Good morning! Google has changed the format for Blogspot.com. They have also confiscated all my stored pictures. Since I am blogging for fun I may not invest a whole lot of time trying to figure out the format or how to retrieve my pictures. I am on Instagram if you would like to follow me there. Thanks so much for all the support over the years. I hope I will be back ..read more

  I can't believe it's been so long since I posted.  I lost my stitching mojo a bit but got back to it with my massive sampler, His Eye is on the Sparrow.   I got my initials and the year in.  I am now obligated to finish in 2020.    ..read more

Shelly Tribbey 4th of July Angel with guide by David McCaskill ..read more

How cute is this?  EG stitched this for AT who loves nutcrackers.  Extra special touch is the fabric for the back.  ..read more

 How cute is this?  I took this picture at Chaparral in Houston many moons ago. Guess what I found in the upstairs closet?  Clearly need some more organization around here.   It looks like I was planning on basketweaving mine.   Stitch guide for the above is by Carolyn Baird.  ..read more

I pulling out all my Amy stuff and wondering how much more does a girl need?  So much! Lousy lighting but you get the picture Cute colonial knots for the flowers?  Stones? Random Diagonal Cashmere for the house ..read more

I am going to miss Amy's classes so much.  Her guides are wonderful and hopefully will be available for quite some time to come but the tidbits you pick up being around her are invaluable. Here's one example.  I am now stitching the background down the side of House #5.  Obviously the full pattern does not fit.  What's a stitcher to do? Use stick'ems or pieces of paper to create the space you are stitching.  You can see I blocked off the eight canvas threads that make up the blue area down the side.  I don't have to constantly look at the stitch diagram and c ..read more

The guide calls for beading the weather vane on House #5.  Here we go: Done!  Amazing how the light can change the way the color looks.  The bat was not painted the same on both wings so I chose to bead it to look balanced.  We'll see how that looks when I go over the part not beaded with the background stitch.   It looks like some frogging and restitching in that area. Overall I am pleased with how it looks. I stitched the other side of the roof of House #4.  I wasn't happy with how the compensation made the peak of the roof on the left side look.   ..read more

Hello!  I've been out at the lake with some of the SWANs.  We had a good time stitching and catching up.   I took my Melissa Shirley Halloween House Row with the stitch guide from Amy Bunger.  I did a lot of background while talking but did get the moon done.  I LOVE IT.  Not so hot on my execution of the witch's skirt.   That's a redo for sure.   The moon stitch is the Ming Divided.  The outline thread is Petite Silk Lame and the inside is filled in with two strands of silk.  It's beautiful. Big News!  Amy Bunger is closi ..read more

We have a great framers here in Austin called Blue Skies.  They do a great job framing needle art.   These lovelies are off to let those ladies work their magic. Can't remember the designer   I finished this years ago.  I didn't know what I wanted to do with it so it lay dormant.  Carolyn Baird had these fabulous ribbons at her store, The Ribbonry.   It's inside Chaprral. The vintage sunflower strip down both sides is going to be heavenly.   This is a Melissa Shirley canvas with a stitch guide by Amy Bunger.   I think the guide is available for ..read more