Let me tell you a story… I received a phone call one night from two stitchy friends, Kathy and Barbara, from the West Coast.  They were were conspiring.  They realized that they enable one another in so many ways.  Not only is there the obvious, “you have to see this canvas“, “oh this would be […]

A friend of mine mentioned that this canvas by Charley Harper is her backyard.  :-)  It’s called A Good World. She and her husband spent the summer watching cardinals and chipmunks and butterflies play.  Somewhere there must be a turtle hiding in her yard don’t you think? So, another stitchguide was born!  Don’t the threads […]

What can I say?  Our own Ada of EyeCandy Needleart has done it again!  Check out her latest creations. The Crazy Patch Boo-nanza! She’s been dying to tell you all about it but we had to keep it under wraps. This is our latest club.  Six Candy Corns canvases and Three Pumpkins in our favorite […]

For Holiday Walker Bags and Snap Trays!!!! They make me happy.  Each year we work to create limited edition new bags and snap trays to add a little holiday cheer to your stitching.  As you can see we have a few choices. The bags are 9 x 12 or 11 x 14 in red or […]

If you’ve been in the shop you know I have a fabulous tulip canvas painted by Lani and stitched by a friend Cara Sue.  It’s abstract and wonderful.  Cara Sue paints with threads.  She has a feeling she wants to evoke and like the strokes of a brush with paint the needle flies. She recently […]

Now if only I could record Gale saying aaaaaw with the same tone that she uses.  :-) Look at this zebra!  How can you not love him? A cute little tail, fluffy mane and look at his ears.  Aaaaaaw He’s just so darn loveable. It’s truly an amazing piece and a joy to stitch. Gale […]

Stars and Stripes, the 4th of July Star by EyeCandy was so much fun to stitch that we just had to write a stitchguide for the Christmas Star too! The snowflakes are sparkly and beady and fuzzy.  So cute! Stitch it all in pink, white and lime as its painted or switch out the pink […]

You may remember a few years ago when the Fab Four came to teach at the shop.  It was a rotation style teaching event. You brought one canvas and each of the four teachers worked on different areas of the canvas, embellishing it.  In the end, you had one super cool beautiful canvas. The Fab […]

How could I not? How could I resist? We just had to have the cutest ever scissor fob and magnet just in time for the holidays! Magnets are $13 each all pretty with enamel and crystals. Scissor fobs are $44.00 each with the same flashy bumble bee.  These are exclusively ours so when you look […]

Wow, every time I spend the weekend with Julia Snyder I am more and more impressed.  That girl’s got ideas!!! And she’s fun! We didn’t really get a lot of stitching done.  We picked her brain and took notes.  Pulled threads, laughed and giggled.  Not a lot of stitches to show but trust me they […]

Swirling snow is magic!  I think this snowman made from magical swirling, sparkly, crystaled and beaded snow is just too cute.  Yes, he is my design but I’m still allowed to like him, right?   He is available as a rectangle for framing or making in to a pillow or  a wall hanging.    And […]