April Calendar

 

The Right to Change my Mind

 I started Fanny Johns on the fabric in the kit. But I kept thinking about it on a black/dark fabric.

Here's as far as I got:

Then I decided to put it on Dirty Chalkboard by BeStitchMe:

Love! I am enjoying working on it.

WIPocalypse April 2026

 This is Melissa's brain child and I just tag along for the fun of it 😂

Question for April - what is your oldest WIP? Mine is Venetian Delight by Ro Pace . I have a picture of it somewhere... 

I have worked on a lot of things in April. The bad thing was I started two big projects! What was I thinking?

North Carolina Sampler by Northern Expressions Needlework.

And Fanny Johns by the Wishing Thorn 

Phoenix Band Sampler is moving forward 

As is Poppers 

Harmony of Nature Casket - making wings for my oxen 

Progress, I guess.

This is going to take a while...

 North Carolina Sampler by Heart's Ease Exampler Works 

Moving Forward

 Phoenix Band Sampler by Northern Expressions Needlework 

Next step is the bargello section.

Stitching with Friends

 I spent the day with my local EGA and made progress on Poppers by Kathy Rees.

I didn't take any pictures of the stitching going on around me. But take my word for it!

Fanny Johns Workshop

 Tudor Rose Sampler Guild had Birgit Tolman of the Wishing Thorn teach an online workshop.

So another new start! 40 count coffee stain linen by Cedar River with Crescent Colorworks Belle Soie.

More Colors

 Poppers by Kathy Rees 

These squares are so much fun to stitch. My colors are a little wild, but it makes me happy 😊.

Love the Colors

 

But each flame takes a while.

Working on Stash

 Rise Above the Waters by Jackie du Plessis from Sassy Jack's Stitchery.

A Finish!

 This should have been done last Christmas but it will be done by this year.

Flames!

 Phoenix Band Sampler by Northern Expressions Needlework 

A Start of a Thistle

 North Carolina Sampler by Heart's Ease Exampler Works 

March 2026

 

Well, I Shouldn't Have

 But I did. I started the North Carolina Sampler by Heart's Ease Exampler Works.

60 pages of beautiful charts . I am using 37 count Russian Tea Cake and Vikki Clayton silks 

Not much of a start, but that's okay.

Another Band Done

 This band on the Phoenix Band Sampler by Northern Expressions Needlework took 5 stitching days. This piece is gorgeous and I want to start the next band...

Lots of Color

 Poppers is fun to stitch. Part of me thinks I should have done the original colorway. The other part of me is saying - just keep playing!

TUSAL March 2026

 

Lots of scraps in my ort dish this month.

IHSW March 2026

 Well, it's the weekend we're supposed to hermit and stitch. But it's tax time here so we shall see what stitching gets done.

Winter Sampler -Birds of a Feather 

Poppers by Kathy Rees 

Phoenix Band Sampler by Northern Expressions Needlework 

Harmony of Nature Casket -Thistle Threads 

Needle book Finish

 This is far from perfect, but I'm done!

March 2026 Gifted Gorgeousness

 Well, I was more than surprised to receive this package in the mail from the previous president of the Tudor Rose Sampler Guild:

A beautiful engraved needle box, a needle minder and a pin. I'm currently serving as workshop chair for the guild but didn't expect anything for serving. What a wonderful gift!

Poppers Progress

 I should be finishing up the needle book but I don't have the brain space. So a few more squares of Poppers.

I Lied

 I decided to make a Dorset button for the closure on my scissors case.

A Finish!

 This was an old pattern from ANG that I started last March. It was a class from the Cyberpointers ANG chapter . Carol Algie Higginbotham was the designer.

Now to find some scissors to pop in the pocket.

I Think It's Done

 But I am thinking about adding beads. What do you think?

A Band is Done

 

It still needs beads, but that will have to wait until I finish the rest of the sampler.

It's a Color Theme

 I'm working on three pieces that have similar colors.

Poppers:

Phoenix Band Sampler and a scissors case:

I love these colors!

February Calendar