Wow. Wow. Wow! Eager stitchers began arriving before the official 2:00 opening of the event, and stuck around past the official closing at 4:00. While I expected to meet and greet, conduct […]
Bookmark Make-It/Take-It at the Loussac Library
Recommended Group Reading: James Herriot
Here’s my next recommendation for stitching groups (or any other groups) that want to read aloud: any of James Herriot’s animal stories. As a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales, James Herriot […]
On the Fence Between Summer and Winter
By most counts, summer is over. All the lettuce from the garden is gone, and we’ve transitioned to cooked greens. But don’t tell the tomatoes. They don’t seem to notice the freezing […]
Rosewood Manor On Board!
Karen Kluba from Rosewood Manor is designing bookmarks for the Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program. Yay! She’s in the same boat as I am, though, with bookmarks #2 and #3. […]
Printing and Prepping
I’m printing the pattern sheets for Sunday’s Bookmark Make-It/Take-It. A shout out to Becca for proofing it for me–thanks, Becca. (And by the way–she’s really good. She caught a couple of tiny […]
Make-It/Take-It Prep
We’re having our first Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy Bookmark Make-It/Take-It this weekend. I’ve got the Read Ambigram pattern ready to print. It’s 2-sided with stitch diagrams, bookmark-making instructions, and a […]
