Welcome everyone. Nice to meet you. I am a Scottish lass who has been transplanted around the world all the way to California. I was born in Scotland, raised in South Africa and now I live in the High Desert city of Victorville, California. It is not my most favorite place to live, but I make the most of it. I am a "loves rainy days" kind of girl and living in the desert doesn't offer much of that lol.
I have been married for 28 years to my husband Brian. We are complete polar opposites, but as the saying goes "opposites attract" so I can honestly say that seems to be the case with our long marriage. We have two children - Kristin aged 27 years and Zachary aged 23 years. Kristin has blessed me with three beautiful grandchildren. There's Cameron who is 7, Cole who is 3 and Kenley who is 1. They are gorgeous sweet children. My son Zachary has no children and that is just fine for the time being. He still has a lot to learn about himself and life before going down the "children" road lol.
Enough about the family - let's talk stitching. I am an avid stitcher and quilter. I started about 8 years ago, and I still have a lot to learn. Don't get me wrong, I have come a long way but there's also a lot I don't know. I continue to learn by my mistakes - a lot of trial and error going on in this house...lol. I have my own sewing room. When my daughter moved out, I quickly laid claim to her bedroom and transformed it into a quiet sewing retreat for myself. There's nothing quite like shutting yourself away in your own quiet space. Not only do I sew, but I recently discovered a passion for making cards, so my poor sewing room has been bombarded with paper products. I realized the other day that I really need to get in there and organize, organize, organize. I've been putting it off because I would rather be sewing or working on something pretty than spending the time cleaning and organizing. Sometimes there just aren't enough hours in my day..lol.
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| My sewing room when its clean and organized lol |
My passion is hand-stitched projects. A few years back I took a class that taught Promise Stitch techniques and I completed a couple of quilts, which were all hand-stitched with much love. I was so proud of myself. I find it very relaxing to just sit down and hand sew. Through the years I have created many a project - quilts, runners, pillows, pin cushions and more. And I hope as I continue on this life journey that I can complete many more. I have recently had some eye issues (diabetic related) that has caused my left eye to be blurry, so sometimes it takes me a little longer to complete things. But with the help of a good Ott light and a little patience, I am carrying on
I will be adding and sharing projects that I am working on. I hope you will come back and visit my blog often because you never know what you will find . One of my favorite sayings is "Reach for the moon and if you miss you will land amongst the stars". I am always striving to do better. Sometimes I probably beat myself up too much when things don't work out as planned. Sometimes I just need to step back and see that what I have completed is quite wonderful.
Have a great day all :-)
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