I really admire elephants and their strong dedication to each other. I saw this pattern at my local quilt shop, and just couldn’t resist. I’m limiting myself to just nine elephants, rather than the two dozen shown in the design, and I’ve changed how I’m laying them out so that they […]
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Our extended family has had another addition. This is a second child for our son-in-law’s niece and her husband; I’d finished another one some time ago for their first child. Thinking ahead, I had sort of “stockpiled” a few ready-made embroidery designs for occasions like this, so I quickly decided to use […]
Wishing everyone as merry a Christmas — or other seasonal holiday — as possible, with wishes for a better year in 2021. Notice the lack of lights in the center of the tree; since I took this photo, almost all of the lights have ceased working. I figure it’s […]
Years ago, when our daughters were little, I made Christmas stockings for them. Then I made stockings for grandchildren (except for the ones who got needlepointed stockings from another relative — gorgeous!), and finally one for our son-in-law. This year I decided that my husband and I were deprived. 😉 […]
I saw an embroidered/trapunto banner hanging in the Bernina area of my local dealer, and I liked it so much that I purchased the design files, which were from OESD. It took me a while to get around to actually making what I had in mind, but I’ve finally done […]
This was such a fun project to do, but there were times that I thought I might never get to the end of it. LOL! I loved selecting and using the built-in embroidery stitches on my Bernina 790+, but I have to admit that quilting them — all in the […]