My frames arrived from ACMS a couple days ago. The cool thing about these frames is that you can keep your needlework on the hoop (also from...

May I present to you my finished Goldwork Floral Wreath class piece.  I promised to share a video showing how I stitched the leaves, but I ...

  I wanted to sit in the dining room to stitch yesterday to take full advantage of the natural light pouring into the farnhouse. Because of ...

I've completed three stems now (of course, I've seen one gap I need to fill on the leaf), and I'm starting work on the fourth an...

  Metallic Check Purls Well, some anyway. This is my assortment of check purls for future projects. Most of the colors are one meter lengths...

Current Progress On My Goldwork Floral Wreath In addition to baking bread and rolls on Monday, I also worked on my Floral Wreath. I’m making...

More Crafted Hoops (l-r: me, Linda, Deb, Marie, Kim, & Adrienne) Saturday was another craft day in Portage. The weather was perfect for ...

Updated Progress On My Goldwork Floral Wreath I’m off to Portage this morning for the monthly craft group, but I wanted to share my progress...

  Adding Stems and Leaves I spent time stitching yesterday afternoon. I added centers to the large blossoms, calyx to the smaller buds, comp...

  “Goldwork” by Hazel Everett I’ve told you before how much I love books. It pains me that most of ours are still in storage. Much of my goa...

It’s Here!  I ordered this table-mounted needlework frame last December from a talented needleworker in Russia…before everything went crazy ...

Goldwork Floral Wreath (So Far) It’s always revealing when I post progress photos. The process of enlarging my images shows an occasional gl...

Off To A Nice Start Monday night was the first session of the latest class offering from Clara Warschauer of Clara Stitching. This is a Gold...

ClaraStitching Goldwork Wreath Class Piece I received an email today from @clarastitching (on Instagram) with a pre-offer to her new class o...