Sentimental Stitches

Gosh, I have missed all of you. A trip to Grand Rapids sure sucked the hours out of my days and I’ve had one son and then husband and the other son here at the lake with me for some vacation time so you can imagine how busy it’s been around here. Even Clutch slept [...]

Clutch and I have been in Traverse City since May 20th. The days just seem to fly by. We’ve had hot weather, cool weather and a little bit of rain. There’s been a bit of excitement with the furnace and plumbing acting up but it’s all worth it. I’m just grateful to be here. I [...]

I know it seems like I’ve fallen off the face of the earth but I really haven’t. It’s just been one deadline after another and as my dear friend Brenda said “you need an assistant”. Problem is, I can’t afford to hire one so it’s just lil’ ol’ me for now.
If you haven’t already downloaded [...]

I just added a wonderful new pattern to the
Online Store.
It’s called Potted Blooms. You’re going to love it!
It’s from the same time period as the Beyond The Cherry Trees block of the month we’re doing so naturally it’s part of the Polka Dot Garden series.

The pattern has full size drawings of the blocks and [...]

This breath of spring block now has a few more layers, some hidden stitches found and a cute cheddar bird but I think it’s complete.

Here’s the center flower with the additional layer outline stitched and the tiny bird.

It turns out the two flowers on the sides of the block are not the same as I [...]

Last night I kept looking at the two block pictures I uploaded for this month’s Beyond The Cherry Trees block and darn it all, there were hidden stitches staring me right in the face. It looked like a simple fix of just adding the quilting designs to each side of the block. Not too worry, [...]

I hope everyone’s enjoying the blocks from the Cherry Tree quilt. It was fun taking pictures earlier this week. It’s amazing what you see when a quilt is hanging and your eye takes it in all at once.
Block 6 is like the breath of Spring we’re longing for in snow covered Michigan. It’s filled with [...]

Sometimes I come across something I can’t wait to share with you and I’ve really had to hold myself back as I work on the My Life In Stitches pages.
With my continuing lust for all things polka dot I knew I was doomed when I came across the hand tinted print for the Corsage Bouquet [...]