Jo's Country Junction
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Hello and WELCOME to Jo's Country Junction. I've been blogging here since 2009. That's a long time. Through the years readers have watched the lives of my family unfold from weddings to the gutting and remodeling of a foreclosure house, to farm life, to publishing quilts, to the births of grandchildren. I use my blog as somewhat of a journal and open it up and let you all in.
Jo's Country Junction
3h ago
I have another cross stitch finish and most exciting, it’s a patriotic piece. I am so lacking patriotic and Spring small cross stitch pieces. SO LACKING!! I like to have more than can fill a dough bowl and currently, I don’t have that so I better keep stitching. In the meantime, I am going to …
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Jo's Country Junction
1w ago
I finished my Little Bird Stitch along piece!! Happy Dance for me! The piece is called Chubby Bird by Jeannette Douglas. You can find the pattern HERE. The original was finished as a circle finish in a tart pan, which I did for the companion piece Chubby Bunny but I stitched a little too close …
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Jo's Country Junction
1w ago
When Nashville Needlework Market came out, Liz, from the Stitchery Nook, and I were on the hunt for some small projects I’d like to do as stitch-alongs and she’d like to kit up to offer. Sometimes it’s a hard find…sometimes they come easier. We had our picks and were so excited about them. We had …
New Stitch Along: A Stitcher’s Alphabet Read More ..read more
Jo's Country Junction
1w ago
I didn’t get much stitching time this week. I had family here. Then after they left, I was playing catch up on both the house and the blog. My goal for the week was to stitch the personalization of Though He Seemeth Sleeping. I did that over the course of two evenings. I changed up …
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Jo's Country Junction
1w ago
Every so often questions and comments come from readers that I think others would like to hear my response to. That’s when I feature them on the blog. This is one of those days. Today’s questions are all about cross stitch. Jane asked:“Hi Jo—so glad you had such a happy retreat! Can I ask for some help? After …
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Jo's Country Junction
2w ago
WOW…I have lots to share with you this week in the cross-stitch department. I was at the retreat last weekend and that gave me lots of stitching time. Oh, I wish I could accomplish so much every week. HA!! I’m thankful I get retreats…not only for the friends and fun but also for the stitching …
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Jo's Country Junction
3w ago
Bliss…oh, bliss. I’m still so happy about my time away. Today’s post is about the cross stitch retreat I went to last week. It was held at the Stitchery Nook in Osage Iowa. I arrived at 9:30 am on Thursday. It’s the earliest you can arrive. People trickled in all day long…me, I wanted to …
At the Cross Stitch Retreat Read More ..read more
Jo's Country Junction
3w ago
I have a cross-stitch finish to share with you. I finished my Forever Thine Strawberry. It is so incredibly cute…like cuteness overload. A blog reader sent the chart to me. THANKS!!! The piece is called Forever Thine and is by Erica Michaels. I loved stitching it but I’ll be honest, the finishing instructions were lacking. …
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Jo's Country Junction
3w ago
I’m off at the cross stitch retreat but I took time before I left to write you a blog post about the latest stitch along. I hope you’ll join me. Okay friends…Are you ready for a BAP Stitch Along? If you are a cross stitcher and watch Flosstube you likely know that BAP (in the …
BAP Stitch Along: And God Saw Read More ..read more
Jo's Country Junction
3w ago
I am having just a small update for you today. I wrote this post on Wednesday before I packed up and headed to the cross stitch retreat at the Stitchery Nook in Osage. I’ll be spending the weekend there having fun. I’m so excited. Over the weekend I did a bunch of finishing of projects …
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