Archive for March, 2008
First Bookmarks Arrive!
Wow! Gayle at Accents Inc. in Metairie, LA, has already received her first four bookmarks!
How’s that for motivation?
Gayle’s shop is in the area that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Two-and-a-half years later, things are not back to normal. At least two libraries in Gayle’s area alone are not yet reopened.
If you don’t have […]Opening Day! Needle and ThREAD: Stitching for Literacy 2008 Bookmark Challenge
It is here! It is here! It is heeeeere!
Today is March 20, Opening Day for the Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy 2008 Bookmark Challenge.
Above is a nod to Horton Hears a Who, the 2008 movie, the 1999 movie on my How the Grinch Stole Christmas tape, and the Dr. Seuss classic picture book. […]Tomorrow…
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Two Days Until the 2008 Bookmark Challenge!
I dug out some new books to read during the Bookmark Challenge (three guesses what I plan to start with), and I’m stitching like mad on the New Puzzle Pattern. I think I’m trying to get that done so that I can focus on bookmarks during the Challenge, but that’s, um, impossible. If I stitched […]
Site Additions
Another shop has accepted the 2008 Bookmark Challenge. Caroline’s Thread and Canvas in Ashland, VA. Welcome, Caroline!
I met Caroline in January at the Long Beach trade show. She offers an amazing stitching program at a local school, and she was able to adapt some ideas from the Fiber Artist Trading Card class for her school […]New Puzzle Pattern
I shifted gears over the weekend. I cleaned up the piles of puzzle books, old puzzles, dictionaries, natural history and sports trivia books. I filed the 2007 receipts and records in the deep dark cubby behind the couch in the loft. I dusted and vacuumed. I sneezed and took Sudafed.
And I stitched. And stitched. And […]Heading in to the 2008 Bookmark Challenge
It’s the run up to the 2008 Bookmark Challenge. Yay! My schedule is more open and I’m looking forward to some serious reading and stitching. I have it in mind to keep a list of books we all read during the Challenge, but I don’t want it to be just my reading list. I want […]
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
The puzzles for all current projects are finished. Some are still in the hands of young testers and my critique group, but I expect to do the final polish tomorrow and send the last batch on their way.
In the meantime, I’ve been working on taxes. Like most people, I don’t enjoy tax time, although I […]White Killer Whale
Speaking of whales…an almost all white one was spotted along the Aleutian Islands. Check it out. It’s got some brownish, yellowish color, so it’s probably not an albino, but it’s certainly unique. You know how I like unique things.
And, lest you think I can’t tie this to needlework, how about an orca LET THERE BE […]Humpback Bubble Netting
Shelly alerted me to bubble netting videos on YouTube. For obvious reasons, we only see the surface results of the act, but that’s cool in and of itself. I want to see the underwater action, too, though, I’m afraid. I want to see a bunch of whales swimming in circles, blowing bubbles. And I want […]
