100 Day Project: Mirrored Light

Following the theme I’ve set myself up for this year (of diving deeper into my own creativity), I have decided to informally try the 100 Day Project: Mirrored Light. It begins today, and wraps up on April 30th. Will I stick with it? Stick around to find out!...

Poppies and Santa Barbara Daisies

I did it! Look at these beautiful “Poppies and Santa Barbara Daisies” created with stumpwork embroidery. This is the most intense project I have committed to, yet, and I am thrilled with how much I learned! Stumpwork embroidery is just cool, and I have a...

TAST: fly stitch

You’ve read about my idea for this here, right? Ok! See all completed TAST posts here. I only now realize I forgot to take a photo of the back, but here is the front: This time, what I noticed was experimenting a little bit with color theory. I didn’t think too...

WIP-TAST-ic Wednesday 3

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! I got so much done on my Craftsy stumpwork! I hadn’t really worked on it since November because – and I had forgotten – this project made me feel my age (and I still don’t think I’m all that old yet!). All of the...

January Challenge Week 2

I completed week 2, but I am not inspired so I’ve opted to no longer continue the challenges. I’ll keep checking them out daily, but unless something speaks to me, you won’t hear any more about it here! On the 21st, something more interesting is...

TAST: buttonhole stitch

You’ve read about my idea for this here, right? Ok! See all completed TAST posts here. Yes, it needs to be ironed but I just wasn’t feeling it today. Ta-da! I again attempted to use nothing other than the week’s buttonhole stitch (except the words in...