Yearly Archives: 2023

38 posts

Small mostly-white terrier mix standing on her back legs on a dark couch while showering the man next to her with kisses.

One exhausted pup

She’s not really a puppy now, as she’s four years old and has lived with us for a year and a half. This year I bought Chouchou (pronounced shoe-shoe) a sweater that looks like she’s a Christmas gift — so cute!  Unfortunately, you can’t really see the design from the […]

A set of twelve identical embroidered ornaments, each with red/black/gold motifs in a firefighter theme: helmet, hatchet, hose, etc.

Ornaments

A few days ago, I had an email from Thelander Designs — a perfectly ordinary email to advertise a sale on some of their embroidery designs. A quick glance and I’ll trash it, right? Oops. There was a design for an ornament for firefighters, and I just had to get […]

Exterior of bag for portable charger. Fabric is green leaves/ferns with chartreuse binding and front decoration with "Podfeet" logo.

A new bag

A couple of weeks ago, a good friend of mine, Allison Sheridan, posted on her blog that she’d bought a new travel charger for her devices. The only problem was that the bag it came with was too small to hold the cord as well, and it was made of […]

Deep purple golf towel with white motif of crossed clubs, tee & ball and monogram (MAF).

Quick gift

When I was in Houston this year, there was a stand selling all sorts of things to embroider, including plush golf towels. When I noticed that there were purple towels, I had to buy one for my husband. Today I added a little motif and his monogram. What made the […]

A small embroidered set of scissor case and pin cushion. They are grey fabric with a red rose, green leaves and white lacy stitching. The scissor case is about 6" tall, while the pin cushion is roughly 2" x 1.5".

A quick gift

I recently stitched up this cute set that I’ll be gifting in the coming holiday season. The designs came from Embroidery Library. My Bernina made short work of that! The flap of the scissor case is actually freestanding lace and is hand stitched onto the top of the case. The […]