comments are now closed on this po...

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It's primary voting day today in Pennsylvania and I'm heading out in a few minutes to cast my ballot. I'm really happy that my c...

Stitch School has moved to it's very own space on the web! You'll now find the Beads post  here . Comments are now closed on this po...

Stitch School has moved to it's very own space on the web! You'll now find the Beads post here . Comments are now closed on this pos...

It's warm here today and I took a short walk around the property. The daffodils are just about ready to pop open, but not pretty enough ...

A couple of weeks ago, Susan showed some very cool embroidered pictures of cottages on her T-Cozy blog. Knowing that I sell copies of vinta...

Unfortunately, thinking is all I can do at this point. Yes, the robins are back and some of my perennials are starting to send up little hin...

I'm not doing anything special today to celebrate Easter. We ate dinner out with friends last night and it's kind of chilly so not a...

I've listed some new patterns on my website— For you cat lovers there's Kitten Capers based on a vintage nursery quilt. This patter...

Congratulations to Christian Siriano for his PR Season 4 win! I can't say that I loved his collection or thought his creations were very...

Someone left a comment today on my French Knot tutorial asking whether a left-handed embroiderer (like herself) can just flop my directions....

One of my embroidery tutorials is featured today on Indie Fixx ! Jewelry designer Jenn Wallace of Tilting Swiftly fame runs this blog that ...

Seeing all those pillows again in my last post got me reminiscing about some of the linens I used to make them. The two pillows on the top s...

In a very roundabout way I found out that a picture of my pillows appeared in the December issue of Romantic Homes magazine. I only occasio...