Inspired Stitches | Inspired Stitches http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog ...ramblings of a blackworker! Sat, 02 Mar 2013 22:42:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 2013… A year of rebirth http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2013/02/2013-a-year-of-rebirth/ http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2013/02/2013-a-year-of-rebirth/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:41:17 +0000 Sally Rudkin http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/?p=195 Greetings from the colorful world of blackwork! I am pleased to announce that after several years of inactivity, Stitch’inspiration will be coming alive again! Where have I been? Well, life happened, and had to take priority. In the background I’ve been continuing to design and be creative, but the business …

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]]> http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2013/02/2013-a-year-of-rebirth/feed/ 0 Hacker attack… http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/hacker-attack/ http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/hacker-attack/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:21:09 +0000 Sally Rudkin http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/?p=27 Boy, thanks to some lovely hacker, I’m spending the last day of 2008 having to redo the ENTIRE website. I’m working on it, and will get it running as soon as I can.  The blog is the easy piece, so that will be the first you see.  The rest of …

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]]> http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/hacker-attack/feed/ 1 … just a box… http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/%e2%80%a6-just-a-box%e2%80%a6/ http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/%e2%80%a6-just-a-box%e2%80%a6/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:06:50 +0000 Sally Rudkin http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/?p=18 On this rainy day in Virginia, I thought I’d take a moment to share what Jim and I did this past weekend. Ever hear of Operation Christmas Child?  It brings joy and love to millions of children in need every year through a simple shoebox packed with toys and candy.  …

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]]> http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/%e2%80%a6-just-a-box%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 “I TRIPLE-dog-dare ya!” http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/%e2%80%9ci-triple-dog-dare-ya%e2%80%9d/ http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/%e2%80%9ci-triple-dog-dare-ya%e2%80%9d/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:50:10 +0000 Sally Rudkin http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/?p=35 Well, I can finally say, the Christmas season is officially upon us. Yes, I know that the shopping season started on Friday, and that the stores have had Christmas out for a month already, but… it’s finally here… We’re watching “A Christmas Story” for the first time, and THAT means …

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]]> http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/%e2%80%9ci-triple-dog-dare-ya%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 The brave stitcher… http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/the-brave-stitcher%e2%80%a6/ http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/the-brave-stitcher%e2%80%a6/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:59:16 +0000 Sally Rudkin http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/?p=56 I just found mention in a blog of an amazing work-in-progress, stitching our Garden Traditions – Albemarle, and had to share.  Annemiek is a shop owner in the Netherlands, and she’d told me back in February that she was going to stitch this design.  What’s amazing about it, is that …

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]]> http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/12/the-brave-stitcher%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 Happy Thanksgiving Y’all! http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving-y%e2%80%99all/ http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving-y%e2%80%99all/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:14:01 +0000 Sally Rudkin http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/?p=62 On this day, Thanksgiving 2008, I just wanted to take a moment and consider all the wonderful blessings in my life. This list, by no means, lists everything I’m grateful for. I’m grateful for my faith, and my God. Without this amazing relationship, I wouldn’t be here. I’m also grateful …

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]]> http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving-y%e2%80%99all/feed/ 0 Puppy Temptations http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/11/puppy-temptations/ http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/11/puppy-temptations/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:19:19 +0000 Sally Rudkin http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/?p=64 Have you heard about the “puppy cam” from San Francisco? I have to say, this live stream is keeping me from my work, housework, designing, everything… It’s become a sad-sad addiction. I always did want to video tape Jack and Maggy when they were alone – but we just never …

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]]> http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/11/puppy-temptations/feed/ 0 Life Taking Over http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/11/life-taking-over/ http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/11/life-taking-over/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:23:23 +0000 Sally Rudkin http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/?p=70 Well, well, well… it’s been another quiet break for you all from my blogging, but I’m back! As seems to occur in my life, “life happened”, and I just wasn’t able to get everything done, including with keeping you up-to-date with all that was going on. Stitchin’spiration, as I’ve said …

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]]> http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2008/11/life-taking-over/feed/ 0 Vacation Catch-up http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2007/06/vacation-catch-up/ http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2007/06/vacation-catch-up/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:33:56 +0000 Sally Rudkin http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/?p=76 Well, as you probably guessed, we did get back in one piece from vacation. Well, at least most of my body did… Last day we were in Memphis, I decided it had been too long since I turned my ankle, so I stepped off the curb, and proceeded to twist …

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]]> http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2007/06/vacation-catch-up/feed/ 0 Gremlins working… again http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2007/06/gremlins-working%e2%80%a6-again/ http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/2007/06/gremlins-working%e2%80%a6-again/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:38:38 +0000 Sally Rudkin http://stitchinspiration.com/SiSBlog/?p=78 Well, my web host is in the process of upgrading the server my website resides in, so gremlins are at work. They say the upgrade should be complete some time today, so things will probably continue to be a little strange until then. Yesterday neither the Blog or the Stitchin’board …

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