Love, Aunt Dorothy – We Miss You
When Sue and I were young, a long, long time ago, we owned a cross stitch shop. Our love of cross stitch came about from my sister-in-law, Nancy, teaching us one Fall day. We...
Category: Cross Stitch
Tippy Toes As Far As We Go Kits
Two little kits called Tippy Toes and As Far As We Go are our focus today. Back in 2001, we traveled to New Zealand and Australia. We had a fabulous time with my brother...
Beatitudes in Cross Stitch
Quite a few years ago we cross stitched the Beatitudes. They hang right outside my bathroom and I look at them each day. Recently, Tracy at Its A T-Sweets Day posted an article about her version...
Cross Stitch Christmas Stocking from Scratch
Back in the day, we owned a cross stitch shop and we stocked these Charles Craft stockings: Stocking to Recreate Of course, now they don’t make them any longer or if they do we...
Abigail Rebecca Goodland Cross Stitch
We are redoing our sewing room a bit. My sewing machine has rested on a door placed on top of two file cabinets most of my sewing career. The recent addition of Ellie from...
Work Hard Pray Long Trust God
Sue’s last day of school with students was last Friday, but she had to go in on Monday for Records Day. That is an antiquated idea since report cards are done online these days....
Cross Stitch Update – Ignored Too Long
Sue and I have been cross stitching the football and baseball teams. Sue has been plugging along. She even finished the Ram’s (in the original Los Angles colors, and now they’re back) following the...
Cross Stitch Update
Lest you think the only thing we ever work on is quilting, it is time for a cross stitch update. We have for years and years worked exclusively on cross stitch because we owned...
Hand Appliqué Tips and Tricks
I thought it might be nice to share a few pictures, tips and tricks on hand appliqué. Since we do a lot of wall hangings or table runners that call for embellishments that can...
