"Strawberry Garden" by Blackbird Designs is mine as of 10/22/09 :) With the help of a very kind online acquaintance I was recently able to purchase this beautiful OOP Loose Feathers chart. That my search to secure this design is finally over makes me very happy. :)
I just completed and framed this small project, but as it is a gift for a friend who sometimes stops by here I could only post a tiny photo hint of the finished snippet. ;) It was a quick and enjoyable stitch, and I hope she will like it.
You'll notice that it has my favorite thing (BEES) in it. :D
Another trip to the Village of the Arts in Bradenton today to see my friend Vicki Rollo's beautiful shop Heart's Desire and to visit some of the stores that have re-opened now that autumn is upon us.
Started a new small project as a gift for a friend recently. Can't show pictures here because she reads this blog sometimes! :) But it has a beehive in the design, so that makes me very happy.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. – Henry Melvill (1798-1871) The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. – Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
I am a graphic designer who loves folk arts and crafts and needlework, especially counted cross stitch. This blog is where I write about my crafting adventures.
Snowfall Chickadee Cross Stitch Finish
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Finished stitching the Snowfall Chickadee!
Hi everyone, I have just finished stitching the Snowfall Chickadee cross
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[image: Sept 2018 desktop calendar]
Time to change your desktop calendar.
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Needleprint is now closed but I shall be posting exciting details of the
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podcast episode 63: purposeful knitting
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Show Notes
OFF THE NEEDLES
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It's Superbowl Sale time!!
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Greetings Friends!
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