We are well into our Halloween Mystery Class, Halloween Steampunk Fairy by lulu MyPinkturtle and I haven’t done a single post on it yet. It’s time for me to catch up. The first lesson is just as the title says, easy peasy. The background is a fast moving bargello pattern worked with my Color Dreams […]
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Almost There
We completed the final lesson of our Mystery Class, Blissful Alignment by David Galchutt a few weeks ago. I held off showing it to you while I waited for more supplies to arrive. Still waiting on one item but you need to see this! It’s just such a fun canvas. The endless coins are quick […]
Honey Bee time!
It’s time to launch the 2021 Honey Bees! If you were a Honey Bee this year or wish you were, you know what this is all about and it’s time to sign up for 2021. I’ve added a few twists and turns this year to include my beading friends. If you are wondering who or […]
More Progress
Where does time go? I wish I had answers. Sigh. Part one of our Zoom-bellishment class update was a week ago. It’s time for part two. Catherine is making great progress on Hide and Seek. She will have this finished in no time. You know I love all of David Galchutt’s art and Working Her […]
Progress Report
Time for a little progress report after our Fall Zoom-bellishment class earlier this month. Ive been receiving pictures and thought I would share all the magical stitching that’s been going on. Just in time for Halloween Melissa Shirley’s Scary Books is coming along nicely. The Spirit Animal Jackrabbit from Tapestry Fair is almost finished! I […]
Many Coins
I’ve owed you a lesson 4 blog post for ages! Sorry about that. Lots to do and lots going on. So let’s jump in and see what we did in lesson 4 of Blissful Alignment. Blissful Alignment by David Galchutt is our current virtual mystery class. It’s lots of fun and lots of dots. With […]
Autumn Pears
Fall is here and it’s time to think pumpkins, acorns and apparently pears! The one, the only, Kelly Clark has designed a super cute mini club of 3 little pears to brighten your fall stitching? The club will start in November with one pear and stitchguide shipping each month. There is also an optional thread […]
Class with Kimberly!
You asked, we listened. Kimberly Smith is going to teach her gorgeous dragonfly – Transformation! Saturday and Sunday, January 30 and 31, 11-4pm on ZOOM! I can’t say enough good about this design. There are so many fun techniques in it. Ribbon embroidery, goldwork and dimensional copper leaves to name just a few. You will […]
What’s your spirit animal?
Timothy Chapman has done it again. The start of another fun new series – Spirit Animals. The jackrabbit is amazing and it now has a stitchguide to bring it to life! Sue stitched this in Zoom-bellishment last weekend and it’s going to be amazing! This is the last of the new guides for a little […]
Another Beep in the Road
Dominic Bourbeau really likes roadrunners. And so do I! We stitched Beep Beep as a mystery class last year and now Dominic’s original roadrunner has a coordinating stitchguide thanks to a brilliant choice by Liz. Wait until you see this roadrunner come to life! Process photos coming soon! We have one more preview guide to […]
Tightrope Walker
Miss Maybelle’s Death Defying Leap! She’s the star of the show! The one and only wearing red pumps. Oh my, she is going to be a fun stitch. Eleanor started her this weekend in Zoom-bellishment and she is fabulous. The canvas is complete with stitchguide. If you too want to star in the circus, here’s […]
Gametime
What do forest animals do on their day off? They play hide and seek in the woods. There are trees and logs and mushrooms to hide behind but my favorite thing beyond the fox are the dandelions! Love the dandelions! LOL. Another new stitchguide thanks to this weekend’s Zoom-bellishment class. Wait until you see how […]
The Shrine
Calling all my owl collectors! Brand new from emily garces and it already has a stitchguide! Yes, magic happened and it’s ready for Zoom-bellishment this weekend. The perfect size, 7″ x 7″ so totally doable. If you would like him to fly to your house as a kit, Here’s the link. xo ruth If you […]
Hoppy Holidays!
Is this not just the cutest?! I’m in love. I can’t decide if it’s Christmas or Easter, so maybe it’s both. Better yet, it now has a super cute stitchguide. Thank you Kathy for picking this one. She will start stitching it in Zoom-bellishment this weekend. If you want to stitch super sparkly silly Easter […]
Dancing
Dance Among the Flowers is the third in the floral series from Pat Scheurich @ Tapestry Fair. These are all great canvases with beautiful flowers calling for fun stitches. Now they all have matching guides! Kristal and Isabel with both be working on this canvas in Zoom-bellishment class this weekend so hopefully there will be […]
Night Tree
Our embellishment classes whether in person or via Zoom are always fun. You pick a canvas and I write a guide for it. When you come to class you have a canvas at your seat with a beautiful bag of threads and a shiny new guide. We then spend 2 or 3 days reviewing the […]
What’s New?
This weekend will be our Fall Embellishment class. We’ve taken to Zoom and I’m looking forward to seeing 18 lovely ladies with new projects. There’s nothing quite like a new project is there? Some have chosen to stitch canvases with pre-existing guides and others will have brand new guides. You know what that means? New […]
Kelly’s Easter Parade
OOOH! Who wants to stitch along with the one and only Kelly Clark? Kelly is offering an 8-part class stitching these two adorable bunnies. This is a great opportunity to learn all sorts of wonderful techniques from Kelly. I can only imagine what fun she will add to each of these canvases. Here’s how it […]
Steampunk Fairy
How fun is this? Luly Mypinkturtle has designed a Halloween Steampunk Fairy and she’s so fun! Check out the skull bra and did you notice not only is she a fairy but she’s a mermaid fairy. So much fun stuff in one happy canvas. Fall is almost here. This will be the perfect Halloween Mystery […]
Transformation
What an amazing canvas! A sweet little dragonfly sits on the canvas and is ready to take flight into your heart. There are so many fun techniques in this canvas and so many beautiful threads. The wings are copper mesh. The center of the flower is chipped purl and of course you will need to […]
Coins!
Blissful Alignment by David Galchutt is our current mystery class. It’s all sparkly and shiny. You know I love that. In this lesson we finished his face. I’m in love with the tiny Jessicas that make the flowers on his forehead and cheek. Small and airy with Petite Silk Lamé Braid. What did I do […]
Ruth’s Garden 2.0
We offered this class in March before the world stopped spinning and it was so much fun. Now that we have a new format, let’s do it again so that all of you long distance beady friends can join us without a plane ticket. Teresa Gorecki has designed a tour-de-force of techniques. Bead embroidery techniques […]
Finishes!
Another zoom class is in the books. Thank you Teresa Gorecki for a wonderful class! Northern Lights was a two day beading class that was so much more than a class. Yes we had a plan and we had instructions but Teresa graciously inspired and encouraged us to create our own masterpieces. These beaded components […]
The Bling Begins
Lesson Two of our current Mystery Class, Blissful Alignment by David Galchutt was this past Sunday via zoom. We had a great group of ladies ready to embrace my vision. Oh my! I’m laying the groundwork for all the bling to come. This is only the start of what’s in my mind. You know I […]
