You may remember me posting about our fun new Gadget club. Well, its a sell out!!! The first shipments go out at the end of this month to the lucky ones who signed up early. There’s been enough interest that we’re going to do a second run!! Sign up now so you don’t miss out. […]
Archives for August 2015
Zecca Retreat 2015
Join us October 10 & 11 at Bedecked and Beadazzled for our second designer retreat. This is our favorite event of the year!! Karen Hennessey of Zecca fame will be here for the weekend to stitch a brand new project she designed just for us. We had a great time last year at the […]
Trust Me :-)
Today we started a new mystery class. La Sirena is complete so it was time to think Halloween! We started Dede’s Haunted Hooter. It’s a great canvas with lots of opportunities for the unusual. We stitched a lot of yellow. Yellow, yellow and more yellow. The chest is getting fluffy with a bit […]
Liisa Turunen came to teach!!!
Woo Hoo! Liisa Turunen came to teach this week. I know, it was smack dab in the middle of the week but sometimes you just have to go for it. I nabbed her on the way to Philly Bead Fest and I am so glad that I did. Talk about talent, more talent and personality […]
A Favorite!
This was the Zecca Retreat piece from 2014! I loved stitching this piece! It was a challenge as the canvas was soft and mellow and I like big pops of fun color. I added my own twist and loved every minute of it. The canvas is available should you decide to stitch your very […]
Pretty Yellow Flowers
This was one of the super cool techniques that Meredith Willet shared with us when she was here to visit. Beautiful loopy flowers. If you follow the pictures you will see how these flowers come to life with 4mm ribbon, some beads and two needles. Start with a few overlapping loops of ribbon. Thread up […]
Ready for a Swim?
Lulu’s La Sirena is complete. Today was the final lesson. She is off to the finisher next. It was such a fun stitch! I loved every minute of it. There were lots of little details in today’s class. We finished her tail with Buttonhole flowers. Love them! Stitched in Floche, they are quick and […]
Lumpy, Bumpy and Messy
Not sure these are words that should apply to needlepoint but some how this weekend they did. The one and only Meredith Willet was here for a whirlwind two days of creativity and we had a blast. Thank you my friend for sharing your talents with us. Sue, Wendy and I worked on the Melissa […]
