The French Needle Blog

It takes a village…

NOTE: Originally posted in 2011 Stamp Quilt Detail I was so excited to get my “new” quilt in the mail today. This one has been eighty years in the making....

It takes a village…

NOTE: Originally posted in 2011 Stamp Quilt Detail I was so excited to get my “new” quilt in the mail today. This one has been eighty years in the making....

Fête du muguet

Say what you will about the French, but they do have a few really charming customs. My personal favorite is the Fête du Muguet, which somehow is intertwined with the...

Fête du muguet

Say what you will about the French, but they do have a few really charming customs. My personal favorite is the Fête du Muguet, which somehow is intertwined with the...

True Confession

ein kleine gluck UB chart I am really not a good cross stitcher. This is probably due to my lack of mental rigor and discipline in following a chart. And...

True Confession

ein kleine gluck UB chart I am really not a good cross stitcher. This is probably due to my lack of mental rigor and discipline in following a chart. And...

Girl Time

Not that I don’t like traveling with my boys, but three days this week alone with my 15 year old daughter in Savannah, Georgia  were pure heaven. Savannah - Spanish...

Girl Time

Not that I don’t like traveling with my boys, but three days this week alone with my 15 year old daughter in Savannah, Georgia  were pure heaven. Savannah - Spanish...

My Plucky Garden

Here in the Washington D.C. area, there are but a handful of days when it is not too cold, too windy, too hot, too rainy, too humid, or too buggy...

My Plucky Garden

Here in the Washington D.C. area, there are but a handful of days when it is not too cold, too windy, too hot, too rainy, too humid, or too buggy...

Origami Paper Covered Easter Eggs

While today’s post has nothing to do with my first love, French needlework, it does discuss one of my favorite spring tasks.  Easter eggs covered in origami paper… I don’t...

Origami Paper Covered Easter Eggs

While today’s post has nothing to do with my first love, French needlework, it does discuss one of my favorite spring tasks.  Easter eggs covered in origami paper… I don’t...