Sadia’s Blog

It is about time I wrote something and showed a bit of what a dear friend Carolyn and I have been upto. For well over a year, we both have put our talents together in creating something extraordinary and worthy of our journey in preserving our heirlooms via machine embroidery. Freestanding laces of all types have […]

Finishing a Masterpiece:
And it indeed is a Masterpiece! Last time I wrote on my blog page, I thought I was finished with the Secret Garden II and could move onto other things…wrong! As was pointed out by a dear tester of mine, I could enhance the wall hanging with a few extras….well, it was a […]

A few days ago I received some gorgeous pictures from a dear friend Jeannie Miller. I have known Jeannie for quite some years and am in awe of her innovative ideas and projects. The quilt top is absolutely breath taking, don’t you think! Recreating red and white or blue and white quilts is back in […]

Any quest requires an enormous amount of concentration and imagination…such was the case in creating the “Needle Lace I” files. I have to admit that even I am surprised at the delicate feel and workmanship that has finally taken shape. They do have a definite hand created look which was my ultimate goal along with […]

“Needle Lace” is perhaps the oldest form of lace where literally only a needle and thread were used to create stitches that would imitate lace. These laces were extremely fine and took an awful amount of time to create. History shows us examples where these types of laces originated somewhere in the region of Turkey […]

For quite some while now I have  had numerous requests regarding the trims used on the Jacobean Symphony Shawls. I had envisioned in presenting both collections at the same time as they do favour each other well, but I wanted the trims collection to be able to stand on its own and not be a […]

As the year comes to an end, I find myself hurried and panicked in trying to finish up coming collections as well as prepare for two trunk shows and hands on classes…not to mention packing for the trip to Florida. I do feel great thinking about Florida though…warm temperatures and sunshine…please be there.
Coming up with […]

Enduring the winter storms and snow and sleet, I must admit that I’m a bit tired of seeing white everywhere. As much as I love the color white, there are times when it can become a bit boring. A bit of rebellion made me start creating something that used bright colors and lots of them. […]

Its official! This is the last month of 2007. What a year and how fast it passed on. Seems quite like a blur to me and I do wish that time would go just a bit slow so I can enjoy every moment.
Well, my tree is the first item to be up for the holidays. […]

Well friends, the past two weeks have indeed been a blur and I’m not sure that I’m ready for the Bobbin show yet but tomorrow is my D-Day and whether I like it or not… I have to be ready. Somewhile back I had talked about introducing a new collection Vintage Quilting. Well, the past […]