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THE OOPSIE PAGE

July 1, 2020 By Cathy Habermann 2 Comments

I have an OOPSIE page on this website. I really dislike that I even have such a page… that I have to tell you that it exists…that I have to update it occasionally…and that it probably doesn’t even have ALL of the oopsies on it!! But, now that you know about it’s existence, I need

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THANK YOU – FINISHING PICTURE WALK

May 15, 2020 By Cathy Habermann 7 Comments

Hey there! I have had such a great response to my complimentary design ‘Thank You’ & how I finished it, I thought that I would publish a little picture walk of the process! This isn’t a true finishing tutorial because, truth be told, I had a vision for the finish and quite frankly, I figured

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#BEWELLANDSTITCH – CHOOSE HAPPY

March 20, 2020 By Cathy Habermann 8 Comments

Choose Happy   Sometimes, it is a conscious choice to be happy & now, more than ever, we might just have to say these words out loud…’I choose happy’. A conversation among a group of designers has come together as a tiny but mighty movement to create a project of free designs for stitchers. Imagine

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THANK YOU

March 12, 2020 By Cathy Habermann 18 Comments

Thank You – a complimentary design These 2 words pack a lot: they are strong, they are healing, they are kind, they mean so much. I thank you for your support of my designs, your friendship & the kind words and messages that you send. They mean the world to me. Thank you from both

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MEANT TO BEE

February 2, 2020 By Cathy Habermann 7 Comments

Meant to Bee It feels like just yesterday when I was sharing ‘Love is Kind’ for our 31st Anniversary & we are about to arrive at our 32nd year as Mr. & Mrs. HOD 😉 We often talk about the good old days when we first met & started dating. Of course you always think

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FALL IS FOR TEACHING

October 29, 2019 By Cathy Habermann 1 Comment

Fall is for teaching…well realistically, I teach other months as well (March to October), but there is something about the Fall – the school supplies back in the stores, the crisp air, or pumpkin spice everything!   This past September I had the chance to teach at both Needlework Galleria – a true experience for

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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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It turned into a real family affair! Chris came t It turned into a real family affair!

Chris came to support Billy at his tennis match for Special Olympics Summer Games but earlier that morning he shot an interview with a teammate for his news station. 

Did I mention it was hot?! Billy persevered (all of his teammates did) and came home with a silver and a gold! 

Taylor volunteered her time at the carnival booths- manicures for athletes! Lots of happy smiles at that tent!

I promise back to cross stitch tomorrow, for now Bill and I are thinking about the last few days❤️

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It’s been a ‘fill my cup’ kind of day❤️ It’s been a ‘fill my cup’ kind of day❤️

I had a lovely visit this morning with Kimberly of @fqsxstitch - we talked about our stitching for 2 hours!! 😁 - if you didn’t get to catch the livestream, you can catch it on her FlossTube channel. 

Now we are off the Special Olympics of Iowa Summer games - the last time these games were held in person was 2019. This is a warm-up competition for National games next month!

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Home of the Brave CORRECTION: The DMC colors lis Home of the Brave CORRECTION: 

The DMC colors listed on the back, informational side of the chart are correct!

4 of the numbers in the color key do not match. 

I have published an updated color key on the Oopsie page of my website. 

My apologies for the error. The colors are in the same family, just not the colors that I used for the model. 

The 2nd printing has been corrected. 

(It has been brought to my attention that 2 little blue dots on the Life is Just are on the model but not the chart. I distinctly remember stitching that model, adding the 2 blue dots and saying to myself…I’ll remember to add those…your call if you want to add them)🤦🏻‍♀️ 

Signed, the extremely human Cathy of Hands On Design, LLC

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