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Weekend Reading–12/12/15
Next week is the finals week at the university where I work, and this past week the library was packed with students finishing papers and projects for their classes. I’m exhausted, but this week I have a lot of fun … Continue reading
Posted in Creative News and Links
Tagged art, crafts, creativity, cross-stitch, crossstitch, embroidery
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12 Days of Christmas Patterns
I’m on a quest to find pattern or set of patterns for the 12 Days of Christmas that I really connect with. I ended up buying this set of patterns from Satsuma Street on Etsy: I love the bright colors … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch and Needlework
Tagged Christmas, cross stitch, cross-stitch, crossstitch, embroidery, patterns, stitching
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Weekend Reading — 12/5/15
Here are just a few things that caught my eye this week: Interesting profile of Marie-Sophie Lockhart, the artist behind Good For Nothing Embroidery, which has captured celebrity attention. Design Milk features the intricate embroidered portraits of artist Cayce Zavaglia. Dear Little … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Christmas, embroidery
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2015 Guild Ornament Exchange
Last night I attended my EGA guild’s Christmas party, and, as I mentioned last week, one of the party traditions is to bring a stitched ornament to exchange. So, now that the party has passed, I can share the ornament … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving & Weekend Reading 11/28/15
My husband and I drove down to St. Louis for Thanksgiving to visit my sister, her husband and her husband’s family for the holiday. We got back this afternoon, so I am catching up with the “Internet stuff” this evening. … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Reading, Creative News and Links
Tagged art, books, crafts, dance, shopping, st louis
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Selecting a Project for My Guild Ornament Exchange
Time flies sometimes, doesn’t it? I realized somewhat belatedly that my guild’s Christmas party is a week from today. Every year members are invited to participate in an ornament exchange, and I had not even picked out a pattern let alone started stitching an … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Stitch and Needlework, Personal
Tagged cross stitch, cross-stitch, crossstitch, ega, embroidery, floss, ornament, stitching
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Weekend Reading — 11/21/15
There are a lot of reasons to despair these days, but I am trying to hang on to the good things and give thanks for the countless blessings in my life that I take for granted every day. This week … Continue reading
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Tagged cross-stitch, embroidery, mozart, pianoforte, samplers
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WIP – Anhinga Blues
This is a WIP that keeps threatening to turn into a UFO, but I am determined to finish it. All I have left is the backstitching, but there is a lot of it. Here’s what it will look like when … Continue reading
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Tagged cross stitch, cross-stitch, crossstitch, stitching, wip
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Weekend Reading — 10/13/15
What I’ve been reading online this week: I’m not on eBay, but maybe I should be. Apparently I could be rolling in money. Ha! Handmade needlework arts are a high profit item on eBay. I love seeing artists’ workspaces. This week … Continue reading
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Tagged cross stitch, cross-stitch, embroidery, grateful, Thanksgiving, weaving
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Free Tiny Chart: Thankful
I wanted to do something for Thanksgiving, so I created this little chart. Very little! This tiny guy stitches up in no time at all and I could think of dozens of ways to finish it. I stitched this one … Continue reading
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