It’s the first Monday of May which means it’s time for me to share with you this month’s free embroidery pattern. With Mother’s Day coming up soon as well as for other gift giving occasions throughout the year, I thought it would be fun to design a pretty Butterfly Pincushion Embroidery Pattern. After all… for those of us who embroider,…
Do you love hunting through thrifts stores, flea markets, garage sales and estate sales for good used items to add to your home? Do you sometimes find yourself buying items that catch your eye in the moment but then once you get them home, you have no idea what to do with them? In this post, I’ll be sharing how…
Why buy those expensive containers of bread crumbs when you can make your own for a fraction of the cost? If you’ve ever wondered how to make bread crumbs, it couldn’t be easier. Almost any kind of bread will work except for sweet breads. Save the heels of bread, the lone hot dog and hamburger bun left in the bag,…
On the first Monday of each month, I share a free embroidery pattern for you to stitch. This month’s April Showers embroidery pattern was such fun to design and work on because the idea for it has been in the back of my mind for quite some time. For over a year now, I’ve had an unfinished Dresden plate just…
Do you decorate a branch for Easter? We discovered the tradition of decorating an Easter branch when we were posted to Germany in the 80s. Our landlady lived in the apartment next door to ours and had brought in a flowering branch to decorate with small wooden ornaments; eggs, bunnies, chicks and birdhouses with tiny birds inside. We thought it…
If you’re looking for something extra special to serve with supper tonight or for a way to use up leftover baked potatoes, you’ve come to the right place. These Twice Baked Potatoes are a Flemming family favorite. For Sunday dinners, I get requests from our kids for my Potato Salad or Hawaiian Macaroni Salad but when my husband, Dave is…
The month is just speeding along, isnt’ it! Here we are, the third Monday of the month, which means it’s time for the monthly Craft Room DeStash Challenge. Which means, I’m once again digging into my fabric dresser to use up some of my fabric stash. And I’ve got the most adorable Rag Quilt Bunny Tutorial to share with you.…
Do you go all out for St. Patrick’s Day or barely give it a nod? I don’t do a lot of decorating for St. Patrick’s Day but I do like to have some little touches around the house as a nod to my Irish roots. These reversible tissue box covers allow me to do that without having a lot of…
When we were in Maui on vacation in December, I discovered the lovely little Maui Quilt Shop where I spent wayyyy too much money. One of the items I purchased was a humpback whale sashiko embroidery kit. Running stitch has never been one of my best stitches as I struggle to make the stitches even lengths and distances from each…
The inspiration for this Luck of the Irish Potato Soup came from a community cookbook from the area of Alberta where Dave and I owned our acreage from 1996 to 2000. I had previously lived in that same community for about 5 years when I was growing up. At the time, my mom managed a small country store called Autumn…
