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Starting very soon, one of my younger nieces will be hanging out with me for several hours one afternoon each week. I’m hoping her older sister might be interested in doing the same thing (on a different day, so she and I have one-on-one time) several times a month. Both young ladies are naturally gifted [...]
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In anticipation of the upcoming holidays, I’m sharing a family-favorite pie recipe. This is a pie that my paternal grandmother made any time any combination of us got together. Even if it was just us kiddos going over to visit, she’d make one of these (or angel food cake, with strawberries and whipped cream on [...]
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Several weeks ago I stopped by our local library and brought home a stack of embroidery-related books. Most of the designs are not my thing, but a couple books were interesting enough that I’ve tracked down used copies of them for myself.
One such book is Embroidery for All Seasons, by Diana Lampe. (Actually, the book [...]
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I’m so happy with how this turned out — it’s so stinkin’ cute!! I briefly thought about keeping it . . . but only briefly ;-) . I hope the birthday girl enjoys it as much as we do.
It’s a Sublime Stitching pattern.
This was my first time to frame something in an embroidery hoop. I’d [...]
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I finished yesterday’s WIP, but finished it after dark tonight so can’t get a natural-light picture until tomorrow — it will be tomorrow’s NaBloPoMo post =). It’s soooooo cute!!!
For my hubby’s birthday earlier this year, one of the crafty projects kiddo and I worked on together was a drawing he made and I embroidered. He [...]
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