If you all haven't gotten tired of my endless updates yet, here's another one showing my progress on The Young Botanist. I didn't notice until later that the pic picked up a yellow cast to it, most...

Let's try this again! I posted a discussion yesterday about receiving a new scroll frame. That posted ok. Then I tried to post an update on my project. Between switching frames, I put the fabric...

Cross-stitching can make such lovely and personal gifts for Christmas. In the past I've made such things as a picture and pillow cases using cross-stitch. I've also used it in making a crazy quilt...

I ordered a new scroll frame from Sewandso.co.uk. It's the "Elbesee No sew Easy Clip Hand Rotating Frame". It uses plastic clips (much like some hair curlers) to secure the fabric to the rod. It sure...

Teresa Wentzler is calling it quits. http://www.twdesignworks.com/xs.html I had just visited her site the other day and there was no indication, but today I found out that she's hanging up her...

I've been working on The Young Botanist for three weeks now. I can't fit it into my scanner without taking it off the scroll rods (which I don't want to do) so I took it outside to take some shots...

I've posted a third shot of my progress on The Young Botanist, here: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2160534.aspx?p=0 I put it under the questions and answers category because I had some...

Here's a new shot of "The Young Botanist" after stitching on it every day for a week. I'm still waiting for the floss I ordered

Even though I don't have all the floss I'll need for "The Young Botanist" I couldn't wait to get started on it. I pick up material at thrift stores for a fraction of the cost and just keep them on...

I recently finished a Bucilla kit a friend wanted me to do for her. It was an adaptation of Bessie Pease Gutmann's painting "Caught Napping". It was very basic (the background was in gobelin stitch...