While unpacking Melissa Shirley’s trunk show, I came upon these mini-socks. Here’s my thought—stitch these, finish them open and use them to hold the place settings for your holiday table. If you are … more →
Bristly Thistle Needlepoint Newswrote 4 days ago: While unpacking Melissa Shirley’s trunk show, I came upon these mini-socks. Here’s my thought—stitch … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: My husband checked in Ruth Schmuff’s trunk show and his reaction was a resounding “Wow!” Ruth’s sens … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been working (= getting to play) on a couple of stitch guides, one for a La Patisserie hinged b … more →
wrote 1 month ago: With two daughters, I have two excuses (okay, three, if you count me) to stitch sets of things. In a … more →
wrote 3 months ago: It didn’t take us long on Amelia Island to find out about the fierce rivalry between the University … more →
wrote 3 months ago: We are chock full of canvases here in our Florida store—both Kathy Schenkel and Raymond Crawford tru … more →
wrote 4 months ago: We now have a selection of adorable 3D houses by Squiggee in stock. Whether you choose the Log Cabin … more →
wrote 4 months ago: This wonderful patchwork Santa is by JB Designs. There are also two matching Mrs Claus designs as we … more →
wrote 5 months ago: We have a huge trunk show from Tapestry Tent in our Michigan store this month. From now until August … more →
wrote 6 months ago: We opened our new needlepoint store on Amelia Island Florida (near Jacksonville) last weekend. It ha … more →
wrote 8 months ago: This week we are at the Kaffe Fassett needlework seminar on Mackinac Island. Kaffe brought some amaz … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Now matter what your holiday, these lollipops from Melissa Shirley are sure to be a hit. Our finishe … more →
wrote 9 months ago: I found this funny reindeer in a one of the needlework trade magazines. He is too cute for words and … more →
wrote 10 months ago: These holiday trees are bright and cheery and call out for different stitches. Finished as a holiday … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve just started stitching canvases for 3 dimensional finishing. I’ve done Halloween houses by Meli … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve started stitching the 12 days of Christmas roll-up nutcrackers by JB. Here’s the first one—a pa … more →
wrote 1 year ago: We live in a land of many deer—if you can ignore the way they eat your garden plants, they are cute. … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Our oldest daughter is moving to Philadelphia, so I stitched this little ornament for her. My favori … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Here’s another cute canvas from Collection of Designs. I call it Penguin Joy and would love to see i … more →