Long time readers will know that for many years we were a military family (my husband Dave served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 25 years before retiring in August 2000.) We were often posted far away from our extended families. Rarely was it possible for us to have the traditional Christmas of spending the day with grandparents, aunts, uncles…
Since finishing the Trellis Quilt, my new office/sewing room has been turned into Santa’s workshop. I can’t show you the gifts I’ve made for our children until after Christmas because they each read my blog. But I checked with our oldest daughter and future son-in-law only reads it if she shows him a post, so I’m safe sharing a photo…
These Holly and Candles patterns would look so pretty embroidered on a matching set of Christmas napkins, tea towel and tablecloth increasing the size of the pattern used to match the item being embroidered. Vintage Workbasket Embroidery Pattern – Holly & Candles in Three Sizes downloadable PDF
Today’s finish has been a long time coming and is all the more satisfying because of that. I started this quilt back in April of 2009 as part of a quilt-a-long hosted by Amanda Jean over at crazy mom quilts. The idea was to sew one nine-patch block per day. By July, I’d completed the 70 nine patches needed for…
This week I have a Christmas ornament design in three different sizes for you to stitch. The pattern for the vintage ornaments is available as a pdf to download here.
On the first Friday of every month, Cheryll over at Gone Stitchin‘ hosts Friday Night with Friends where people from around the world sign up for an evening of crafting. And then over the weekend everyone posts about what they worked on. It’s been ages since I’ve joined one of these Friday night virtual get togethers but as I’m wanting…
Are you looking for a creative way to wrap a small treasure for gifting this year? Christmas Pips made from my Thimble Pip Tutorial are the perfect solution! They will hold a pair of earrings, a brooch or even a ring! For small children, add candy and coins to them. Then hang them on the tree. The gift will be hidden in…
This post has proven to be more challenging to write than I’d anticipated. I mentioned back a while ago that Dave and I were off on a new adventure. It was an adventure that was not entirely of our own choosing. Last spring when Dave was offered and accepted the long term contract with another US company, we thought that…
On Workbasket pattern page #92, there were four small Christmas patterns. I thought my readers might like to have them in different sizes so Dave enlarged them. Each pattern I share for the month of December leading up to Christmas will include three sizes of the same design. Today I’m sharing the candy canes with bows. The pattern for the…
I’d like to wish all those in the US who are celebrating today (or sometime over the next few days) a very Happy Thanksgiving! May you be surrounded by the love of family and friends.