I find that I’ve been quite remiss in writing actual blog posts, and instead relying on my flosstube show notes to provide a record of my finishes, my WIPs, my plans, etc. I’m hoping to remedy that situation in 2023 and spend a bit more time writing about the pieces I’m working on and my …
I am pleased to present my newest release in The Legacy Collection, Fifteen Friends: Jane Ann 1871 – a reproduction of an antique Bristol sampler. Fifteen Friends is now available as an instant PDF download in my shop and printed booklets are available at Attic Needlework and at A Stitching Shop. I have uploaded a …
Here we are at the end of 2021 and it was a year that seemed to last forever and also be over quickly. These are the times we’re living in, though, where time is very elastic. But, being as it is December 31st, I thought it was the perfect time to take a look back …
I am so pleased to finally be able to release my first reproduction sampler to everyone. This is Sarah Ann Banton 1833 and she is the first design in The Legacy Collection. I originally reproduced her as an exclusive release for the Tudor Rose Sampler Guild’s twentieth anniversary in 2020. As you can see, she …
In 2005, I stitched my very first Chatelaine design. On January 1, 2006 I put the first stitches into Mystery IX, Martina’s year-long mystery design. Mystery IX was later to be known as The King’s Vegetable Garden, or Le Potager du Roi, and was based off the gardens at Versailles. At the beginning of each …
I always like to have a New Year’s Day start and this year was no exception. I wanted 2018 to be a year where I not only focused on whittling down the enormous pile of WIPs, but I also wanted to work on something that would stretch my skills a bit. Last year I started …
