Have you ever walked into a needlework store, seen all the colors of variegated and hand dyed floss and thought, "I LOVE it, it's gorgeous, what on earth do I do with it?" Well when it comes to smocking there are more ways to use variegated floss than you might have thought! Of course, obviously you can use it to add some color and variation to a solid, or almost solid color outfit. But believe it or not, you aren't limited to a solid fabric! Variegated floss can also look a

I just finished eating my lunch outside on the back deck. That certainly doesn't happen in New England on October 10th very often! So while it may LOOK like Fall, it certainly doesn't FEEL like Fall, at least not around here! Now, I am not complaining; I know the cold weather is coming, but all the more reason to get in the Fall spirit with some free Fall stitching designs! Last week I had an entire round-up of just pumpkin designs which you can find here. This week, I have s

Fall is definitely here in New England, although due to our lack of rain, this is not going to be one of our better Falls color wise. So we need to bring a little fall color to our sewing! This is the first of two posts with a round-up of free sewing and stitching fall projects to get those creative juices flowing! Check back next Tuesday for the second post! This post is just about pumpkins, so lets see what great projects we can get started! Of course we need to start with