Archive for August, 2007
End of the Month
Month ends are busy times. I put The Needlework Nutshell newsletter together and get a batch of puzzles ready for Sports Illustrated for Kids, among other things. The newsletter is ready to go, the puzzles are not. No worries; they’ll get done. I’ve been working on the model for the Make-It/Take-It in October. The pattern [...]
Better Than DIY
What’s better than DIY? DIFM! (Do It For Me) Mike’s parents, Bob and Thea, have been visiting this past week. Here’s a look at their…um…vacation with Mike and Jen. The fun began right away with scraping and sanding. Oh, and steel wool, too. Don’t you love that stuff?! I especially like getting it under my [...]
Favorite Blogs
I’m a blog reader. Big surprise, I know. What surprises me is that most of the blogs that I check regularly are writing/kid-lit blogs. Where are the craft blogs? Why am I not reading them? While visiting inside number twenty, I noticed Monique’s blogroll, and clicked around. Hmm. I need to read more craft blogs. [...]
The Gentle Art and Norden Crafts on Board!
I got a call from Jim at The Gentle Art, and not only are they offering a prize for the 2007 Bookmark Challenge (remember, these are prizes for shops, not individual stitchers), but they offered fiber support for outreach programs, including ours. Woooo! What does that mean? It means Jim will donate Gentle Art fibers [...]
DIY Pearl Cotton
Not only am I way behind on bookmark pattern development, I am now at a standstill on bookmark #3. I’ve decided to finish it differently. I have only a vague idea of exactly how, but it will come as I play with it. I need pearl cotton, and I had to contact Presencia to get [...]
Blueberries
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Six gallons! Woo-hoo!~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But Mike says, “If we have 6-and-a-half gallons, that’s a quart for every 2 weeks.” So I’ll go out again tomorrow.
Our Epic Journey
On Friday, Mike and I took a mini-holiday and tramped up the mountains behind our property. That’s been on our To-Do list since we built our house and moved in 3 years ago. It occurred to us that summer is almost over and we have done no recreating in our beautiful state. None. Zero. Bupkiss. [...]
Beading Class
I spent today at the Alaska Bead Company, entertained and challenged in The Ultimate Beginner’s Workshop. I considered it a birthday present to myself (a bit early, so you’ve still got time!), and it really was a gift. I had a wonderful time! Four friendly and interested students. Plenty of individual help as needed, but [...]
Needle and ThREAD logo
I mucked about with one of the two Needle and ThREAD logos today. As you probably know, I’ve invited other designers to create bookmark patterns, too, offering the logo in exchange for a commitment to donate 10% or more of profits to the literacy program of their choice, the idea being to raise as much [...]
Bookmarks
Bookmark #2 is proving difficult yet again as I do the layout for the pattern. It’s the color issue again: I can’t find a background that I love. I’ve probably tried half-a-dozen, each taking not a little time to create. My favorite so far is red, but I worry that the red overpowers the image [...]
, by Ellen Ruppel Shell
, by Elizabeth Strout.
