We are loving stitching the Blue Bird of Happiness by ellen giggenbach. There are large areas to fill with stitches and the colors are just yummy! All of ellen’s designs are equally happy. Check out the Black Swan, masterfully stitched by Eleanor Marquis. She even wrote up the stitchguide for us! You too can stitch […]
Archives for July 2017
What shall we stitch for Halloween?
Inquiring minds want to know what our Halloween mystery will be this year. Believe it or not, Halloween is upon us. Where did the time go? The first class is in just a few weeks. YIKES! So, drumroll please…… I am pleased to announce our next Mystery Class will be BOO! by David Galchutt. Brand […]
Birds! More Birds!
You know how much we love zecca canvases. One of our new favorites is her flock of hanging birds. How cool are these? They come two to a canvas so you can finish just two as ornaments, all six as ornaments or hang them as a mobile or as a long wonderful string of birds. […]
The Blue Bird of Happiness
The Blue Bird of Happiness, that’s what I’m calling this piece now. It’s simply happy. The stitches are fun, the colors are bright. It’s perfect for summer. Ellen Giggenbach is one of our favorite artists and we really don’t stitch enough of her pieces. I think we need to remedy that. Her style is very […]
New Artist, New Needlepoint!
It’s silly hot out, so what will make us happy? New needlepoint. Allow me to introduce our newest artist. Mattye Hamilton! She is a painter and print-maker living in Baltimore. I fell in love with her paintings of ladies and knew you would love them too. We have a fun collection of 8 canvases, all […]
Kinga Nichols is coming to the beehive!
Woo Hoo! It’s a party! Our dear friend Kinga Nichols is coming to teach at the beehive! She was here last year and we fell in love with her projects and techniques. Kinga is a bead embroidery teacher extraordinaire. Not only is bead embroidery super fun and gratifying because you can make pretty jewelry it […]
Our Steampunk Witch
Look at what Brenda Stofft designed just for us! How cool is this? Our very own Steampunk Witch. Isn’t she great? And by “she” I mean both Brenda Stofft and the witch. I have so many ideas for how we will stitch her. The elves (read Megan) have started stitching her following my ideas and she’s smashing. […]
The Big Reveal!
Here we are with the last lesson of the Owl with Key by Sandra Vargas and you get to see what was in my head all along! I know, my head is a scary place some days. So many ideas! Some better than others, LOL. This was a good one. So fun to do and […]
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a bird!
Our next Mystery Class is just around the corner. We need something happy and sunny. Let’s stitch a bird! What about a happy blue bird from ellen giggenbach? The design size is 7.25 x 9.5 handpainted on 18ct. Classes will be July 23rd and August 6th. Just two lessons. We’ll keep this one nice and […]
Follow the yellow brick road……
We’re off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz! The lovely girls from the Oz Girls canvas have all been reimagined on individual canvases! Glinda and the Wicked Witch have even joined the fun. Just look at all the yummy threads and beads. All canvases are complete with stitch guides. Designs are 9″ […]
