They are back from the printer and I am totally pleased. Stitches CD Volume 1 and 2 are now available as real spiral bound books. Each book has over 300 Stitches. Each stitch is on its own page! Clear easy to read diagrams. The stitches are arranged by type, Straight, Diagonal, Crossed & Tied, Decorative […]
Archives for July 2010
Easy Breezy Summertime Stitching
Just like summer reading, summer needlepoint should be easy and relaxing. Keeping with that theme, we started our summertime Mystery Class today at Bedecked and Beadazzled. The canvas is by EyeCandy Needleart and it is fresh and colorful. So far, all the brown sections are complete with a 2 part stitch worked in Chocolate Brown […]
For the Bug Collectors
If an entire purse or pillow of beetles is a little much for you, check this out. I took this photo in Melissa Shirley’s booth at Columbus Market. The same beetles as on the purse, but each is individually framed in a shadow box just like a bug collector would. For the sake of […]
The Beatles are Coming! The Beatles are Coming!
Well, not The Beatles, but my beetles. My Melissa Shirley Beetle Purse is back from the finishers. I love it. I started this canvas in an embellishment class with Brenda Hart a year or so ago and finally finished it. My favorite part of the stitching is the background. It’s a woven open stitch done […]
Welcome to the rose parade
Our watering can lady is complete! She’s in her garden watering the most incredible flowers. They remind me of roses on a float at the rose parade. Lush and yummy. The flowers are folded ribbon roses alternated with French knots. Quick, easy and lot’s of impact. What’s really cool is the amount of depth we […]
Elvis Meets Disco
Gotta love it when great stitching minds come together! This is another collaboration between myself and a few friends. At market a few weeks ago I launched a new line that I am affectionately calling the hippie line. You know I love color and what is more colorful than the art of the 60’s? We […]
