Author: Melissa

Hello everyone! September has flown by way too fast! How the heck is it already the last week of this month?!? The first day of autumn came in this past week with a huge line of thunderstorms, washing away the last bits of the summer heat and humidity. We’ve moved quickly now into crisp, cold […]

Hello everyone! It’s the final weekend of summer break here for students in Rhode Island. My son Max goes back to school tomorrow (4th grade!!), and we’ve been busy getting new uniforms, school supplies, and celebrating those Back To School events around town. And next weekend, of course, is the end of the U.S. summertime […]

Hello everyone! July has been a bit of a crazy month with travel, really hot weather, a ton of stitching (hooray), and my inability to keep track of time. I totally forgot it was the last day of July today. eek! If you participated in the month-long focus, please let us know how you did! […]

Hello everyone! It’s a very warm, sunny day here in Rhode Island. Summer has definitely arrived! It’s the first weekend of summer break for my son, the first weekend in a while with no scheduled plans, and I’ve been enjoying puttering around the house. I had planned to film a FlossTube this weekend, but the […]

Hello everyone! I hope your stitching is going well! It’s a holiday weekend here – Memorial Day, to remember our military members who sacrificed their lives defending the United States. It’s of course, not really a “happy” holiday, but regardless, I hope that my fellow Americans are having a peaceful holiday weekend. And for those […]

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday! I am reaching you from the past today. As I write this, it’s early on Easter morning. The sun is shining and it’s just a lovely day. But when you read this – I will be nowhere near home. In fact, I’m hoping that I’ll be sitting comfortably in a lounge […]

Hello everyone! Happy Sunday! It’s a lovely spring day here in Rhode Island – the sun is shining, the grass is beginning to green, and we have forsythia flowers and lilac buds starting to reveal themselves. I’ve been in a bit of a stitching slump since I returned from my retreat last month. I just […]

Hello everyone! Apologies for not updating this on Sunday. I returned home from my Stitcher’s Hideaway retreat on Saturday and immediately fell into post-retreat exhaustion for a couple days. I’m definitely out of practice with socializing! Three days of it took everything out of me! I had a great time, though – and the time […]

Greetings everyone from snowy New England! We received about two feet of snow yesterday (approx. 60 cm for those of you not in the U.S.), and it’s a beautiful snowy wonderland outside my window today. As the storm blew through, I spent many hours stitching away and getting progress made on a couple of pieces. […]