OMG, OMG, so much fun! Mary Legallet has been here for two days teaching bird watching. This is a series of canvases by Este MacLeod and Melissa Shirley. They are just the best! Birds, flowers, colors, patterns, texture. Nothing too realistic, just fun areas to embellish with threads and stitches. And let me tell you, […]
Archives for 2018
Mark your calendar – Sherry Serafini is coming in September!
My, oh my! Sherry Serafini is coming to teach for us in September. Three fun filled days of bead embroidery classes. Sherry is an icon in the beading world. She’s taught lots and lots of people to make beautiful jewelry and it’s all totally doable. She’s sold finished pieces to celebrities. So many cool feathers […]
Let’s Fall in Love
with stitches and thread and flowers and more…. Melissa Shirley interpreted the art of Annie O’Brien Gonzales into a needlepoint canvas that is full of color and life. I’m in love with this canvas and I know you will be too. We are offering this fabulous canvas, Let’s Fall in Love as a Mystery With […]
Fleur – a lesson in thread painting
Yesterday was the start of a new mystery class at the Beehive. Fleur is a beautiful painting of a sweet little hamster wearing a tiara!!! She was designed by Kimberly Santini. Kimberly’s work is ethereal and light; there are lots of colors and shades blending together to make the final painting. This is what we love […]
Finished & Framed! with Connie Pickering Stover
Join us for two days of stitching fun and leave with a finished piece ready to hang on your wall or give as a gift! Seriously, how cool is that? Connie’s Finished & Framed! projects are great. These are little abstract jewels just 3″ x 3″ that are very much like eating potato chips. You […]
Happy Birthday Frida!
Today is her day. Born July 6th, 1907 in Mexico she became one of the most famous female artists ever. We love her style and so do many of our artists. Allow me to introduce our newest tribute to Frida by Sandra Vargas! She’s 10 x 12 hand painted on 18ct. If you would […]
A tiny bird flew home
It’s a tiny bird that I love! We stitched this as a mystery class last summer and it’s back from the finisher as a tailored pillow. It graces our front room at the beehive. Such a pretty canvas – Hummingbird designed by Zecca. This is such a fun canvas to stitch. It’s just happy. It’s […]
Elsie and the Quality Checker
Elsie the elephant is complete. She came together with a lot of embroidery stitches and some flash and color :-) You know I love flash and color! This was lesson two of our current mystery class and it was mostly about the flowers, leaves and side borders. The center of the two larger flowers is […]
It’s Amazing What Happens…
When You Put the Needle in the Right Hole! Magic happens! That’s what happens when you put the needle in the right hole. Better yet, kimberly style magic happens. Kimberly was here this weekend teaching a brand new design, My Passion. It is truly her passion, butterflies, orchids, art nouveau, peacocks all wrapped into a […]
Talk about a statement piece
What do you do when you stitch a lot and really just want something new and different. Your walls are covered in framed pieces, you have enough stitched pillows to have an epic pillow fight, you’ve done box tops and trays and purses? Why not commission a fabulous piece of furniture? That’s exactly what we […]
Elsie’s in the house!
How cute is this little orange elephant? Too cute I would say. Designed by kimberly and our newest Mystery Class this is one happy canvas. It’s interesting for me to stitch a kimberly canvas. I have known her for so long that I take it as a challenge to do things other than what she […]
Why Fit In?
When you were born to stand out? This seems so fitting just a day after the death of Kate Spade. Her style was classic yet whimsical and she wasn’t afraid of color! She shared my love of pink and orange and of course polka dots. Life is always better with glitter and sparkle. She lived […]
Yet More!
What a fun canvas this has been to stitch. It’s truly a case of more is more. More spaces, more colors, more details, more stitches. Today was the final lesson of the Fantail Mystery Class. We had a great time! I still have a few French Knots to fill in and then it’s off to […]
Shrinkets!
Julie Haymaker- Shrinkets!!! OMG! Do you remember shrinky dinks? I do. I loved them and apparently still do. Julie Haymaker is an amazing mixed media artist who specializes in shrinky fun! Imagine this, trace a pattern on thin plastic, color it with colored pencils or markers, shrink it and magic happens. I’m all over these […]
Barbara Elmore is offering a cyberclass!
We didn’t want you to miss the news. How cool is this? I love the laces and the background! Oh my seriously cool. Design size is 10.5 x 22 on 18ct. It’s big! and fabulous! and wild! Barbara will handle all the class details. If you would like to join the fun, please register with […]
Fleur – the newest royal
In honor of the Royal Wedding, allow me to introduce Fleur. She is a fun loving hamster decked out in her finest tiara. She makes me smile! Interpreted from the art of Kimberly Santini, this charmer will be our Summer Mystery Class. Yes, it is time to think summer! Kimberly’s art is full of detail […]
OOOH! Amy Katz is Here!
Amy has arrived and is getting ready for class. She brought a trunkshow!!! YAY! We love trunkshows. All of Amy’s kits include complete instructions and all necessary beads and crystals. All you need to add are needles and fireline. You can do this! All cats have a silver or a gold option. First in our […]
Its all in the Interpretation
A few days ago I posted Ellen’s stitched version of Quiet by Kimberly Santini. Here’s another totally different interpretation of the same piece by a different Ellen. :-) Same canvas. This time stitched in an all over pattern with one thread. It’s magic. It’s as though we are seeing the sweet kitty through a screen […]
My Passion by kimberly
What a great canvas! What a great stitch. This is going to be so fun. Join us June 15-17 when Kimberly will be here to guide us through her newest design, My Passion. This is the culmination of all things kimberly. Great colors, great patterns, great stitches. What’s not to love? This gorgeous band sampler […]
Little
Little was a dear sweet cat belonging to a friend of mine. Ellen saw Quiet by Kimberly Santini and knew it was her kitty. I can’t begin to tell you how proud I am of Ellen and how beautifully she stitched this canvas. I’m in love. Here’s the original canvas; it could have been just […]
Squeee!!!!
I love it when a plan or in this case 10 plans come together! We had absolutely the best ever group of stitchers this weekend for our Embellishment Extravaganza this past weekend. So much fun. Just look at all the beautiful progress they made. Thank you ladies for joining the fun. Kathy got so much […]
It’s an Extravaganza!
This weekend is our Spring Embellishment Extravaganza. These events are so much fun! You pick the canvas, I write the guide and then we spend 2 or 3 days hanging out and stitching together. It’s always a great group of stitchers and fun. Here are the canvases we will be stitching this weekend. Ten new […]
Dots and Leaves
Dots and Leaves, more and more dots and leaves. LOL. That was the theme of the fourth lesson of Fantail by ellen giggenbach. This is our current mystery class and it is almost complete. Memory Thread makes wonderful stems and what could be prettier than ribbons leaves? Most of the leaves are simple Lazy […]
Elsie the Elephant!
Darling! That’s the only way to describe Elsie the elephant. This is the start of a new series from kimberly and it’s so darn cute!!! Look, it has dots! I really am dotty. This will be our next mystery class starting in June. Join us as we stitch this canvas in sections either in person […]
