A few decades ago my mother began the tradition of adorning each place setting at our Thanksgiving table with an extra special Christmas ornament. This ...

I do enjoy making my own Christmas cards now and again. This year I used a photo that my husband took while we were snow shoeing and cross country ...

Years ago I made this skirt (you can read more about it here , scroll down to the end of the post). I've always loved the way the painted and cut ...

I'm a rather free-form creator. Exact perfection is not my forte. Most of the time when I hand stitch a garment I leave the end of my thread, the ...

There are lots of tiny flowers and bits in Alabama Chanin's Abby's Flower stencil, making it somewhat tricky to work with, but I love it! The blossoms ...

When my son gave up his chambray and Winnie the Pooh toddler room for his "big boy" bedroom, I lovingly passed along some of the cherished pieces, the ...

Conundrum number 278: What to do about old lighting? (Yes, we're in need of a remodel, so there really are 277 other conundrums.) With about 30 lights ...

World leaders gathered in Oswiecim, Poland, to commemorate the 80th ...

"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men/ Gang aft a-gley." by Robert Burns sums up the path of this lovely wool, crewel tapestry I purchased on a past ...

I’ve been working hard on a big update to improve core functionality of APOLLO to include methods to gather up the database files needed so they can be ...