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At the January 3rd Saturday Stitch-in with a few members of my ANG Main Line Stitchers chapter, Linda M helped several of us select our own colorways for Razzle Dazzle by Ann Strite-Kurz. Linda has already started stitching and that helps to have an understanding of where the threads will be in relation to the others.

I selected an eggshell canvas and fall colors ba...


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At ANG’s 2025 Seminar in New Orleans, the local ANG Streetcar chapter had a table with a partially stitched Dorothy Lesher piece and this ornament. Because the canvas is marked CB6, I know the proper orientation but still not the designer. Any ideas?

Since it is a small 2.5″ round, I am following the 1-3-5 rule which I learned from Mary Shipp and have heard Elle...


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This was one of my Christmas presents and I got the threads at Fireside Stitchery on Saturday. They don’t have Gold Rush 14 but my stash had a purple that should work just as well.

Once I got home with the threads, I pulled out my stash of Watercolours and found 088 Mountain Meadow that should substitute for the Overture V114 which is a retired color consisting of ...


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It’s rather appropriate that the first of the Cabochons by Susan Portra to start in 2026 is Hope since I am hopeful that I will complete the series this year. It’s actually the 4th in the series (still missing 11 and 12 if anyone has a lead on how to get them).

Hope is supposed to be on a gray canvas using Rhapsody R04. My canvas is called pewter, a type of gray tha...


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It’s that time of year to review what I accomplished over the year and reflect on what’s lies ahead in my needlepoint journey. This year I am thanking you for being one of the 11,300 interested visitors of my blog. That’s quite a jump from previous years.

Last year I wrote about my 2025 goals and that is where I will start my review of this year. Happily, I accompli...


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