As summer winds down and we start thinking Fall, I thought now was a good time to mention that Outside Owl by Eleanor Grosch now has a stitch guide! What a sweet owl! And just wait until you see what I came up with for the background. Love it! I’m not stitching this but when […]
Archives for August 2016
A big wonderful dragon. Oh my!
I’ve been meaning to post about this for awhile. Today is the day! Kimberly Smith stitched her dragon canvas and it is magnificent! Kimberly truly looks at a canvas differently than the rest of us. She play with textures and stitches and creates a special magic that is perfect for this dragon. The canvas is […]
and so it begins
Today was the start of our newest mystery class, The Three Stwooges by Love You More. With rain pouring from the sky we started with the background. No surprise there. I often start with the background. That allows me to put all the dimension in the main characters and really make them pop. The fun […]
Kelly Clark is teaching a Cyber-Class
How exciting is this? Kelly Clark mistress of stumpwork on canvas and all things folk arty and fabulous is teaching her very first cyber-class. Bees Proverb There will be 4 lessons, October 15th, November 19th, December 17th and January 21st. You will receive a package from her each moth with a lesson and any special […]
Kimberly Kelly Santini – Wow!
Kimberly Santini is our newest artist. She is a long time friend of mine and I am excited she is allowing us to interpret some of her work into needlepoint. I met Kim through the magic of the internet buying a painting of her Mona Lisa that reminded me of Max when he was a […]
Follow the yellow brick road
Have I mentioned that I wrote a guide for the Oz Girls? I’m pretty excited about this one. Lots of fun threads and stitches! The girls are so cute. Each one has her own personality. I’m torn as to which one is my favorite. I love the hair on the tingirl, and Dorothy has Toto, […]
How to Bezel a Cabochon
I like to mix my crafty metaphors. Needlepoint, embroidery, beadwork, I love them all. You know I love my beads and I’ve been adding more beads and bead techniques to our mystery classes and other projects. In Run, bunny, Run from zecca we worked a bead embroidery bezel around a cabochon to use it as […]
The Bunny is Hopping. . . .
Our bunny is hopping on off to the framer and he’s taking his birdie friend with him! Boy is he a cutie. We finished this mystery class with the run bunny run canvas from zecca yesterday and it was great fun. Lots of little areas destined to keep your attention! I’ve been planning on doing […]
Corina Luyken
You may know how much I love the art of Corina Luyken. I have stitched two as mystery classes and have more than I care to admit in my stash. Hmmm, I love her look. The designs are being retired. Soon there will be no more canvases to tempt you from this very talented artist. […]
Buzzzzzy Bags
Sometimes a girl just needs a new project bag :-) Easy, peasy. Happy fun project bag. 10″ x 12″ fuchsia mesh zip top bag with vinyl bee buzzing through. Too cute. It makes me smile. Hope you love it too. On sale for a limited time. Order online here. xo ruth
