This fun loving group of 8 snowmen and 1 snowlady are sure to enchant your stitching hours this winter. Just like real snowflakes, no two are alike. All their little snowbodies are different. Too cute! Cynthia Thomas helped bring my vision to life on these little guys by writing the stitch guides. Each snowperson also […]

Great finishing choices can really make a canvas come to life. Lilly’s Maze is a wonderful, fun piece to stitch. Designed by Ada Haydon of EyeCandy Needleart with a brand new stitch guide by Susan Allanson this piece is totally transformed thanks to unexpected finishing. Looking at the canvas I would have thought pink for […]

There is an old belief that a cat uses its whiskers to determine whether it can squeeze through a small hole or opening. According to this notion, the whiskers are exactly the same width as the animal’s body and if they touch the sides of the hole the cat will not attempt to enter. Jasper, […]

Last Fall I decided to turn my Baltimore Crab into the first of a new series of ornaments. This isn’t a club its a collection. The idea is that it is simply things that I like — My Favorite Things. Each year I will do a new ornament. They will be in no particular order, […]

My flower shopping lady is back from the finisher and she’s gorgeous. So girlie and so Audrey Hepburn and just perfect. I love her. Now to find the perfect spot for her to live. I have lots of things in the works right now so hopefully I will be posting more often. Have a happy […]

Okay, I couldn’t stand it. I had to post a picture of the newest addition to our family. This is Richie. Is he not the perfect stitching kitty? He really will curl up under my system 4 table stand and nap while I stitch. I promise not to poke him with a needle and he […]

I’ve been working on the Melissa Shirley Peppermint Stick Santa off and on for months and he is finally finished. I fell in love with him the minute Melissa launched him. He’s pink what more could I want in a santa. He is truly divine. He has crystals of several varieties, and lots of beads, […]

The shop is all decked out in Halloween glory. There are so many cool Halloween canvases these days that I hardly know which to stitch first. Unfortunately my wish list keeps growing. They are after all my colors. Happy Halloween by Michael Stoebner is on stretcher bars so that is at least a start :-) […]

OMG! These are just too cute! If you read my blog off and on, you may recognize these canvases. Melissa Shirley designed the witch hat and shoes about a year ago and I just had to stitch them! They are too fun. Stitch guides are complete and I posted them last January finished as pillows. […]

This isn’t my work but it is a piece I want to stitch one day soon. A dear friend of mine, Michele, stitched this beautiful Melissa Shirley canvas with the inspiration of threads and stitches chosen by Brenda Hart. The colors are vibrant and the variety of stitches and threads brings it all to life. […]

OMG, he is just too cool. I am stitching this santa now. He should be complete in a week or two ready for me to show him off stitched. Let me say, if you have ever wanted to stitch this santa, now is the time. I’m writing the stitch guide as I go and he […]

YUM!!!! They look good enough to eat. Mom stitched this piece with the help of Brenda Hart’s talented stitch and thread selections. Brenda is part of our teaching faculty and comes to the shop as often as she can, to hold canvas embellishment classes with us. We have a small group each time. Each stitcher […]

Talk about knock out finishing! This takes the cake. You know I loved my Santa with Dots when I finished him. Now he is back from the finisher and OMG is he just the coolest santa ever. Don’t you just love the bow and all the fabulous sequins. Kudos to a very talented finisher.

I’m trying to be better about posting more often and sending newsletters for the shop more often. We’ll see how these plans go. Today I finally finished part I of Gay Ann Rogers Mystery in a Corner. For those of you who don’t know, Gay Ann periodically designs mystery projects. She sends out a list […]

It’s finished!!!! I just put the last rose on this canvas and had to share before sending it off to the finisher tomorrow. It truly is all about the roses. This is Shelly Tribbey canvas and it’s really kind of simple. I picked a few cool stitches and wonderful threads as a background to the […]

Okay, I couldn’t resist. I don’t usually post pics of my boys but I just had to. I had to share this photo. Karl took this photo today of Harold and I love it! The lighting is amazing and Harold looks just too cool. (Yes, these really are the colors of my house when the […]

It really is amazing when you look at our tradeshow booth how much stuff we have designed and developed over the past 5 years. The painted canvas line started in 2003, so it really hasn’t been that long that I have been working with great artists to bring their illustrations to needlepoint. Of course for […]

Here she is, finally finished. The new Christmas Fairy stocking. You may recognize the fairy as she has been in the line for awhile. Thanks to the recomendation of a customer she is now available on a stocking! (Okay, sometimes I miss the obvious and its up to you guys to point it out.) Christmas […]

What a great class. Last Wednesday Jean and Paul Krynicki of River Silks came to the shop to teach a mini how to. What fun we had! They started at the beginning, and taught us how to thread a needle, how to anchor your ribbon to the canvas for stitching and how to do all […]

How much fun would it be to have a pink feather tree for Christmas? Or a pink feather tree for all year round? Well, being a pink kind of girl I had to find out. I have recently collaborated with fellow designer Ada Haydon of EyeCandy Needleart to design a series of oh so fun […]