Twice a year, our guild hosts a three day sleep-at-home retreat. We have an event venue where we can take our machines and things to work on, set up once on day one and leave it overnight while we go home for dinner and to sleep. Then we come back for two more days to …
Category: Needlework and Embroidery
Preparing for Retreat
Stay at Home retreat starts today, and I've spent a couple of days trying to decide what to take. I do not have any piecing project in the works nor do I have any planned. I've made all the Quilts of Valor, Safelight Shelter and Project Linus quilts that I am going to do for …
Fall Fortnight Embroidered Kitchen
Some of the best gifts for holiday hostesses are those for the kitchen. I am constantly needing new kitchen towels, not only to use, but also just for seasonal decoration. For today's projects, we'll do some embroidery for special and unique gifts for ourselves and friends. It is easy to do some fun kitchen towels …
Art Bears, Embroidery and a Denim Jacket with Lace
In our town of Hendersonville, we have a yearly art walk exhibit of bears decorated by local artists. The bears are on the street downtown for the summer, then auctioned off to benefits local charities in the fall. This year, several of the bears feature quilt patterns. This one had quilt blocks in mostly blues …
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Improv Meditation – a Creativity Exercise
Over a year ago, I attended a class given by a friend of mine, Barb Boatman. She is an amazing artist, making fantastic pieces out of everything you can think of including aluminum soda cans. She was featured in Quilt Folk a couple of years ago and I am lucky enough to have one of …
Working on Projects and Having Fun
Last week I got farther along on Koi Pond, and then was stymied once again. I finished beading all the fish, and they look great, but the purple beads do not shine as much as I had hoped. You have to be fairly close to the piece for you to notice them. The last element …
Sunday Chat – Flowers, Mountains, Beading
Last week, My Sweet Babboo and I did a test drive to time the route and check the roads for an upcoming drive for our MINI club. We are leading a group up to the Blue Ridge Parkway for a picnic lunch at Pisgah Inn. There is only one road up to that section of …
Sewing and Decluttering
This week, I had a couple of days where I could spend the whole day in my she-cave. It was a good time to load up the embroidery machine and let it stitch while I was working around the room, pulling things out and working on the decluttering. Here are two of the kitchen towels …
Small Projects – Sewing, Coffee, Chocolate
This past week, I have been on a mission to find some small projects that our guild area group can make for our shop at the show next year. Knowing it will take some time to find the right ideas, I've been looking for quick projects with pizzazz. Thank you, dear readers, for your input …
Happy Galentines Day!
Did you know that yesterday, February 13, was Galentines Day? It is a made-up holiday started by the TV show Parks and Recreation in 2010. It has grown in our culture over the years as a day to celebrate friendships between women. I have two very dear friends who have helped me get through some …
