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The Power of One Heart to Touch Another

The Power of One Heart to Touch Another

A Humble Hero: The Back Stitch

A Humble Hero: The Back Stitch

A Humble Hero: The Back Stitch. 

Knit 1 Purr 2 is Now in Stores!

Knit 1 Purr 2 is Now in Stores!

My newest fabric collection Knit 1 Purr 2, is now in stores--including here at Huckleberry Moose! Matching machine embroidery designs are available...
Grandmacore for Stress Reduction!

Grandmacore for Stress Reduction!

Engaging in repetitive creative tasks like knitting, crochet, embroidery, or quilting forces you to focus on the process--which acts as a form of a...
The Grandmacore Trend

The Grandmacore Trend

ChatGPT description of Grandmacore:  ...a lifestyle and aesthetic trend that embraces the cozy, nostalgic, and simple living associated with a trad...
Weekend Stitching

Weekend Stitching

Getting ready for some weekend sewing! Using art from my Skate Joy collection, I'm making a few small ornaments and mug rugs. Happy stitc...
It's Never too Late to Dream

It's Never too Late to Dream

Only a few short years ago, I decided to pursue my lifelong (well, since fifth grade!) dream of becoming an artist. I'd doodled some things ...
Caring, Sharing...and Stitching

Caring, Sharing...and Stitching

I've loved teaching hand appliqué embroidery to all ages this past year! Engaging in traditional hand arts like embroidery and quilting promote pos...
Caring: Choosing to Slow Our Pace

Caring: Choosing to Slow Our Pace

As a child, I loved Cream of Wheat. Before I served it to my young children for the first time, I told them of its wonders: its soft, sweet texture...
Comtemplating Hearth and Home

Comtemplating Hearth and Home

A Taste of Home: What Defines Home?   Wherever a true woman comes, home is always around her. The stars may be over her head, the glow-worms in the...
Fall Harvest Green Chile Stew

Fall Harvest Green Chile Stew

If you still have a bounty of green chilies from you garden and you're tired of making salsa...here's an easy recipe from one of my 2012 books for ...
The Angel

The Angel

The three-and-a-half-foot-tall garden angel was exquisite. Her delicate features portrayed grace and serenity. I loved her, but she cost much more ...