When Laura and I got together at the Needleart Extravaganza, we chose two projects/steps to attempt to finish in February. Here are mine! The bracelet is packaged and ready for giving, and the gazebo is stitched!
Feb24
Two for February!
Feb21
Inspiration and Re-creation!
I bought this bracelet at Sisters, my friend Gail’s accessory shop. I love it, so I decided to re-create it in another color:
I found the hammered silver toggle at Michaels and decided to use white, silver and crystal for my remake:
Not bad, if I say so myself!
Feb20
Perfect for tonight!
Look what just got uploaded to the Cross-stitch Club! So pretty, and perfect for a snowy night like tonight!
Feb19
Inspiration!
My daughter gave me these glass grapes from her old kitchen. I love, love, love the colors and need to carry them to bead shops with me!
Feb16
Waxwing is finished!
So are the “moonlit paths” in front of the gazebo. I stitched them with one strand of light blue and one strand of irridescent white.
Feb15
Speaking of Sandra Lee
I got this book from BOMC2 back before Christmas. I had to hide it from myself. It is chock full of photos of gorgeous goodies that will rot your teeth just to look at them!
Feb13
Recent facebook status
Wind snow dancing outside the window, Sandra Lee Chocolate on the TV, soup in the crockpot, laundry in the dryer, needlework in my lap (for a few minutes!) Life is good!
Feb12
Cross-stitch site is back up and running!
Feb10
Wack-a-Noodle!
That’s mine and PJ’s made up word for crazy! And that is what I’ve gone! I am obsessed with finding old cross-stitch patterns I’ve always wanted to stitch, but never had the time.
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This is my latest purchase, “At Home with Paula Vaughan, Book Sixty-Eight.”
I have loved her work for years, and you can see, in a recent post, one of her earlier designs I purchased on eBay.
This book was in a rack, along with about 100 others, in the back corner of Michaels on Park Road in Charlotte, NC. I spotted it several months ago, when I 
was looking for yarn.
was looking for yarn. 
It has 29 projects that are all gorgeous, but this one is the one I wanted:
This looks just like my wedding dress from 1984 (Jessica McClintock, remember?) and the sewing machine looks like my granny’s!Feb9
Cross-stitch site is down
The cross-stitcher’s club website appears to have been down for several days. Here is a link to the French club: http://club-point-de-croix.com/club/