embroidery – weeknight quilting

I’m 44!

A month ago I turned 44. Never in my life have been worse off in regards to my health or my finances. It’s bad, ya’ll. But I am happy. I love my job. I have a great family. And I love all of the crafty possibilities. And I had a great birthday! I got lotsContinue reading “I’m 44!”

March ta-da done

I had a lot of aspiration for March – stuff to get done. LOTS. 12 projects – 3 per week. That may have been a TAD unrealistic. I did make progress on some things… I made the first row of my ombre tessellation quilt. Here is Toby really inspecting my work. His tail is aContinue reading “March ta-da done”

January 2018 Creative Journal

January was great – for lots of reasons. I have been feeling better than ever. My energy has been night and day from, well, the last three years. I don’t know what the difference is. I can’t stop being excited to work and craft. So weird, but so awesome. In January 2018, I completed 14Continue reading “January 2018 Creative Journal”

Designing

Today is the birthday of a friend who died a year and a half ago. I have had people I love die, but I have never felt grief like this before. The pain hits me less often, but when it does it is unrelenting – feeling the shock over and over again. She just isn’tContinue reading “Designing”

An embroidery update

Still obsessed with embroidery. And quilting. And now my Cricut Maker. I have made some progress on some embroidery projects… The Purl Soho sampler got made into a little pillow (AKA “bed parasite” per my husband) that lives on our bed. I was really unhappy with one of the circles, so replaced with a bitContinue reading “An embroidery update”

style

I adore the Pretty by Hand blog. Her colors, her patterns, her everything make me swoon. Sweet little flowers and pink and lace. But when I try to stay sweet and pink, it feels false. And modern solids and straight lines aren’t quite me either. Begrudgingly I admit my style is floral cacophony. I shudderContinue reading “style”

In love and in 2018!

Hello – New year! I love new years. I love how bare the house looks after taking down Christmas decorations. I love new lists, new goals, big plans, optimism. A new year is a fresh sheet of paper. For better or worse, I fill my pieces of paper with the same doodles every time. IContinue reading “In love and in 2018!”

Sublimating negative emotions

I have been working on several embroidery projects. And am falling in love. Every night I get closer to completing a project, feeling the power of transferring my (at times overwhelming) fear and anxiety in to tiny stitches. There is some science behind the thought of crafting as a way of working shit out. (link)Continue reading “Sublimating negative emotions”

All about that embroidery

Hello, void. I hope you are well. I am ok. Not making the best choices always. But never giving up. A few weeks ago I was at my parents’ for dinner and my mom showed me this cool embroidery project in a quilting magazine. You melt crayons on fabric and then backstitch around the image.Continue reading “All about that embroidery”

WIP Update

Here is a change of pace… a blog entry about quilting on a quilting blog! Sharing my looooong list of WIPs…. Project Linus Quilts – I have 9 more I want to make before year end. I have one top done, and several unused quilt blocks in bright colors. My goal was 1 quilt per month,Continue reading “WIP Update”