Why, hello there.  Yes, I know.  I’ve let a few weeks slip by since I last wrote. If you follow me on Instagram (@worksbyabc), you know...

I really do need to find a happy medium within myself to blog post writing, wanting to share various things, but also making sure I find...

I have to admit, I am always attracted to articles that share the science behind what I know deep down to be true:  the work I do with my...

There are some stitching blogs where the authors are using them to keep a good accounting of their stitching progress.  Some of this kind...

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to return for a second visit to an amazing exhibit at an art museum. I was first here, the Hunterdon...

I was all prepared for what I was going to write about this morning, but plans changed when I discovered something last night (so that...

This needlework piece of mine holds a particularly special place in my heart: It is “Wheels of Color”, designed by Genny Morrow. It was...

So, here is how a pattern that is called “From Molehill to Mountain”, that by its very name gives you a sense that we are talking about a...

It’s been a week since I last posted – hope everyone (in the US) enjoyed a good Thanksgiving holiday! In my last blog post, I began...

I knew I wanted to spend a little time on this blog talking about a big needlework project I did some time ago and all that I learned...

Well, it seems like I’ve let a week slip by since my last post.  I really didn’t mean for that to happen, as I knew what I wanted to...

This past weekend, I was fortunate to spend a beautiful fall day at Winterthur in DE.  If you are anywhere near the region, it is well...

As I wrote about in my last blog post, a few years back, I learned about these prints, dated from around the first years of the 1500s,...

In my other world (as opposed to my needlework world), I am a middle school math teacher.  And I only bring this up today because it is...

(Side note before I even get started on the main focus of this blog post:  I was just googling “cross pollination” to see if it was...

This past weekend, I was at my LNS (local needlework store), which currently has my trunk show of models.  While there, I was talking to...