hand embroidery

Don’t you just shake your head sometimes and wonder what I’m doing? I can imagine some of you saying -what in the world will she do with the screechingly (is that even a word?) awful pieces of fabric from the last post? A strange and loud tie dye creation? But I […] Read More...

Maybe it’s just because it’s winter. A few of my favorite hand dyed threads from this last batch. And against the starkness of the white snow, color is more appealing. Tray Dyeing with highly concentrated dyes on folded and pleated cotton. It was a happy mistake to not dilute my dyes but to […] Read More...

Beautiful things take time to make. Beautiful newly dyed embroidery thread. I started out only wanting to make red. But just let it go where it wanted to. Color is beautiful. Be creative, my friends! I am machine quilting today. How about you in all this […] Read More...

Yes, I am on one this week. Hustling around trying to get the computer situation fixed. My computer guy is very disorganized and has cost me lots of extra time. Customer satisfaction is everything these days…Take care of the customer seems very easy, doesn’t it? One more trip back today to return something […] Read More...

I am dreaming of the fairy that is going to get me off my duff , wave her magic wand and sprinkle lots of magic dust and then I will finish something wonderful. And then I will write this amazing blog post and have a million followers. Hah..my dream continues and ….I am […] Read More...

Despite my post from yesterday, I had a great time when Paula from PaulaArt recommended me for a Treasury at Etsy. It’s a means of putting together a group of items, displaying them for a short period of time and having people vote on them quickly. Take a look at the Treasury West and see all the […] Read More...