I have some exciting holiday plans coming up, so I won't be online much.  To that end, I leave you with an update on the needlework project.  I am now at 53 hours of work...phew!  Just about done with the design and then it will be on to filling in the b… more »

I've been working on cutting channels to hide the ceiling wires in the second floor board so I can permanently attach it to the first floor.   I hope to be ready to start the second floor rooms in the next week or so, then I will be updating with more… more »

Now that the Spring Fling project is complete, I am free to work on the Newport again.  Unfortunately, I've become obsessed with a new needlework project.  :D  It's a rug pattern from the book Miniature Needlepoint Carpets by Janet Granger. I am sti… more »

During planning, I used paper printouts of various rugs to see what worked with the décor I had chosen for the different rooms.  One I especially liked was Parasols by Thomas Paul which I ended up using in the living room.   While the paper printout… more »

I stitched another pattern from Exquisite Miniatures in Cross Stitch and Other Counted Thread Techniques by Brenda Keyes, the same book where I got the pattern for the orange tree tapestry.  Unlike the first project, I didn't change the material or stitc… more »