june at noon

In the midst of all the recent sketchbooking, I also went on a little paper cutting kick. I took a handful of my drawings and simplified them into the likes of what you see here. I’ve decided to share the templates for anyone who might like to make their own. For “The Violin” click on [...]

Believe it or not, Dolly the Dachshund is just about the same size as Snowball the Cat underneath all that fur. It’s a quick pattern to make up and uses minimal amounts of yarn. If you give it a try, share some photos in my flickr group, would you? Click the image below to download [...]

There’s nothing like a little time lapse slideshow, right? (Really, I just took way more photos than I needed and wanted to use them up somehow!) I’ve written up the pattern for this little guy, and it’s available for free. Just click the image to download it. If you make one, will you share it [...]

This is the aforementioned slightly (deliciously) wonky mini quilt. I did a raw-edge applique for the girls’ clothes, some simple stitching, and a little bit of special finishing to the yarn ball. I don’t normally do a lot with blue, but lately it’s been appealing to me, especially the way it brightens this particular piece. [...]

Here’s one of the two embroideries I finally finished up this week. I kept it simple, using single strands of thread on a rough linen and a lacing technique (in bright red perle cotton thread) to mount it. Both the original embroidery and the pattern, if you want to make your own, are in the [...]

Thanks to everyone who has been participating in the excitement of my shop opening. It’s such a nice thing to be part of such a beautiful community. I don’t take that for granted for one minute! As part of my celebration, and as a “thank you” to you, I’m back to offer you my second [...]

Wow. You guys! My shop was open less than six hours yesterday before you sold me totally out of my small “physical” inventory. Just patterns left for now! Thank you. Really, thank you for being so supportive and enjoying my work as much as I enjoy making it. The patterns will always be available in [...]

Toddlers have a way of copying everything we do, don’t they? Since our new little one has arrived, my daughter has been extra careful to treat her baby dolls (and other “friends”) just as I treat her brother. She even likes to “nurse” them! I often use a Boppy nursing pillow, and she likes to [...]

[Note: This post has been edited to sound more like the usual me and less like the overtired, whiny me who wrote the original thoughts. It's still the same, just a little less 'tude. For those who read the first version, my apologies!] Because I haven’t gotten beyond merely glancing at my pile of projects-to-be [...]