Sentimental Stitches

It’s the Friday kicking off the Labor Day weekend. I heard on the radio as the alarm went off that Traverse City (that’s me!) and Mackinaw City are the top two destinations for the holiday weekend. In keeping with my control freak personality when it comes to the boutique I’m going in to the shop [...]

Things didn’t go quite as I planned last week. Rob surprised me by coming north at the end of last week so I set aside pattern writing and haven’t been able to get back at it until tonight.

This first little freebie is for a quilt called Sparkling Sampler. I used it when teaching foundation paper [...]

Good grief stitchers – do you realize how long it’s been since I’ve posted any free designs other than our Midget Blocks or the regular Block of the Month patterns? Well, I realized it’s been too dog gone long!!!
No complaining about how busy I am or how much needs to be done, tonight and tomorrow [...]

I am in awe of the beautiful colors in my Stargazer Lilies. First I marveled at the four buds and decided to tie them to the deck railing so they wouldn’t fall over.

Then the first flower bloomed and it’s fragrance began to fill the air.

Then there were two -

And three -

Finally the grand finale of [...]