Happy 2020 !

Hoping for a happy and healthy 2020 for all of us!

BTW, I deleted a bunch of old posts. I found some that the links no longer worked so off they went.

Hey, the Etsy store is open again!

I've been meaning to reopen the Etsy store since the beginning of the month but something always interupted me, but today I decided this was going to happen. Only a few things are listed right now. I'll add more when I can squeeze in time. I need to get up my new frog pincushion pattern. That's it below. He's sitting on a ball of crochet cotton. I love frogs and toads. It fact I have a new toad pattern drawn out. Maybe next year it will get done.

I'm also determined to start working on the directions for the next pincushion pattern. It's for a rabbit. Ever since Jack retired I'm finding it hard to get more than 1/2 hour to an hour to work on my designs. I have so much sewing for myself to do, too. As always too many projects with not much getting finished.

Will be late with next stitch-a-long but there's news!

Above is a pic of my new pincushion pattern. He's Frederick the frog and he sits on an old crochet cotton ball I decorated. He's being sold at Dollmaker's Journey and Patternmart right now. I'll be putting him up at my Etsy store this week. That also means I'll finally be getting the store open again. 

The reason I'm behind in posting the directions for the next stitch-a-long is that my husband's BD was Aug 29, our anniversary was the next day, and now it's the holiday weekend. I'm stealing a little time to post this but have to get back to cooking.

BTW, I'm dividing the embroidery into 2 months. It's a project that keeps getting bigger so I decided it would be best to do that, especially at this time of year.

Way too busy - how about you?

The project I picked for June ended up being more than I planned so I'm dividing it into 2 months. The directions for this month are almost done. It's hard to finish with all the interuptions. I designed this one myself, no copyright free graphic.

Life just keeps on getting in the way. I'm finding I'm not getting on the computer but once a week for a quick look at mail. I missed an order at etsy because of this so I put the store on vaction until things get back to normal.

I'm working on gardens and cutting grass at 2 different places, house and dog sitting for friends when they go out of town, and helping my husband build a chicken coop. Then there's all the regular stuff that needs done like taking care of my dogs and cat, cleaning, laundry, cooking, and dishes. For 2 people we do have a lot of dishes.Sewing is piling up but in the evenings I'm working on the embroidery designs and new patterns. I just finished a frog pincushion. Just have to find time to write up the directions. Here's a pic of him.