Yay! Another fabulously talented artist joins the ranks of those I represent; Sharon Hendy-Moman. Love her girls! Sharon is a librarian in Australia with a very unique style. Imagine all these fluttering flowers as beads!!! You can see more on our website All are available now. Can’t wait to see how you stitch […]
Archives for 2015
New from Kimberly
New designs from Kimberly are now available! Love them all. Kimberly’s designs are always fresh and fun. With so many little gems of areas to stitch. You can see all the new designs here. More new stuff coming soon! xo ruth
Great Visit with Brenda Hart and the girls!
This weekend we were lucky to have Brenda Hart at the shop. It was a great weekend. Lots of creativity and lots of stitching. Brenda spent lots of one on one time with each student. Here she is with Debbie. I was really impressed with how much everyone got done in class. Here are just […]
Meet Ellen Giggenbach
We have a fun new designer to introduce you to! Her name is Ellen Giggenbach, and she comes to us by way of New Zealand. Isn’t the internet a wonderful thing? She is a graphic designer and illustrator with a style uniquely her own. Much of her work is cut paper which lends itself so […]
What’s Next??
This year is buzzing along. I’m thinking 2016 and 2017 all the time. So many ideas, so little time. I must not forget to share with you the Christmas Mystery for 2015. It’s a cutie! You know I’m excited about all the fun little areas and patterns we can put into this one, plus how […]
Those Eyes
They say the eyes are the window to the soul. That’s true of owls too, right? Today was the second lesson of the Halloween Hooter Mystery Class at Bedecked and Beadazzled and it was a hoot! Check out those eyes! They are big and bold and perfectly in keeping with our halloween hooter’s sense of […]
Jill Rigoli Came to Teach!
Jill Rigoli was here last weekend and we played with Laurel Burch canvases! So much fun. Everyone had a different canvas and Jill’s ideas were spectacular. There were Fanciful Fish Indigo Horses Beautiful Lotus Moroccan Mares Rainbow Woman The Swan Goddess Everyone worked so hard concentrating on new stitches. Linda now […]
Gadgets, Gizmos & Great Inventions Part Deux
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. […]
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 […]
Copyright
There, I’ve said it, the great big scary word. If you know me, you know that while I may talk a lot, I rarely get on my soapbox. When I do get on my soapbox, the topic is typically ethics in business. I will assume you are reading this because you have some level of […]
The Alligators are snapping
This is just the coolest canvas ever. The one and only Eleanor Grosch designed this florida alligator. I love her style. It’s perfect for stitches. Every detail is boiled down to the minimum number of shapes necessary to tell the story. Can’t you just see the alligator gliding through the water in search of his […]
Feline Follies Monthly Club
We are delighted to introduce you to the Feline Follies Club! You saw the dog club in the previous post so please allow me to unveil the cat club! I commissioned Rebecca Wood several years ago to create these animal ornaments exclusively for us. Seven super sweet kitties doing comical cat-like things. Change them out […]
Canine Capers – New Club!
We are delighted to introduce you to the Canine Capers Club! You probably know I love dogs and cats! I commissioned Rebecca Wood several years ago to create these animal ornaments exclusively for us. Seven super sweet dogs doing comical dog-like things. Change them out per season or finish them all as ornaments for your […]
It’s all in the details
Lots and lots of little areas and details. That’s what makes this canvas so fun. Even though the areas are small we can still fit stitches in them. Today was lesson two of Lulu’s La Sirena Mystery Class. She’s oodles of fun to stitch. Her tail is a new Scallop Stitch stitched in the […]
Be Merry
Our Thanksgiving Weekend class 2014, featured Julia Snyder teaching Amy Bruecken’s Be Merry canvas. It is back from the finisher and will stop you in your tracks with its uber cuteness. So many fun techniques and such super cute finishing. Love this piece. Give us a jingle at 410.296.0405 or order online here, if […]
Embellishment by Ruth
Stitching with Friends. That’s what this weekend was. Ten wonderful friends old and new in one store with lime green walls. Each of the ladies had a different canvas. They were welcomed to the class with wonderful bags of threads, beads and goodies waiting for them on their canvases. Then there was the big reveal, […]
Gadgets Gizmos and Great Inventions
This is a fun new club. Nine months of cool gadgets, gizmos and must have stitching accoutrements. These are my must-have tools of the trade. Yes, we can buy every gadget that comes out, but some truly are better, more useful than others. These are the best of the best. The ones I really use. […]
Halloween Hooter
Whaaaaat? Halloween? It’s barely the 5th of July! But yes, it’s time to think about the next Mystery Class. If we are going to have canvases in time to start class August 23rd we need to plan now. So, without further delay, I am pleased to announce that the next Mystery Class after the mermaid […]
