Today was the monthly stitching gathering at my LNS. As always, we had a great time!
This month things were a bit different than normal. We generally just have an open stitching class and everyone works on whatever they want. This month we were divided up into two separate groups [...]

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Well, I ended up staying awake far later than I should have last night, but I really wanted to get the results posted today as promised. Thank you all SO very much for the overwhelming response to both my giveaway and your kind words about my blog. I really appreciate each and every [...]

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Wow, I can’t believe the new moon has come & gone and I forgot to post my TUSAL (Totally Useless SAL) update for the month! Thankfully, I saw Valerie’s update on her blog which served as a reminder to me.

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You’ll likely notice a lot of metallic ribbon and braid [...]

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Jan over at Belfonte Notes has started designing under the name Tree of Life Samplings. In celebration of the release of her first design, Rare Treasures, she is giving away a copy for free on her blog.

I love this design, so I really hope I win! Congratulations, Jan! [...]

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Ssshhh, don’t tell anyone, but I’m sneaking in from work to make a quick blog post. My DSL modem/wireless router at home died late last night. Until I get it replaced, I’m without internet connectivity at home except for my iPhone. If I can get out of work early [...]

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I would definitely not consider myself a Miley Cyrus fan, which probably explains why I had not heard this song from the Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack until today. That having been said though, have you ever had one of those moments when a song comes along at the just right time and touches [...]

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Ok, it’s time for me to face that fact that my WIPs (works in progress) are getting out of control. I have been suffering from chronic start-i-tis with my stitching. I’ve started so many new projects that very little is actually getting finished.
If I have found & counted everything correctly (which [...]

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First of all, let me start by saying how completely overwhelmed I am by the amazing response to my blogiversary/1000th post giveaway. Thank you all so much for your well-wishes and kind words about my blog. As a reminder to those who may not yet have entered, you have until 11pm [...]

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Well, after much promising over the past two weeks, the time has FINALLY come! I’m announcing my 8th year blogiversary/1000th post giveaway package. One lucky winner will receive a pack of 8 charts (one for each year I’ve been blogging) along with a lot of other stitching-related goodies.
These are all charts [...]

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I’ve had several people post comments & email me over the past couple of weeks asking me to post my Mary Wigham conversion. I’ve been holding off up to this point because I still hadn’t finalized it. I’ve been doing quite a bit of test stitching to see which fibers worked and which [...]

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