First I was so excited to see Kim has a new blog, True Up, devoted entirely to fabric. Woo! But then how even crazily more excited am I about her current post about the new custom fabric printing outfit Spoonflower! My mind is racing. I wonder what the quality will be like. I wonder how soon it will be available! I’d love to try it out on the printed dolls. And I need to make some labels. And … More
Year: 2008
I’d say it’s about tulip time
Stubborn Chicago weather disagrees. My daffodils still haven’t even started blooming. Luckily here are some tulips to tide me over a few more weeks. The Tulip Fairy Stitchette is up in the shop now.

Tulips or not, I’m taking my embroidery to the park today. I think we may have finally hit crafting outdoors temps!… More
my house

hi blog. yes, yes, I know it’s been a week. sorry 🙂 the photo above shows what’s going on around here in a nutshell… a flurry of sewing activity (in the background) and some super fun mail from jen which I will show more of soon but today the cutie new house pincushion she sent. it will put it to use immediately!
in shop news, tomorrow is tulip fairy day.… More
stitching business
So I just sewed a pair of doll legs on backwards for the third time. THIRD! So I’m taking a little computer break. How about some relaxing embroidery instead. The Bear & Bunny pattern is up now on the freebies page. And thanks for asking after the Tulip Fairy, she and her friends will be up in the shop later this week.

ok… 4th time’s a charm… More
the Tulip Fairy
What’s cheerier than a new Spring garland made from the new Tulip Fairy Stitchettes?


Maybe, just this. Kill it with cute!… More
I’ve never been so unhappy to receive toys in the mail before
**updated on April 22***
I wanted to post a little update on the Alimrose situation. Susan
Shardlow the president of Alimrose has said they are no longer selling
the Robot and Spaceboy handsqueaker and rattle toys and that they have
pulled all the toys that were in circulation as of April 3, 2008.
Sadly, after that date I still continue to get emails from readers who
have seen the toys in the stores. So far the stores I’ve contacted have… More
when’s the lamb part?

we get the lion part but what about the out like a lamb? we’re gearing up for it!… More

