My Blazing Saddles quote cross stitch project is framed and complete! She’s gorgeous – I couldn’t be happier with her. From starting the design to stitching every word and even to picking out the frame, it was a blast working on this project. The framers told me they would notice the little things over time …
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This New Mexico cross stitch pattern is the latest in my series of state highway road signs that are now available in my Etsy shop! With Thanksgiving and the holidays coming up, my blogging has taken a bit of a back seat in the midst of all my prep work. However – I always keep on stitching new patterns! State Road …
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This Florida cross stitch pattern is the latest in my series of state highway road signs that are now available in my Etsy shop! State Road A1A (Atlantic 1 Alternate) is a roughly 330 mile stretch of Florida coastline that starts in Key West and ends at Fernandina Beach, just south of the Georgia state line. …
[Update 2018: My review of the 35 new DMC floss colors released in 2017 is now live!] For the first time in nearly 15 years, there are new DMC floss colors! The company has released other products in recent years – variegated flosses, metallic solids and medleys, fluorescents, and a glow in the dark floss …
This Michigan cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! The stitched example, Highway 22, is a scenic highway that runs for roughly 117 miles along the Lake Michigan shore, and passes through part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. I can easily customize this pattern for any of your favorite Michigan highways! …
I’d like to share the story of a successful cross stitch alphabet customer project! I created the Alphabet Mick pattern to emulate a William Morris alphabet for my monster Ancora Imparo project [latest update here]. Before I started Ancora Imparo, however, I created the Rock On project for a new baby in my family named …
The idea for this Denver Broncos cross stitch project originated from the Fantasy Football League I’m in this season, the commissioner of which is none other than Diane of CraftyPod fame. Early in the season, we came up with the idea of a crafty football blog hop and invited others to join us. At …
This Washington State Highway road sign pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! The stitched example, Highway 20, runs for roughly 435 miles across the state, and has been called the most beautiful mountain highway in the State of Washington. I can easily customize this pattern for any of your favorite Washington roads! And …
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This week’s Link Love theme is “Five posts you {actually} made something from.” Well, I have yet to make something from a post, but I have made projects from five books! The only difficulty with this post is that I don’t have photos of most of the projects I’ve completed. This is silly, I know. …
Welcome to healthy water themed crafts part 4! These are crafts that encourage us to drink more water and that help us appreciate clean rivers, lakes, and oceans. Update 2020: This post and it’s predecessors were published back in 2014, so many of the links and photos may not go to active blogs anymore. To see …