Sandy

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I'm a retired high school French teacher from Arizona, now living in the Las Vegas area. I loved teaching French, but I love retirement even more! I'm a quilter, and most of what you see here will be about quilting, though I've also taken up knitting, and I love to bake. :)

Kitchen towels and #4

I’ve had a couple of towels hanging around for some time; the designs I’d originally planned to put on them just weren’t exciting me any longer. However, I had two other designs that I do like, so …. Lining up designs like these to get them straight can be pretty […]

Number 3 of 4

I’ve already showed you pictures of two adorable embroidered blocks, and this is the third one in the series. I still think the fox is my favorite, but this owl is awfully cute, too. I can hardly wait to see what the fourth block will be! And then, of course, […]

Autumn Twist

Autumn Twist is the name of a series of small (6″) embroidered blocks released by San Francisco Stitch Company. Each block is free for one week after its release, and so far we’re on the second block. These blocks are adorable! The first was this squirrel, and I simply couldn’t […]

Christmas Angel

We needed a new angel for the top of our Christmas tree since the previous one had to “retire” last year. I’ve had the design for this one for over a year, and I’ve finally gotten around to making her. She’s all lace embroidery over organza; the fiddliest part was […]