knitting: washcloths

Knitting up more wash cloths. These have a sort of nautical feel, don’t they? I didn’t know that would happen. I was just combining Americana colors. Or could be a racing-stripe feel. Maybe? Then I thought more than Americana, they have a French flair…. I’ve got twenty-three wash cloths finished right now. Definitely a couple

give-away lunch bags

    I’ve been sewing lunch bags. I used Ayumi’s free pattern available on her blog. She kindly put up a tutorial for everyone to use, but asks that the finished goods not be sold. So since I felt like sewing a whole bunch because they are fun to make, I thought I’d give some

doing a happy dance

One of my customers remembered I like to embroider things, and thought of me when she spotted these embroidery patterns at a garage sale. Thank you, Beverly! I totally looked for one of those animated gifs of snoopy doing his happy dance, because that is how I feel (I did not find the right one).

book give-away (now closed)

I won a book giveaway on a blog (yay for me!) and the publisher made a mistake when mailing me my win. Instead of the correct book, I received this one instead. I’ve been given permission to give it away in turn, so here’s your chance to win a copy of, Storyland Cross Stitch. Isn’t

sharing about shoes

This is the first time I have heard of American Duchess shoes, but I have to say that just looking over the website that the shoes are very reasonably priced for period reproductions. If you follow shoes at all (and who doesn’t?), quality reproductions can run two or three times this price. The wonderful thing

Reading: Green Dolphin Street (1944)

Since I like to read books that have been made into movies, my dad is on the lookout when garage-saleing and picks up ones I haven’t heard of, usually. Green Dolphin Street, by Elizabeth Goudge, was made into a movie starring Donna Reed and Van Heflin, and while I haven’t seen it the casting is

a drum-roll please

I opted for the old-fashioned hat-full-of-names for the drawing. I wrote down everybody, including the couple people who left comments in the wrong post, and the couple who emailed me directly because they couldn’t figure out how to leave a comment. I’ve run into that myself in the past, trying to leave comments on blogs,

And now a painting give-away

In the spirit of the holidays, and as a thank you to everyone who is interested in my paintings, I am giving away two of my paintings. Both are 12×16, done in oils, and would make a great gift for you or a friend. Please leave a comment and let me know which painting you