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Pot Holders for All Seasons contains a wide variety of quilted pot holders. You can easily find the perfect, display-worthy design to dress up your kitchen for any time of the year or any occasion.

You can purchase this book here via Amazon  Pot Holders for all seasons.

 I just released my newest Autumn Cross Stitch patterns!

First, I have a couple of traditional, classic designs for Thanksgiving:

And this is my latest addition to the Crazy Ornaments series:

And of course, the newest designs in the Colorful Cats series:

Finally, Gingerbread The Colorful Cat is now available through me:

You can find all of my patterns in my Etsy store.  Be sure to use Coupon Code:  STITCH1

Here it is, the last day of November. The family's been and gone, the turkey's been eaten and all of my Thanksgiving decor has been stashed away until next year. I have swapped out the dishes for my Winter plates in the kitchen and tomorrow, December the first, the true Christmas decorating will begin  here at Chez Goodneedle. I have watched Christmas go up a lot earlier this year, in our

Here it is, the last day of November. The family's been and gone, the turkey's been eaten and all of my Thanksgiving decor has been stashed away until next year. I have swapped out the dishes for my Winter plates in the kitchen and tomorrow, December the first, the true Christmas decorating will begin  here at Chez Goodneedle. I have watched Christmas go up a lot earlier this year, in our

I am thankful for the talented people supporting my tiny business to come true.

I am thankful for my creative friends who generously and unconditionally inspire and help me.

I am thankful for my family who understand my passion and encourage me to grow and share my ideas by making beautiful things from fabrics.

I am thankful for you, my dear reader!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends who celebrate this day!

Jack Kornfield, American author and teacher, who trained in Thailand as a Buddhist monk, did an exercise where he asked everyone to imagine they were close to death. And then he asked – in those final moments what held the most importance for them. Most people did not list all the things they’d accomplished, prizes… Continue reading Giving Thanks

This year, more than ever before, we need to concentrate on our blessings and what we have. My Sweet Babboo and I are both healthy, and able to snuggle down in our cozy mountain nest as long as we need to. We have food on our table, and although our friends may not be at our door this year, we know they are still there. I plan to make a lot of calls today, to check in with those we miss, and hopefully bring some cheer to those home alone this year. This morning, I’ll be reading friend’s ...

Thanksgiving has just been the two of us for many years now, and we like it this way. We greet the morning with hot coffee and a special breakfast to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. Special finger food snacks during the football games, then a holiday meal in the early evening. Setting a pretty table for two helps make the this holiday time special.

I like to challenge myself to use what I already have in new ways, and did again this year. I began with a deep burgundy tablecloth. These turkey plates were a great find a few ...

 

Fabric by Cathe Holden

I am so beyond excited to tell you I am a descendant of William Brewster who came over on the Mayflower from England! I have dabbled in genealogy but was so thrilled when I found this out the other day. It's so timely too! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and this is the cherry on top! He is my 11th great grandfather. The link is on my mom's side and most of her family lived in Massachusetts until the 1800's and then moved to the midwest.

I took a quiz and found out ...

I am truly thankful for all of you! I appreciate that you take time out of your busy lives to read my blog, and that you order and enjoy Carried Away Quilting patterns. When you reach out to me, through social media or email, to share a finished project or even just to ask a question, it is a joy to connect with you.

As we head into Thanksgiving week in the United States, I wanted to extend my heart-felt thanks to all of you. Now through Sunday, November 29, all items in my Etsy shop are 20% off.  No ...

Thanksgiving is this week, and this one will likely be much different than usual for many. This year, even if you cannot have the big gathering that is usual, it is important to make the day special. You are worth the effort, and I believe that keeping the day special will help us all get through. For us, it won’t be any different, as we have spent the holiday with just the two of us for many years now. What makes it Thanksgiving here are the turkeys on the tablescape, the parade on TV, football in the afternoon, and ...

It is the week of Thanksgiving. Many families have a tradition of going around the table to say why they are thankful. Since this year is so different we may have a harder time finding reasons to be thankful.

Sometimes it seems hard to find good reasons and we say the same things we said years prior; family, job, this table full of food. This year you might be thankful that your family is able to gather over zoom or for our health care workers or even just thankful that you have your health.

This year I would like to ...

Whether we are ready or not. What could I be talking about? The Holidays. It almost seems like they were yesterday or that they are always tomorrow. It has been difficult to keep track of time and days during this pandemic. I’m betting a lot of you are feeling that way as well. But, like it or not those big holidays are rapidly approaching.

I’m sure many of you are struggling with how to make this holiday special and bring a little of that good old holiday cheer into your home. I admit, we struggled with that this ...

 The Thanksgiving Quilt, Conclusion

 The Thanksgiving Quilt - Part 2

Rust and orange overflowing in a vase, the mums graced the center of the Thanksgiving table.  And they looked good, too, Martha had to admit. Simple, but just fine. The children had grazed most of the relish tray and were squirming at the table, not hungry at all. But they were so cute.  Martha looked across the table to her husband, and found Bob was watching her. She blushed slightly when Linda said, “Everything is amazing, Martha, someday you will have to teach me how you do all this.”

“I’ll ...

 The Thanksgiving Quilt - Part Two

 The Thanksgiving Quilt - Part One

Beep beep! A horn interrupted Martha, and the women turned to see Jim’s sports wagon arriving in front of the house. His mother smiled and shook her head as Jim parked on the front yard like he did when he was in high school. Jack and his baby sister, loosed from their car seats, ran through swirling leaves to hug their grandmother.  

Martha knelt to scoop both babies in her arms and they squirmed under her blanket of kisses. “Say good-bye to Mrs. Walker,” Martha instructed as she took ...

 The Thanksgiving Quilt - Part 1

Martha pulled the last beans from the vine. Not enough to fill her old blue mixing bowl, but surely plenty for the dinner. Linda, #DIL as Martha referred to her on Twitter, never ate much anyway. The pumpkins she would leave on the vine for the children to “find.”  Wiping her hands on her apron, Martha allowed herself time to smile, remembering how little Jack always thought the pumpkins were his.  

So much to do, she shaded her eyes from the soft autumn sunshine to look around the yard. A few late crab apples remained ...