We are going to bring an Antique Butcher Block home

So, this is a slightly different post from stitching. Today, I want to share with you a project that we have taken, that has nothing to do with stitching. It is about an antique butcher block. Antique butcher block backstory This beauty belonged to my father in-law, who had it for about 50 years. We …

Reindeer stamped cross stitch, how it all begin..

So, here’s a little backstory on how I picked up cross stitch again. I had not cross stitch for 10 years, no real reason other than living life. It was this trip in Munich back in 2015, I was in a department store and came across 2 stamped Christmas theme pattern table cloth cross stitch …

Cross stitch on the go, what I bring with me

Sometime in June, during the pandemic, my DH talked about visiting the family in the East coast. As he was working from home for the last few months, technically he could work anywhere as long as there is Internet. July came, and we figured out some logistics, methods and schedule. I made a pre-packing list. …

Dimples Designs Enchantment of Winter weekly snapshot and week 16 progress

So, I know that I did not post my weekly progress here regularly. Sometimes there isn't much to post other than a picture, and I didn't want to bore you to it. However, I think it will be quite fun to do a week by week snapshot in 1 post instead, showing all 16 weeks …

Cross Stitch Dimples Designs Enchantment of Winter: week #12

Hello, another post on my progress, of the Dimples Designs Enchantment of Winter cross stitch project, which I am at the 12 week mark, or 3 months mark, which to me seems like a long time. For the last 2 weeks, I did a lot of backstitch, to get it out of the way, instead …