Whitniffic Whatnots

Imagine that! I never wrote an update about my first Steotchalong experience... and I've now completed two of them! I'm sensing a theme here. Let's recap. Sorry, this is going to get long... Many thanks to Matt & Em Fitzpatrick of Steotch.com for all the hard work they put into this incredible endeavor! Steotchalong 6 (Fall 2018) After eight weeks and many meetups, the Steotch-aritas finished their group and individual projects! Well, mostly. I finished one of my two, but I really love how it turned out. The "spooky" challenge. My Steotchalong voted with me! My finished piece. Detail of my custom finish. Complete with cat hair. In the frame! Float frames are my favorite. And our ridiculous group project. Steotchalong 7  (Late Summer 2019) We loved our 2018 group stitch so much that it became our team name and logo for Steotchalong 7!  This last go-around was even more intense than the previous year, and we t...

Wow! Talk about an exciting turn of events! I was forwarded an email a couple weeks ago from my former boss (I left my job and changed email addresses) stating that the ReStore has found my Repurpose for a Reason project from 2018! They have since moved into a new location, and I guess they found my wall hanging hiding away in a crevice in the old store when they were cleaning it out. I'm so glad it turned up! I was really, really bummed about it for a long time... I spent a lot of time on it and I thought it was lost forever! If you didn't hop back to read about it, I created a quilted wall hanging out of pieces of discarded/re-purposed printed billboards, which was definitely an interesting challenge. I think my sewing machine has finally forgiven me, 18 months later. Here is the picture they sent in the email- the ONLY picture I have of the entire finished product! They'll be putting it in the auction at the event this coming fall, so I'll be sure to get...