Finished Project of the Week – VS Herbal Sachets

I decided to do another finished project of the week post.  This series of posts, called “Finished Project of the Week” are about projects finished prior to me starting a blog.  I hope you enjoy reading about them…  it’s kind of fun for me to reminisce about them…
I have absolutely no new stitching to show, [...]

Back from Vacation…

I had a wonderful vacation in Portland!  We had beautiful, warm sunny weather early on in the week, and a couple of overcast days later in the week.  Portland has had some very dry weather recently…  combine this with some forest fires, and you end up with some very hazy days.  Fortunatey, the scenery there [...]

Finished Project of the Week – Victoria Sampler Lavender Hearts

Are you noticing a trend with my finished project posts?  Victoria Sampler and Teresa Wentzler??   This series of posts, called “Finished Project of the Week” are about projects finished prior to me starting a blog.  I hope you enjoy reading about them…  it’s kind of fun for me to reminisce about them.
I did [...]

Vacation Tomorrow!

Tomorrow DBF and I are visiting Portland, OR.  I lived there for about 7 years and just love visiting and he has never been.  The forecast looks clear and warm – which will afford plenty of mountainy views.  We have lots of fun stuff planned.
Here’s my latest progress on Victoria Sampler’s Where Sitchers Gather:

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Finished Project of the Week – VS Welcome Hearts

I took this as a Victoria Sampler Cyberclass.  I had everything printed out and was happily stitching away on it when our new golden retriver puppy, Buddy, jumped up onto the couch and grabbed my printouts from the cyberclass and proceeded to completely shred one of the pages before I could get to him.
I sent [...]

Where Stitchers Gather Progress

Here is my progress so far.  I’m having a lot of fun stitching it!

The colors are a little brighter in real life, but I used a scanner rather than a camera because I wanted to get better detail on the flowers in the green band on top.  These really challenged me and I had to [...]

Labor Day Weekend Stitching

Saturday morning, I finished up my latest project, Little House Needleworks Thread Gathering:

I’m pretty happy with how this turned out. It is my first LHN design. I stayed up pretty late Friday and got up early Saturday to finish it up because I was excited to start my new project, Victoria Sampler’s Where Stitchers Gather. [...]