Yes, she does. And she’s a talker! She has character in spades. Today was a Mystery Class day at Bedecked and Beadazzled. Woo Hoo! We started a new canvas today, the parrot by Eleanor Grosch. It’s colorful and graphic with lots of good areas for stitches. Today’s challenge was the background. What to do with […]
Archives for June 2014
The Count Flies In
Allow me to introduce the Count. He is a super cute dimensional bat designed by Tapestry Fair. I fell in love with him the moment I saw him. I had to stitch him, right? Here he is assembled from a blank painted canvas and stuffed body. He is a monthly club at Bedecked and Beadazzled. […]
The Mind is a Scary Place
And I only mean that in a good way. The one and only Brenda Hart was here this weekend for 3 fun days of embellishment. The goal of the embellishment classes it to get fresh new ideas. That’s exactly what you get from Brenda. Two different people chose to work on this collage by Lani, […]
Finally, the ta da! moment
The time is finally here to unveil a surprise I have had in the wings for years. Yes, years. I had this idea of doing a needlepoint village. Something you could display year round. Put it on a mantle or on a shelf. Imagine a fun little escape to a favorite vacation town but in […]
Foreground, background and everything in between
Here we are at the end of another canvas journey. With today’s class, the Bohemian Beauty by Shelly Penko is complete. We stitched the beauty and her dog, the fishbowl and her chair, all the obvious items in the composition first. We were left with odds and ends of beautiful colors. We could stitch them […]
Color Makes Me Happy
Few do color as well as Kimberly Smith. Newest of the new canvases just arrived! All are painted on 18ct and are approximately 6 x 9. Not too big, not too small. Just right. You can see all of Kimberly’s hand painted canvases here.
Fairytales fit for a princess
What a lucky little girl…. Grandma Carol has been stitching up a storm on my fairytale canvases. They are turning out so cute. Lots of color, lots of stitches. Just fun. Cinderella has just heard the clock strike midnight. Snow White is in the forest with the dwarfs. You can see the series […]
A Sterling Opportunity for Fun
Just for fun, and just because, we had a Friday afternoon prize drawing yesterday. Zecca graciously left us with a canvas kit to use as a drawing at the close of her trunkshow. You know she loves her game boards, so this one is Poker Dice. You stitch a dice cup and then get to […]
Wild and Wonderful Horses
Everyone loves this canvas, and what’s not to love? It’s Laurel Burch, super colorful and absolutely perfect in every way. Just to make it more perfect, there is now a stitch guide! Ellen stitched this with Brenda Hart and it is a masterpiece! We have documented it with Brenda’s permission and now it is available […]
The Magic of Overdyes
The Bohemian Beauty Mystery Class is coming right along. Today was the third class. She’s dressed in her finest and now, her chair is solid and dimensional and gorgeous! All of this is through the magic of overdyes. The chair is stitched in one stitch. It’s mostly the same color. What you see is the […]
