Got to love little projects with big impact! Who says instant gratification is a bad thing? This wristlet uses a 2″ square canvas with a single initial as the starting point. Stitch it up double quick in your favorite threads. Add a little bling, just because. The finisher does the rest adding a twist, appliqueing […]

It’s been a year since we opened the store. I can’t believe how fast its gone. Twenty years from now I’ll be looking back saying the same thing (I hope). Yes, I love the store. Yes, I love all the wonderful people that are involved with it from my customers, to my staff to all […]

Another project stitched and off to the finisher. This is the large version of my santa with stars ornament. I knew I wanted him to be a stand up Christmas present type of box but that’s really all I knew. I also knew I wanted to stitch him differently than the ornament. So, after months […]

If you can dream it, we can probably build it. :-) Michael Stoebner is one of the artists that I represent. His designs are positively enchanting. I want to stitch them all! The beauty of the plan is that there is usually someone you can team up with and make the magic happen. I started […]

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had been working on Strictly Christmas’s Squatty Santa with Cats. At first I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with him to make him special. Ultimately I did decide what to do and it all worked. He is darling! I started with the basics. Santa’s face, […]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Really great finishing takes the cake! There is nothing more exciting than receiving a box from a finisher and opening it to see your beautiful needlework transformed. It is now neat and pressed and blocked and trimmed and embellished and GORGEOUS! You love it all over […]

Talk about a treasure box! Raymond Crawford designed this happy canvas for all of us stitching fiends. It was great fun to stitch in all of it’s Lily Pulitzer colors – pinks, yellows, lime and just a touch of purple. I went to town using a variety of different stitches and threads. There’s a bone […]

Last year when the issue of Needlepointers came out that featured all the award winners from seminar I fell in love with a piece designed and stitched by Rosalyn Cherry-Soleil. Flight of Fancy. Not only is this piece gorgeous, but it is a tour de force of stitching techniques and innovative ideas. I offered it […]

I love chocolate. All kinds of chocolate. Chocolate cake being my favorite. So, what better time of year to design a chocolate series than just before Valentine’s Day. The finishing on this box really brings it to life. I wanted something soft and sort of squishy but still a box that could be filled with […]

Anyone who knows me, knows I have a thing for shoes. Now around the house I never wear shoes but if I’m going out, I love cute shoes. if you want to see my favorites, go to www.bettyemuller.com. Way too cool! But I digress. When we were planning the American Needlepoint Guild festivities for last […]

I know, I know, I’ve been promising the stitching santa photos and stitch guide for way too long. This was just a canvas that i really, really wanted to stitch myself. Which means we were all at the mercy of the rest of my life. He really is finished and at the finisher’s now. I’ll […]