Brenda Stofft will be here next weekend teaching her fabulous fox, Sasha! I’ll be teaching the backdrop. To celebrate this wonderful event, let’s have a trunkshow! We all love a trunkshow, right? From now through the end of the month, all Brenda Stofft canvases will be 20% off!* Here’s Brenda’s website. www.brendastofftdesign.com Go forth, have […]
Archives for 2019
Did someone say Halloween?
Better yet, did someone say collage? I love collages of all types. So, let’s do a Halloween Collage for our next Mystery Class! Yes, I am very behind in announcing our Halloween Mystery Class. We need to start in September otherwise we will be stitching Halloween straight through Christmas and who wants that? With our […]
Polly Parrot 2.0
OOH! What fun! My friends over at Shining Needle Society have asked me to teach Polly Parrot by Eleanor Grosch! I taught this a few years ago as a Mystery Class and its super fun. Not only is it colorful, but it has big open areas for stitches and plenty of room for personalization. The […]
Volume 5 iPhone App!
Yes, it’s true! Volume 5 of the iStitches series is now an iPhone app! Here’s the link if you would like to take your stitches with you. Our apps are the same stitches as in my books. They have been formatted for easy, on-the-go use. Volumes One to Four are available for both iOS AND […]
Flowers are Growing!
Sunday was the third lesson of our White Cat Mystery Class by Johanna Virtanen and we’ve started growing flowers! Fleurs! Flores! Beautiful flowers. We are using all sorts of wonderful threads and embellishments. Silk bouclé from the UK and gorgeous Treenway Zen Shin are a few of my favorites. The tiny pink petals are curved […]
Wings!
I’ve decided to change things up a bit. You know I like to do that right? We are stitching merrily away on the White Cat from Johanna Virtanen. Lesson #3 is tomorrow. There is another canvas that is oh so similar that has spoken to so many of you, Wings. I decided to make this […]
Summertime Funtime!
It’s beach season, baby! Time to get out and enjoy the sun, particularly now that our temps are down to 78 and the humidity is only 53%. LOL. Yes, we live underwater here. What better canvas to celebrate the season than Summer by Rebecca Wood. This canvas is not for the faint of heart, weighing […]
It’s all in the Eyes
What big beautiful eyes this little girl has! You already know I have a thing about polka dots, right? I also apparently have a thing for the big eyed girl paintings of the 1960’s. Oh well, at least I know myself. Yesterday was lesson two of the White Cat Mystery Class featuring the art of […]
Don’t Freak Out when you see this
You are going to want all the projects. I do mean all the projects. Each was more wonderful than the next. LOL. These are the canvases that were stitched during Mary Legallet’s Embellishment Class last weekend. So much creativity. And when in doubt, use the blue Kreinik. It is the answer to all stitching mysteries. […]
Coming Soon
So, time got away from me…. This weekend was a fabulous embellishment class with Mary Legallet of WhimsicalStitch.com. New friends and old. We all had a fabulous time. Following are all of the wonderful canvases we stitched on that now have new stitchguides! Evening Stroll brand new from David Galchutt! Trust the Journey by Kelly […]
Shrinkets 2019!
Julie Haymaker was here last year and we had sooooo much fun. Seriously, tons of fun! Julie is the brains behind the Shrinket molds. We get to draw and color on plastic sheets, heat them with a heat gun and voilá they shrink into the prettiest little forms thanks to the magic of the molds! […]
How to stitch a painting?
Sometimes we fall in love with a canvas and then the reality sets in. I’ve got to stitch this thing. WOW! What was I thinking? There’s a million colors here. They all blend so pretty from one shade to the next. How can I stitch it and make it pretty? Keep it true to the […]
Cocktail Time
We have a new stitchguide! A friend of mine needed a surprise so here it is. Shhh, don’t tell :-) Cat and Cocktails by Dominic Bourbeau now has a fun stitchguide. Just sayin’ Look at all those colors! It’s going to be a super fun stitch. Here’s the link if you would like a totally […]
Brenda Stofft, Sasha the fox and Me!
I had an idea where Brenda and I would work together to bring you a very special, very magical class. Brenda did most of the work. LOL. She designed the most wonderful 3d needle felted animal, Sasha and an adorable backdrop for her. Join us for either or both classes. Thursday and Friday, August 22-23, […]
Perfect Flowers and More
So much more… Marjorie Barnes was here this weekend wowing us with 3 days of beady fun. It’s about the projects yes, but it’s more about the fun we have together and the ideas we get from one another. We are delighted she is back in the states and able to teach for us again. […]
Racing to my Heart
Look at this guy! He is bright and happy and full of life and motion. He’s perfect for summertime stitching. Sunday was the final class of Beep Beep by Dominic Borbeau! We added another darning pattern with a twist to the background. Yes, it looks much like a laid filling but the stitch order keeps […]
Simply Scrumptious!
Santa is coming early! He wants these Simply Scrumptious treats. Our first candy club, Frightfully Delicious was a huge success. Candies designed by Kelly Clark with my stitchguides, fabulous threads and beads it was a super fun stitch. It’s time to launch a new candy collector’s club, this time for Christmas! Each canvas is hand […]
Mandala
OOH! Our first finish from the May Embellishment Extravaganza! This is Lady with Mandala I by Brenda Stofft. Jeanette stitched this in no time flat including all of that outlining. LOL. I used lots of beads on this canvas and not all the beads are stitched the same, so that makes it even more fun. […]
Meow!
A new lesson of Santa Fe Felines is packing and shipping! Woo Hoo! This is the third lesson of this Mystery with a Twist, so if you are part of the party, get your canvas out, dust it off and ready those needles. Look at these faces :-) And the patterns. The patterns zig and […]
Stitch Order
Sometimes a lesson comes together and it has a theme. Not just a theme like mountains or flowers or feathers, but an underlying theme that appears as the canvas is stitched. This was one of those lessons. In lesson three of our current Mystery Class, Beep Beep by Dominic Bourbeau, we started by stitching the […]
Check your calendars!
Liisa Turunen is returning to the Beehive to teach for us at the end of July. She is a super talented beadwork designer and such a patient teacher. She brings us beautiful designs that you want to wear. Even if you aren’t already a beader, you can do this! And once you try it you […]
Pretty Patterns
I loved stitching this canvas, Fantail by ellen giggenbach. So many fun areas to embellish and yes, you really get to hone your skills on Jessicas. LOL. With my love affair of dots even the frame has dots. Now to find the perfect spot to hang it. The canvas is available, complete with stitchguide and […]
What’s Up Pussycat?
I’ve been teasing you for days on Instagram with what the next mystery would be. Little by little the design has been revealed. How long did it take you to guess it was a kitty cat? LOL. This is from our newest artist Johanna Virtanen! Her art is certain to become a new favorite of […]
A New Artist!
Please join me in welcoming Johanna Virtanen to our happy family of artists. Johanna is a fashion designer in Finland and wait until you see her work! Just for fun we started with 5 of her angels and darling little girls. There’s all kinds of things to follow. Birds, cats, fish, dogs, mice, fashion and […]
