My BFF reminded me at our campfire on the 4th that I hadn’t done a goals update in a while. Here’s where I am at in the goals department. Home Repairs Professionally Done -New back door and cut down all sumac in the hedgerow. We got a new back door installed last week! So happy!Continue reading “2025 Goals Update”
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SAL-Girl in Lavendar Field 1
I put down the Heirloom Bride ornaments for now and have been working on a new project. Girl in Lavendar Field is a design by Hanna Levchuk, who I found from Claire. I have already made a large dent in stitching her in the last three weeks! Here is a timeline of photos of myContinue reading “SAL-Girl in Lavendar Field 1”
2025 Goals
At the beginning of 2024 I said to my husband, buckle up it’s going to be a tough year! And it was. 2024 started awful and didn’t get much better until sometime in November. I am optimistic for 2025. I pray every day that we have more good days than bad. Isn’t that what weContinue reading “2025 Goals”
Project – Joyce’s Rose
I have been a stitcher for over 35 years and have completed so many projects. Some I have given as gifts and some I have kept for myself. The project I am currently working on is very special to me. Both my mother-in-law and father-in-law have dementia. It’s been very hard because there is noContinue reading “Project – Joyce’s Rose”
Fraktur Hex SAL #11
Just a very quick update for me this time. I STILL did not get my 3rd corner done. Just haven’t had the time to work on it! Here is where I left off last time: And here is where I am now: Not a lot done but it will have to do. Please visit theContinue reading “Fraktur Hex SAL #11”
SAL-#5 Crown of Thorns
Good Morning from sunny New York! What a beautiful day it is going to be. Before I go out and dig in my garden all day I thought I better update you all on my progress with Crown of Thorns. Here is where I ended three weeks ago: And here is where I am now:Continue reading “SAL-#5 Crown of Thorns”
SAL Update Project Peacock
Three weeks ago I was struggling with having to rip a section of my project out because if I didn’t, it would look “off”. After ripping out the bottom of the tree branch on the right side I have successfully stitched it back into place. Unfortunately I was again tired the other night, (I know,Continue reading “SAL Update Project Peacock”
Poppy Remembrance Project
I finally finished it! It took two years on and off but I finally finished my lovely poppy remembrance field. This cross-stitch project was my most challenging yet and at times made my eyes cross but it was worth it. Over 23,000 stitches. All that’s left to do is mount and frame it. IContinue reading “Poppy Remembrance Project”
From My Sewing Basket
A pair of pants to hem, a button to fix, a hole to repair in a sock. I don’t know about you, but my sewing basket always has something in it to fix. And some things have been in it for YEARS! One day, instead of mindlessly wasting my morning surfing statuses online, I decidedContinue reading “From My Sewing Basket”
The Professional Domestic 