Books, Crafts, and Other Procrastinations
Sunday, June 28, 2026

Book Round-Up: Where Does the Time Go?

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  Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher: Kingfisher's novella is a decidedly unusual retelling of Sleeping Beauty, with a heroine who is about as...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Untitled Red/Pink/Orange Thing

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 This project has been on my mind for years. I'm using the techniques in Effie Mitrofanis's gorgeous  Threadwork: Silks, Stitches, B...
Monday, May 18, 2026

Book Round-up

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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe  by Fannie Flagg: I've seen the movie, of course, but I had not read the book until it was...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Pussy Willows (a Little out of Season)

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 I love decorating with pussy willows late winter/early spring, and I've long admired DusiCrafts 's beautiful patterns, so I bit the...
Monday, April 20, 2026

Book Round-Up

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The Correspondent by Virginia Evans: An absolutely lovely epistolary novel about an elderly woman looking back on her life, and the wonderfu...
Monday, April 13, 2026

I Made a Book!

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The pattern is from The Barmy Fox , based on a simple folded paper booklet design she used to make for her young students. The embroidery ...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Cross Stitch Diary Part 2

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 I've been making and reading, just not quite having the energy to post. (Sometimes I post on Instagram or Substack .) A piece of cranb...
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