Dragon Lights Chicago

Sunday, April 22nd, 2018

A couple of us went to check out Dragon Lights in Chicago, a Chinese Lantern festival. Traditionally, this is to celebrate Chinese New Year, but April is well passed that date. Boy took some great photos but it will likely be a decade before I ever see those off his...

WIP-TAST-ic Wednesday 16

Wednesday, April 18th, 2018

First up, you may remember my first foray with candlewick embroidery and the better-than-french-knot colonial knot (here and here). I finally got it pieced to become a wall hanging. Now I will stash it a way a bit until I get the necessary boards to finish the quilt...

TAST: Arrow Stitch

Monday, April 16th, 2018

You’ve read about my idea for this here, right? Ok! See all completed TAST posts here. Last week’s TAST challenge was the Arrow Stitch (or Arrowhead Stitch if stitching vertically). Here is my front and back, for posterity’s sake: This top portion has...

Library Updates

Thursday, April 12th, 2018

Just a quick note about some changes I made in the Library. First, I added a gallery of my favorite projects as well as popular posts (now that I am beginning to understand how to read google analytics). I think it would be helpful for new visitors to see easily...

WIP-TAST-ic Wednesday 15

Wednesday, April 11th, 2018

I have two projects to share this week. The first is the TAST challenge: arrow stitch. I am not very far on it yet. I blame the weather (it’s been walkable!) and working at the office a lot more. Maybe I should just give up the dream of temporary retirement and...

TAST: Sheaf Stitch

Wednesday, April 11th, 2018

You’ve read about my idea for this here, right? Ok! See all completed TAST posts here. Here is the front and back of last week’s TAST challenge: the sheaf stitch. Yes, I am beyond irked to see the dark blue thread bleed. I guess that is what I get when I use...