Slammin' the Screen Door

Happy Monday, Friends!  Scrappiness Is Happiness is a flimsy! This photo doesn’t look much different than last week’s because it is draped over the bed. Again…no design wall. The bo...

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Happy Friday and November 1st!! I’m popping in today to share about the zoom stitch-along I mentioned earlier. Gary and Ronny of GARON STITCHERY host a Sunday zoom about every two weeks. I...

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Hello and welcome to the last week of October! The past week was fairly productive for me. I was able to sew the final block I needed for Scrappiness Is Happiness, and I assembled the rows. ...

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Hello and Happy Monday, my Lovelies! I hope you had a great weekend. WENDY , our friend at Sugarlane Designs, hosted Friday Night Sew In and I’m excited to tell you that I finished, YES…fi...

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Good Monday to you, Friends. I hope you had a lovely weekend. We enjoyed some cool, sunny days. I did a bit of sewing which I want to share with you today. First, I finished three more blocks ...

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Happy Tuesday, Friends. I’ll briefly give you an overview of our personal situation regarding Hurricane Helene and the impact on our community. Western North Carolina experienced much more t...

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Hello, Friends! I mentioned in my last post on September 6th that there would not be much stitching or sewing happening for me. My daughter came for a visit and only left the day before I trave...

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Hello Friends! I hope you had a nice Labor Day weekend, and this short week has been good to you. I completed 9,120 cross stitches on six different projects during August. I had three finis...

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Hello and Happy Friday! After being almost 3,000 stitches behind on the stitch along for Olga’s Stocking, I’m actually ahead this week. As a reminder, this is what it will look like when fi...

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A good Sunday to you, friends! I got on a roll with finishing this weekend and it all began during Wendy’s Friday Night Sew In hosted at SUGARLANE DESIGNS. First was Sweet Friendships by The...

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Happy Friday Friends! I am happy to report that my dislocated/relocated finger is going to physical therapy twice a week and so far…so good. I’m still enjoying cross stitching but am at a s...

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Hello Friends, Far and near! I hope you are having a wonderful day. July was a productive month for me…but I am never satisfied with what I’ve done, as I always want to do so much more. ...

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***Warning*** Gross injury description below. Good day, my friends. I sure hope you had a great weekend.  Mine didn’t quite go as planned. Hubby and I did get our Friday night pizza.  And...

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Happy Friday! We made it to the end of another week, and I am so excited. I have just a little bit of cleaning left to do.  Then I can do whatever I (or my sweetie) want to do.  We are hoping...

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Good day, my friends. The third Friday of the month came quite quickly, in my opinion. But the good thing about that is I got to participate in WENDY’S Friday Night Sew-In. I had a fin...

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Happy Thursday, Friends! We are almost to the weekend and I’m excited to share some recent sewing and cross stitch progress with you. First, I mentioned in my last post that I was off to mak...

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Happy Sunday, Friends! I mentioned in my JUNE 24TH POST that I needed one more piece for the top shelf of the Hoosier to complete the patriotic décor. I selected Patriotic Quaker 1776 by The...

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Happy Belated Independence Day to my USA friends. I hope everyone had a nice and safe holiday. Mama came over for dinner. We played games and watched the Lake Junaluska fireworks from our deck....

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This year is flying! Hard to believe we are halfway through 2024 already. I had high hopes back in January of completing some quilts and stitching on older WIPs. Instead, I just keep getting dist...

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Happy Friday, Friends! As promised in YESTERDAY’S POST , I’m sharing a quick recap of my trip to Cincinnati last weekend.  WARNING: THIS POST IS PHOTO HEAVY.   StitchCon is a cross sti...

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Happy Thursday, Friends!  I’ve been trying to update the blog for a few weeks now. I’m going to say better delayed than never.   May was somewhat productive with stitching. I managed 5...

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Good day, my friends.   We enjoyed our time in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I didn’t get a chance to read any blogs. I tried to do it yesterday (Wednesday, 5/21) but Blogger said I w...

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This week almost got away from me. Work was super busy, but isn’t that always the way when you are getting ready to take vacation? First, I want to tell you that I managed to put in 4,041 cros...

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There isn’t much to show in the way of stitching or sewing this week. I managed to decide on a layout for Gene’s Flying Stars. This will be a runner for the top of a couple of IKEA cabinets...

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Many thanks to WENDY AT SUGARLANE DESIGNS for hosting FRIDAY NIGHT SEW IN where many creators virtually sew or stitch together. Even though we were camping, I was able to get a start on one of...

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