The Melissa Shirley heart pillow is back from the finisher. I love it! The finishing is simple. Well, sort of simple. We inset the needlepoint into the perfect shade of red orange silk and pleated the inset. A covered cord is then wrapped with 7mm ribbon in the same orange that we used for the […]
Archives for 2010
More signatures for our wall!
Yesterday was Day 4 of the Big Event. We were winding down, finishing things up. Each of the teachers signed our wall. That’s always fun. As you can see, Meredith Willet hasn’t lost her spunk. Tony Minieri was goofing around; he was going to sign really tiny in the corner. Suzanne […]
The Ah Ha Moment
Today was day Three of the Big Event. I’m toast. We’re having a great time. It was definitely a day of Ah Ha Moments. See, Suzanne had one too. Muskoot Farm took a major turn today. I ripped almost everything out. I had put in a bit of this and a bit of that but […]
Really Big Bummer :-)
How can you not love a teacher who refers to ripping out stitches as a “Really Big Bummer?” It’s impossible. Today at the Big Event our table had the irreverent Meredith Willet. She’s the best! She’s a girlie girl, she’s fun and yes, she will be coming back to Bedecked and Beadazzled to teach! She’s […]
Big Event Day One
Today was Day 1 of the Big Event! We were graced with the pleasure of the company of Tony Minieri, Meredith, Willet, Beth Robertson and Suzanne Howren. They are a great group. We had 2 technique demos. One was on the correct sequence to execute the parts of a stitch. I have to work on […]
We’re ready to roll!
The rooms are ready for the students…… Everyone’s canvas is mounted and ready to stitch – bags of threads and stitch books are waiting to be opened. All we need now are teachers and students. Each student at the Big Event will find monogrammed thread bags and matching frame weights at their seats as mementos […]
T Minus 60 hrs
That sounds like such a long time. 60 hours. But when you are putting together a class for lots of ladies with 4 of the top names in NEEDLEPOINT it isn’t so long at all. Welcome to April 17th -20th will find Tony Minieri, Meredith Willet, Beth Robertson and Suzanne Howren all teaching at the […]
Sunlight through the trees
The land of the 90 foot cat is coming along nicely. I’ve been told he isn’t really a 90 ft cat and those aren’t trees next to him. He’s really a regular size cat wandering through the weeds. Either way he’s quite dashing. Today’s first mission was the background. You may have noticed, I’m not […]
The Cat Steps Off the Canvas
Here he is, stepping out of the forest and right off the canvas! I’m convinced he is a 90 ft. cat. Here’s what I can tell you about how I stitched the cat. He is one cat so all the stitches needed to work together. The stitches needed to relate to each other. If each […]
I’m a magpie
You probably could have guessed, but I really am a magpie. Magpie’s are known for being attracted to anything shiny and sparkly. Yep, that’s me. They grab it and take it home to their nest. Yep, that’s me too. This is one of James Audubon’s paintings. I found this fun poem about seeing magpies: One […]
Fendi Needlepoint Kit
I never, ever, ever thought I would see this. Fendi has taken their classic baguette handbag originally created in 1925 and turned it into a needlepoint kit!!! Karl Lagerfeld is the creative director, I want to see what he does next. For $995 you can own this bag in its oh-so-cool little box with Fendi […]
What to do while stitching?
I’m working diligently on the first lesson of the HP Deco cat. He’s our next mystery at the shop and class starts Sunday March 28th. This is another canvas with large areas that needbegs to be filled with fun stitches. You may know that large areas are not really my thing. I like lots of […]
Tah Duh!
All of a sudden the heart sprang to life. It sparkles; it glitters; it’s magical. I really did enjoy stitching it and am very pleased with how it turned out. I hope you are too. The flowers in the heart are a wonderful Diagonal stitch worked in Vineyard Silk that leaves little spaces for metallic […]
Bedecked and Beadazzled Bewitching Boo-tique
This is where all the fashionistas in the witchy world shop. A boo-tique so cool, a boo-tique so magical, a boo-tique so hip that everyone who is anyone shops there. Even a silly little black cat named felix put on his ghosty costume to sneak into the shop unnoticed. We are delighted to announce this […]
Experiments
If you read Jane of Chilly Hollow’s blog you may know that I have been experiencing some blog issues. I’m working on it. I’m still here blogging, it’s just that the links to me from other sites are now wacky. Most of them don’t work. I’ve rebuilt the blog and maybe that will help. You […]
It’s starting to look magical!
Here we go – today was class day. Lesson #3 of Melissa Shirley’s heart. It’s starting to take shape. There was a lot of ground work to do before we could really start seeing things happen. Background, borders etc. But now, I am quite pleased with it. The background of the heart is simply Basketweave […]
Fun, fun, fun
Fun canvas, fun threads, fun stitches, fun finishing. Fun, Fun, Fun. Right now, I wouldn’t change a thing. The size of the squares made it perfectly manageable. Just when you were bored with a stitch or a thread it was time to move on. This was a great Mystery Class. I did love stitching this […]
Happy Valentine’s Day
What better way to spend a holiday than with good friends. Today was our 2nd Mystery Class for Melissa Shirley’s Heart. We’re still building the foundation here so it’s all very subtle but you can see things are starting to blossom. Today we worked on the gold border. It’s one of my favorite stitches – […]
new blog
Just a quick note. The blog address has been changed. If you are kind enough to follow my ramblings, and projects please bookmark www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com thanks ruth
The snow, oh the snow!
What’s a girl to do when it snows this much? For a state that doesn’t usually get snow we got a crazy amount of snow Friday into Saturday. 30+ inches!!!! What were the weather gods thinking. The shop has been closed since Thursday night! I’ve been working on the next lesson of the Heart Mystery […]
What a difference a color makes
Wow, what a difference. This summer a group of us stitched Melissa Shirley’s Mellow Yellow canvas as the very first Mystery Class at Bedecked and Beadazzled. It was so much fun, and I love my finished purse. But wow, what a difference a color change can make! A friend of mine stitched the background of […]
What a class
Today was the first day of our Melissa Shirley Mystery Class. I think I surprised a few people with the choices I made for how to stitch this canvas. Here’s the canvas after lesson #1’s stitching is complete. I hope you can see the subtle details, because it is really cool. Ultimately, I want this […]
If you don’t love cute kitties come back in a few days
What can I say, sometimes the spirit just moves me to post kitty pictures. I try not to do it often but sometimes I just can’t resist. Here’s Richie, my youngest. Here’s the canvas we designed from one of his baby pictures. Tigger who was the dearest cat I ever met. Boy did he love […]
Sometimes Enough is not Enough
Our Merry Christmas Mystery Class came to an end today. And while I will miss all of you dear friends and the fun we have had, I’m excited to be sending it off to the finisher. This piece is singularly the best time I have had stitching anything to date. How’s that for a big […]
