There’s a Hare in My Garden – a picture walk finishing tutorial   If you’ve ever finished one of those cute little strawberry designs out there (I’ve got several of them!) – then this is going to be a piece of cake…albeit a slightly larger slice 😉   This 1st section talks about finishing on

The Stitching Parliament – A Picture Walk Stand-up Finish   I just knew that I would stitch all 4 of The Stitching Parliament together & frame so that these fearsome foursome could hang on the wall in my studio! I also had a ‘vision’ that each Hoot would be marvelous as a stand-up! These are

You Have My Heart   I was looking around the house, picking out pieces of ‘Habermann marriage memorabilia’ to include in this year’s Anniversary Token photograph. I have pretty clear memories of the silver tray – it was a wedding gift (it was the 80’s…I think it was a required gift). The card standing up

I love a good shop hop! I’ve participated in a number of Quilt Shop Hops & even a few Cross Stitch Shops Hops (heck – I participated in one years ago as a shop owner!!) – One of my Big List goals for 2024 was to be more consistent with my HOD stitcher newletter &

Cool Beans – a bit of a series update How do you take your coffee? Seriously. Very Seriously.     I spotted a conversation between stitchers on social media the other day. These awesome stitchers were comparing notes about the series ‘Cool Beans’ & the large border design that you can use to stitch all

Let LOVE Grow It’s that time of year again… our wedding anniversary & what has become a Hands On Design tradition – the token of love.   I present Let LOVE Grow – I was afraid it would come across a little too much ‘live, laugh, love’ (insert eye roll here), but I have some

Welcome to my picture walk finishing tutorial for how I completed the cap on my strawberries in The Berry Basket series. I plan to finish each one in the same manner so hopefully, you will be a pro by the time I fill the fruit basket with these berries! (Yes, that is a hint to

I was never one of those girls that thought much about what my wedding would be like…the dress, the ceremony. Maybe I just didn’t have enough experience with weddings… maybe by the time Bill & I got married, we had lived separately (he was finishing grad school in FL & I was working in Northern

So much of the time, I have a very specific ‘finish’ in my head. Other times, I let the finish talk to me as I work through it. Yes, you read that correctly. 😉 Here, I walk you through the steps that I followed to finish this year’s anniversary token ‘love you too’ (please read

I’m not really sure which one of us said ‘love you’ 1st oh those many years ago (I think it was Bill), but I for sure remember that the response was & always has been ‘love you too’. I felt like this was the perfect theme for this year’s Anniversary token. Life has been a