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Just in case you think I’ve been slackin’…

Just in case you think I’ve been slackin’…

June 22, 2016 By Cathy Habermann Leave a Comment

Thought I would take a moment to play catch up, but first! A sneaky peek ahead to one of the next To the Beach releases! I won’t ‘weigh’ you down with titles just yet!! Read to the end – I promised I would give stitch counts for the series to

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To The Beach

To The Beach

May 13, 2016 By Cathy Habermann 11 Comments

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

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There & Back Again!

There & Back Again!

April 12, 2016 By Cathy Habermann 7 Comments

“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

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A Big Day at Our House

A Big Day at Our House

April 4, 2016 By Cathy Habermann Leave a Comment

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

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28 years …

28 years …

February 9, 2016 By Cathy Habermann 18 Comments

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

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A whole latte like …

A whole latte like …

January 20, 2016 By Cathy Habermann Leave a Comment

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

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What A Year!

What A Year!

December 15, 2015 By Cathy Habermann 7 Comments

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

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When A Plan Comes Together

When A Plan Comes Together

December 8, 2015 By Cathy Habermann 20 Comments

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

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It’s beginning to look a lot like …

It’s beginning to look a lot like …

November 29, 2015 By Cathy Habermann 7 Comments

… 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

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A little stitching…

A little stitching…

November 21, 2015 By Cathy Habermann 6 Comments

… 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

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