This was the weekend — the first Mellow Yellow Class! Melissa Shirley designed this great purse canvas that we unveiled at our trunkshow in April. I am designing a stitch guide for it and teaching it sort of as a mystery class. Every few weeks we meet and I unveil the next section stitched. First […]
Archives for July 2009
Remember my Compulsions
It’s about time I posted something with a picture. We need more color. You may or may not remember that a month or so ago I posted how incredibly O C D I could be. I spent an entire evening looking for just the perfect tote bag to go with a piece of needlepoint. I […]
Woo Hoo a Spiffy New Look for the blog!
Hi All Just wanted to show off the new look for the blog. I decided that after 96 posts it was time for a face lift. Guess that’s like 70+ people years. Not only do we have the new look but we now have google search on the page so if you lose a post, […]
So Many Opinions
Wow, I seem to have hit a nerve with my last post. I’ve been reading other blogs and comments on mine and it’s all very interesting. We all have our favorite things about this hobby. We can all agree that we love it, love the colors, love the threads and for us no matter how […]
New Stitchers
I’ve been thinking and talking to people and thinking some more about how we get younger stitchers comfortable with what we know and love – lots of stitches and lots of threads. I’m not talking kids. That’s a different group but what can we do to help the 20 – 40 year olds who are […]
Captain Crunch French Toast
Okay, here’s a little bit about me that you probably don’t know and maybe don’t want to know. I can’t cook. I can bake because it’s mathematical and very OCD (See earlier post where I admit that compulsion.) Basically, I have no real interest in spending a lot of time cooking and then eating in […]
