Needlework and Cross Stitch Designs by Cathy Habermann
Yay – Summer’s almost here & we have freeze warnings tonight! – that’s NW IA life! Summer has always meant BEACH to me. Growing up in the Pittsburgh area, my family would pack up the car & drive to NC to meet up with friends – a week of long beach walks – swimming &
“Came the Spring” – part of the Little House on a Pincushion Class Series This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting 30 lovely ladies that came together for The Hands On Design Weekender – organized by Barb from Country Cupboard in Orland Park, IL. It was almost a year ago that Barb asked
There are 2 ‘anniversaries’ of sorts today at Haber-house! First, my youngest (my baby), turns 21! Bill & I spent time looking back at old photographs yesterday, so you can imagine a lot of laughs at good memories & of course Kleenex too. A new item on the ‘to-do’ list…scan all of those old photos into
If you’ve been a follower & have a really sharp memory – you will remember that I always have a gift at the ready for my dearest on our anniversary … which of course was last Saturday … … well, it WAS stitched in time but just not finished. He certainly understood as our house
You have no idea how many bad coffee jokes we have been making around this house with the release of the 3rd Block Party – JAVA. As with all of the Block Party pincushions – no 2 sides are alike (that would be boring). This, however makes it really difficult to photograph for the cover
It has been an eventful year for Hands On Design. As I think about it, I realize that I get to stitch, work & play with some pretty amazing friends. Part of our stitching group – we still gather when possible. We stitch, talk, listen & basically solve the world’s problems. Sadly, we had to
Where to start? I had this little idea for the “A Year in Chalk” series. I do all kinds of research on chalk art: fonts, styles, borders, etc… I keep running across this blog with beautiful pictures of someone’s home and all of her chalk art (seriously, this is a home worthy of HGTV!)… &
… construction season! I have been waiting ‘patiently’ to redo some parts of our house and since it would be just the 4 of us this year, I bought into the whole ‘even if I have to set up a Christmas tree on subfloor’ school of thought. At first I thought that I wouldn’t put
… on a snowy night. It started snowing yesterday afternoon (I love the first snowfall, but after that, well, you know…) I usually work while I watch tv at night with my husband. This time of year I am still wrapping up a few finishing jobs, but tonight I felt called to stitch. This model
I am just back from Salty Yarns Fall Jamboree in Ocean City, MD! Let me tell you, this is one great retreat: fun stitchers against the perfect stitching backdrop…the beach! I’ve loads of pictures if you can stand it! Last Fall, Sara (Salty Yarns) asked me (Hands On) and Rachel & Cecile (Just Another Button
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