Stitching with a Shimmy

Shimmying through life with needles and thread…

Archive for January, 2009

January 20th, 2009 by deRomilly

SNOW!!!

This deserves an extra post. We woke up this morning to snow.  Beautiful pretty, dangerous to drive in in the South, snow. And it kept coming all day long. We now have almost six inches in the back yard, and it doesn’t seem to be likely to go away tomorrow, although they claim it’s going [...]

January 19th, 2009 by deRomilly

Art – of all kinds

I am overwhelmed by the sheer number of artistic blogs you can find just by poking around the internet a very little bit… I am developing a new understanding and respect for, some of the mixed media techniques currently in vogue. For a long time I would look at them and think, but everyone’s work [...]

January 16th, 2009 by deRomilly

My Very Off the Diet Breakfast

I can hear my doctor, who is trying to keep me from diabetes and other health issues now — “Do you KNOW how many carbs are in that mocha and muffin?!” Well, yes, actually, I do, but my car has been sick, my schedule’s all messed up, I needed breakfast, I was late, I wanted [...]

January 14th, 2009 by deRomilly

Visual Inspiration in Winter…

Is easy for me to come by.  I love winter. I love the garden in winter. Last winter, and this winter to a lesser extent, however, have been extremely mild here in North Carolina. Very warm. For example, it was 65 degrees at one point last week. I miss my snow! But I have had [...]

January 13th, 2009 by deRomilly

A quick clarification…

I’ll ship the William Morris book free of charge to the winner, including internationally. So don’t decide not to play on the basis of whether or not you’re in the United States!