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I don't always frame my stitching any longer. It is sometimes fun to try to finish your stitching in very different ways. This is a smal...

Here are the results of the first assignment on the PS Autumn Leaves SAL. I just love this sampler. It has the yummiest colors and an adorab...

Here is a quick, simple way to jazz up a candle for your table. Take a large bowl and a small glass bowl. Place the large pillar candle in t...

This Monday quote is from Emily Bronte. I love the Bronte sisters. I love their poems and books. I love Haworth and the moors. I love the Br...

This is my new project. I am leading a SAL for one of my Yahoo groups to make this Prairie Schooler sampler. I just love this. It really rep...

I have finally framed my Alter Echo Sampler. I have made sure I can remove it to add more borders if I want to but decided to 'live with...

'Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.' ~...

My quilt group does a swap project once a year. This year we are swapping log cabin blocks. Each person turned in a piece of fabric for the ...

We had been having the most wonderful weather ~ cool and lots of rain. The temperatures in the evenings were very low. I was so happy to see...

Create a seasonal tray for your coffee table. Take a serving tray and place a candle in the middle. Be sure to place it in a glass bowl or h...

A quick progress report on adding the borders of my Alter Echo sampler. I am adding borders to this sampler as I found a frame I like and it...

The photo I used with yesterday's quote is one I took as you first go into the denser part of the woods at the visitor's center from...

This quilt was one I designed for a workshop in 2004. It was a fun and simple design. Snowball blocks make the pumpkin row, miniature paperp...

'Use what talents you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.' ~~~ Henry Van Dyk...

This week I finished the third book in the 'Ladies of Covington' series. The series is really wonderful. It is about three women in ...

I am pleased to say I can show you another finish today. I have been working on three French initials and motifs which I have now framed. Th...

'Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience.' Raplh Waldo Emerson

The first of my projects I am focusing on is finished. I have to make a new applique block each month for a quilted calendar I am designing ...

This past weekend we took a couple of walks in the woods by our cottage. This is such a beautiful time of year for Mother Nature. I took my ...

Okay, I confess! I love to work on 10,000 projects at once. I am leading a SAL on my Yahoo group in which we are trying to finish many of ou...