I’ve just spent a few days at a retreat I’d never before attended, and it was great! It was a smallish retreat (compared to some), with only about four classes each day, but it was so well organized that I was really impressed. Our rooms were very nice, and breakfast […]
Clarus — that’s the name of the pattern for the second part of the lace knitting class I was talking about in this post. The shawl I made from this pattern was finished, including the blocking, today! 🙂 This one is a good deal larger than the first one was, […]
A few nights ago we went out to dinner and had an absolutely fantastic butternut squash soup. Naturally, it had white truffles in it, which I’m not sure I can find, even if I thought they’d be reasonably priced. 😉 Still, the soup was so good that I decided to […]
Merry Christmas to all! We’re awaiting the arrival of our daughters and their families so we can have our traditional Christmas breakfast together and open gifts — though Santa has, of course, already visited their homes. 😉 Wishing you all a very happy holiday season. 🙂
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was in a pin cushion exchange with a group of French quilters, and my new pin cushion arrived yesterday afternoon! It’s really nice — all handmade, with a dimensional flower on one side and a six-pointed star on the other. Have […]
Some time ago, I heard that there were skins available — even custom ones — for certain models of Bernina sewing machines. Unfortunately my Bernina 630 wasn’t on the list. 🙁 However, I then learned that the reason was that removing the skin might damage the faceplate, and that replacing […]