We’re making progress on the Harvest Colors Puzzle Mystery Class. Today was the second class and we tackled more areas! For me the fun of this piece is selecting stitches that play off of one another. Most of the stitches are either Satin Stitches or variations of certain sizes of Cross Stitches. By selecting stitches […]
Archives for 2010
Wow, now there’s a project……
We all do it, we should be working and then the next thing you know you are whiling away hours browsing from site to site. It all starts innocently enough, you are catching up on your blog reading then wham!!!!!! There’s something you see that you just have to have. A few clicks of the […]
Cds, Books Which to Choose?
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 […]
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 […]
One of My Favorite Stitches…..
Basketweave Twill is one of my favorite stitches. Here’s the diagram so you can see what it looks like. Why is this such a fascinating stitch to me? Why don’t I just do Basketweave? The beauty of this stitch lies in the light coverage. Whatever is painted behind the stitches will show through. The stitch […]
Light and Shadows
Today was our third class for the Watering Can Lady. We had a lot of fun and I had a few surprises for everyone in class. You see, I had another inspiration….. See all that empty space to the left of our lady. What should we do with it? What if there were big flowers […]
TRICK OR TREAT!
Oh My! Aren’t these just the cutest ever Halloween pails. They are modeled after vintage halloween pails. Each one is approximately 5″ and so quick to stitch. EyeCandy Needleart designed the canvases and Cynthia Thomas worked her magic choosing stitches and threads to bring them to life. Just a couple of nights of stitching and […]
Good Morning
Well, here we are again. Oh so much to share. I’m running around buying just as fast as I can. New threads, new canvases, geez, there’s so much. Today is a short day so I better get finished. First up, Maggie. For some zany reason, I keep buying game boards. First it was the zecca […]
Some of my favorite things……
Good Morning… Here we are on Day 2 of the Columbus show and we have been busy busy busy. I’ve been bopping around placing orders here and there for all kinds of fabulous things. Technology failed me yesterday and I have less pictures than I woul like, but this is a start. Melissa Shirley’s booth […]
Columbus 2010 is off and running
Well, here we are in Columbus at one of our two largest tradeshows of the year. Columbus is in June and California market is in January. Our booth is crammed, yes, crammed with canvases. Honey, they shrunk the booth! Wow, there’s alot of canvases. That’s a good thing, I know but again, WOW! Might need […]
It must be lace
Well, if she’s wearing formal beaded denim and a big fancy hat, then she must have lace too! Right? Today was the second class of our Maggie Watering Can Lady project. We not only finished her hat, but we stitched her jacket. The jacket is mostly Tent Stitch, really the only way to get all […]
Bestest Kitty
I’m an animal person. That whole unconditional love thing. They are generally so loving and trusting and bring joy to my world. Tigger was one of those special babies. One of my rescues. He’d meet me at the door before I left for work and be waiting when I came home. Okay, that lasted for […]
The Queen Speaks
Now, that’s the Queen in all of us. The Queen of Unfinished Projects. Is there anything a needlepointer likes more than starting a new project. Oh, the exhilaration of finding a new canvas, pulling threads, selecting beads and crystals and then…..the first stitch. Probably the only thing more exciting than that, is the happy dance […]
Formal Denim Makes for Happy Needlepoint
Today was the first day of a new Mystery Class at Bedecked and Beadazzled. After the serenity of the last canvas, I wanted something that was fresh and frivolous so I selected a Maggie canvas. It is called Watering Can and the original painting is by Corinna Luyken. I love stitching her canvases. I have […]
The Cat Walks Out of the Forest
Here he is, our favorite cat Shamus is strolling, or is it stalking from the forest. The cat is dramatic and the framing is even more so. I had this idea while stitching him of continuing the trees onto the mat to add even more depth to the already dramatic canvas. Off to the framer […]
Hi Ho Hi Ho Aloe
Don’t ask me what that title meant. Sounded cute in my head. Guess that means we are still giddy and happy from class yesterday. Brenda Hart taught the stunning Lani Aloe canvas and everyone had a great time as these photos prove. This is Kathy and her daughter Katie. We haven’t seen Kathy in […]
Brenda Hart is coming to town!
I’m so excited! I have a thousand things to do, but I’m excited. Brenda Hart will be in the shop this weekend for her Spring Fling teaching engagement. Brenda is not only a dear friend, but she is a teacher extraordinaire and author of 5 stitch books. Based in Tucson, Brenda mostly travels the West […]
Too cool at the prom!
I had to share. One of my dearest friends stitched a cummerbund for her son’s prom. Renee whipped it out in just a few weeks, it was then off to the finisher and back in time for the prom all at Wil’s request. Doesn’t he look handsome? Hayley, the redhead, is of course gorgeous and […]
Me-ooooow!
Shamus the 90 foot cat is complete, and he is oh so cool! We had our last class stitching this canvas today. We finished the tall trees in the Fan Vaulting Stitch worked with Lorikeet wool from Gloriana and stitched the small artichoke looking trees all in ribbon. I love working with ribbon. It’s instant […]
Another giant step for needlepoint technology
I am a techno geek. I love gadgets. Particularly computer gadgets. I’m old enough to remember life without computers, but I still can’t imagine how we got along without email. I think that TIVO is one of the most amazing life changing developments. I know there are a million bigger more important things. I’m just […]
