Author Archives: Jenna Magee

About Jenna Magee

IT professional, needleworker, editor/proofreader, author, singer, musician.

The End of an Era

*sigh* This is a post that has been a little while in coming, but one of my all-time favorite TV series came to an end a few weeks ago. Charmed was one of those rarer programs that ran for many … Continue reading

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Stitchers’ Meme – A Question of Taste

1. What types of stitching and design styles appeal to you most? 2. What types and styles don’t appeal? 1. I’m not sure exactly what this question is asking, so I will answer it in a manner that makes sense … Continue reading

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Stitchers’ Meme – Collect Much?

Are you a collector? 1. Do you have any stitchy-type collections? flosses, fabrics, patterns, gagdets, scissors, etc? describe any you have! 🙂 post pics, etc. 2. If you weren’t limited by space, money, or time, what type of things would … Continue reading

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Melanie’s Exchange Revealed

Take fibers and embellishments sent to you with a specific person in mind, find an appropriate design that will make use of what has been sent to you, stitch and finish the item and voila! You have a completed Melanie’s … Continue reading

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Lost in the World

I am really feeling lost. Not literally, of course. I have a GPS unit in the car that helps keep that from happening. But lost in that figurative sense of where am I, who am I, what is my place … Continue reading

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June Stitching Goals

I’m trying to pare down this month: Finish model Finish and Send Out My Round Robin Work on VSCyberstitchers July Exchange Gift Start Dragonfly Stitches – Biscornu SAL Restart Victoria Sampler – Spring Banner Start Chatelaine – Stitching Leporello Start … Continue reading

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May Stitching Goals in Review

🙁 Finish model Finish SBEBB Melanie’s Exchange Finish SBEBB Eight Corner Pillow (Biscornu) Exchange 🙁 Stitch my Round Robin piece 🙁 Work on VSCyberstitchers July Exchange Gift 😐 Work on Dragonfly Stitches Needlebook – Placed into the WIP/UFO pile for … Continue reading

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Stitchers’ Meme – Samplers, Goals and eBay, Oh My!

Have you ever… 1. stitched a wedding sampler? 2. stitched a birth sampler? 3. written down monthly goals? 4. met your monthly goals? 5. bought or sold stash on Ebay? 1. Yes, for one of my best friends from high … Continue reading

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SBQ – May 31, 2006

Today’s SBQ was suggested by Carol and is: Do you collect charts by one particular designer, yet have never stitched anything by that designer? If so, which designer and why do you collect the charts but have not yet stitched … Continue reading

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Melanie’s Exchange Parcel from Bine

Lookie, lookie at what I came home to this evening! A lovely package from Bine in Germany for the SBEBB Melanie’s Exchange. You’ll even see the nice wrapping paper in which she placed everything. I artfully tried to cover up … Continue reading

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