I can’t say how appreciative I am when any of you send in photos of your WIPs (works in progress!). It is so fun to see how you interpret and present my designs and patterns. I know that sometimes it takes a bit of courage to put your work out there, but you never know who YOU may be encouraging buy sharing your work. I am a bit behind in posting this wonderful Daisy Garden – done in red – by Kathy Strope Bowen. She posted it on FB in February. Those late winter months were not particularly good to me health wise so I didn’t get it posted…until now. Forgive me Kathy! I love her choices of the deep red color and the muted sage green. Looked to me like she was doing a fine job of stitching. So let this inspire you to try your own colorway with my patterns!

Just this past week, Nancy Garnett sent me this photo of her Cobblestone Garden Path. What is more amazing is that she only received the pattern about a month ago – and this ‘Artisan Series’ pattern is no small undertaking! Remember that the Artisan Series patterns are designated so because they are more complex in construction and execution. I can see that she modified various aspects to her own liking and that is exactly how one makes a project/piece their own. Again, it is so fun to see how she chose to stitch the pattern. What a great job! Above all, I hope she enjoyed the stitching and is proud of her final project – she should be, don’t you agree??

FINALLY!!! I think it’s safe to say we are leaving the Minnesota winter behind us and I , for one, am glad to do so. It’s been a rather bumpy start to 2019 for me and I’m looking forward to a little less interaction with the health care professionals! LOL! Once more this post is almost a year out from my last one. Little did I know that kidney stones and a myriad of other health issues would play such havoc with my best intentions. But I’m a ‘pick-yourself-up’ kind of gal (the older I get I’ve noticed that those ‘pick ups’ take just a bit longer!) so here I am, back to catch up on the last several months. More…