Year of Stitch: June Update

This post is very late. I’ve had a rough go of it the past couple of weeks, but I’m doing better now and am ready to give you a little update on my Year of Stitch progress. The tablecloth was my ultimate undoing, I think. It’s a super cool project, but not necessarily a quick […]

Year of Stitch: April Update

This post is a bit belated, but for good reason! I’ve been hard at work, and now there is more I can share. Sampler #3 is done! I’m not as happy with it as I am the other samplers. I probably should have stuck with one color for the bird, but I wanted it to […]

Year of Stitch: March Update

Year of Stitch sampler #2 is all done! I did struggle with these stitches more than the first sampler. That’s good, though. It means I’m learning new things! Rather than deal with the stress I endured putting a back on the first sampler, I decided to try something new. I left the piece in the […]

Year of Stitch: February Update

I’d say I’m still trucking along on this challenge, but that would be an understatement. I want to embroider everything now. I’m shirking my other deadline projects for these… But at least I’m happy! Look at how this turned out!! I will say, the finishing was a bit of an odyssey. I’ll start at the […]

Year of Stitch: January Update

This year-long embroidery challenge is going so much better than I anticipated! Like, I knew it was going to be a good time. I just can’t believe how much I’ve learned, and we haven’t even finished our first sampler. Here’s my progress so far. I have to say, it makes me feel super fancy that […]

Hello, 2022!

Took a bit longer of a break than expected, but I think it will be well worth it! Got some great ideas and goals for this new year. But first, let’s start with the old. I won’t prattle on again about how the year made me feel, but I am going to cover what I […]

Weaving Splendor: Treasures of Asian Textiles

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love Kansas City. I love that we’re missing most of the traffic and congestion of bigger cities, and we still get amazing access to a variety of good (yarn) shopping, restaurants, and culture. And you can’t talk about cultural places in Kansas City without talking […]

A Stitch in Time

Remember the “wedding-themed” shiny object project I had in the last WIP Challenge update? I’m happy to share that is was an embroidery for two of my dear friends who just got engaged!! Let me tell you about Ben and Kristen. I met Ben when I started swing dancing in 2019. He is fun, boisterous, […]

Spooky Stitching

Halloween is upon us, dear friends! It’s one of my favorite holidays, so I’m pretty bummed the season has been so impacted by COVID (as is everything). However, one Halloween-loving bubble friend and I decided that even if we were just sitting on a couch, we were still dressing up this year. We had to […]

In (Embroidery) Stitches

Last weekend, I invested in another virtual class. Shannon Downey, the funny craftivist behind Badass Cross Stitch, is offering zoom embroidery lessons while she roams the country in her RV during a pandemic. I feel like “badass” is an understatement. While I have some embroidery experience, I eagerly signed up for her class. I was […]