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NEEDLE’S DANCE

April 17, 2019 By Cathy Habermann Leave a Comment

Needle’s Dance Late last summer, 3 designers put their collaborative heads together (quite a feat since we live in 3 separate time zones!) to create a class for the 2019 Nashville Needlework Market: Stand Out With Exclusives Through much discussion, we realized that all 3 of us had participated in several different ‘exclusive’ programs throughout

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LOVE IS KIND

February 6, 2019 By Cathy Habermann 18 Comments

Love is Kind Here we are at another wedding Anniversary. I based this year’s complimentary design on what is, I assume, a popular wedding verse from 1 Corinthians: ‘Love is Patient, Love is Kind…’. It was one of the verses that Bill & I chose for our ceremony 31 years ago. This past Sunday, as

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A YEAR OF CELEBRATIONS

November 1, 2018 By Cathy Habermann 30 Comments

2013…a pretty big year for me! My ‘baby’ was graduating High School and heading off to a new chapter. We were looking at our empty nest. I was building a new business in an already 15 year career in the needlework industry. Cross Stitch & Needlework magazine came along & asked me to design a

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STITCHING – THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

June 14, 2018 By Cathy Habermann 5 Comments

I speak English. Just English. (Here’s where my mom interjects that I did take Spanish in HS…umm – yes…38+ year’s ago!) Anyway – back to the English. Fortunately for me, I teach mostly finishing at workshops and retreats – you know, lots of ‘hands on’ practical stuff with pictures in the directions. (Who reads those

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CROCUS BLUE

April 17, 2018 By Cathy Habermann Leave a Comment

Note: I wrote this post a week ago and realized this morning that in the craze and emotion of moving, I had not published it! Enjoy..c   HA! – I almost named this design Blue Crocus…but I decided it sounded too much like an 80’s hair band! This past weekend, I traveled to Lemont, IL

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OH SAY CAN YOU SEA

March 29, 2018 By Cathy Habermann Leave a Comment

‘Oh Say Can You Sea’ kicks off one of my new ‘collections’. Each design in the series is offered as both a drum (I’ve called it the ‘short stack drum’ to refer to it’s height) and the small pillow (this one is named the ‘flap jack pillow’ because I just like naming things…it also makes

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FARM FRESH

March 21, 2018 By Cathy Habermann 3 Comments

It really seems as if everyone has gone farm crazy…& who knows how it all started…sort of a chicken & egg type of thing – (see what I did there?) As I was finishing my Fresh Eggs Farm for the front cover of this first Chalk on the Farm chart, I grabbed a few JABC

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I AM HOME – AN ANNIVERSARY GIFT

February 6, 2018 By Cathy Habermann 29 Comments

I looked back on last year’s post & was hit by the photo of Bill & I standing on the lot we had just purchased…if we were to try & stand in that same spot today, I think we would be in the garage! Exciting times coming in this New Year but 1st, I want

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Architect, Engineer, & Cross-stitch Designer!

September 3, 2017 By Cathy Habermann Leave a Comment

Every day as a cross-stitch designer brings with it a different to-do list! Fortunately I live for to-do lists! Sometimes it’s packing & shipping, finishing & charting, or photographing & bookkeeping. You might notice that one thing isn’t mentioned…designing! Designing is happening all of the time! You know those FB meme’s that say ‘my brain

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The ‘Buzzy’ Month of May

May 16, 2017 By Cathy Habermann 5 Comments

Can I tell you how buzzy…I mean busy it has been around here? College graduation is fast approaching for our youngest, Chris – last tennis meets, last projects to turn in, last internships, last tuition payments (oh, wait…this one is for us!) Exciting adventures await…his Dad & I are thrilled for him! Our oldest, Billy, has

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