Before we went to Ukraine I did a little research about Ukrainian embroidery. I learned that the primary colors used were black and red, that they were primarily geometric (right up my alley), and heavily cross stitch. What I didn’t know was that we would see it everywhere! As soon as we landed in Kiev, […]
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About a year ago I departed from stitching posts to share the news of the loss of our pet Sheltie Mandy. Today as I write my post I’m happy to announce the arrival of Misty, our new Sheltie puppy! I know how important our fur babies are, because so many of you have shared with
What does a designer do in the long stretches of time between trade shows? Do we take that time off? I wish! Sometimes, the “down time” between trade shows is our busiest time, because that’s when we work on new designs, focus on things that we can’t when we’re pushed for trade show new releases
I live in an area where we have a definite change of seasons. We have a cold winter – well, not as cold as some, and usually only a little snow, but it’s cold enough for a coat sometimes. We have a hot summer – usually, although this summer we missed most of the
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But who’s counting? Probably even more pressing for stitchers – finishing deadlines are looming large on the calendar! Perhaps some of you have favorite finishers and their holiday deadline has already passed! Oh no! Finishing, and easy finishing, is one of the reasons I developed the tray series that features seasonal and holiday colors. As
Only 106 Days to Christmas! Read More »
Last week I promised I’d start catching up, so I’m going to work a little backwards and start with the most recent first. We’ve just returned from a trade show, and trade shows always mean new designs. “Radiance” was our big release from the show, so I’ll start with that one. Next post I’ll fill
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If you’ve been trying to follow my blog, and wondering where in the world has Debbie been, I apologize for the great passage of time between my last post and this one! Over the next few days and weeks I’ll be posting quite a bit to try to catch up on the goings on in
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The past week has been one that most of us who live in the cyber age dread – connectivity problems, dying computers and “upgrades”. I use the term “upgrade” loosely, because it was an upgrade in our internet service that started a cascade of problems that ended with me getting a new computer. Our local
OH NO! Tuesday last week I got ready to write my blog post, went to our website, and ALL OF THE IMAGES WERE GONE! All of my blog posts were gone! WHAT HAPPENED? Well, we still don’t know for sure what happened. Thank goodness my husband and keeper-of-all-things tech had made a back-up of our
Recovering from disaster Read More »