Do you want to play with texture and dimension in your needlepoint? This is the thread that will give you all that and more! Pure silk is wrapped around wire and that wire is coiled into a little tube. Work with it as you would any real metal, couching it in place, chipping it and […]
Archives for May 2024
Welcome to the Jungle
Last weekend we finished the Blue Cat in the Jungle Mystery Class by Johanna Virtanen and it is just so darn happy! I’m all about happy canvases. You may have noticed, color and pattern is my thing. In the final lesson we focused on the flowers and a few tricks of magic. We created the […]
Birds!
And we’re back! It’s been nine days since last we met. I have things to share! Check out this fabulous canvas by the one and only Helen Heins Peterson. I’m in love with it. I own the original art. It was gifted to me for a big birthday by some of my best friends. Now […]
Kelly Clark Class!
Kelly Clark’s canvases are full of details and all sorts of fun techniques. Her Lemon Blues Tea does not disappoint! There is stumpwork and Or Nué, ribbon flowers and more. It is a classic design that will keep you happily stitching! We are so excited to host Kelly on Zoom as she walks us through […]
A polar bear in a snowstorm
As I look at photos from last weekend’s Panda, Zebra and Penguin class I feel like I should be telling a joke about a polar bear in a snowstorm. The canvas is black and white, but all about the subtleties threads can give us. Stitched all in Tent Stitch with one thread, and it is […]
The Cat!
I hope wherever you are today, it is sunnier than here. We are on day one of nine days of gray skies and rain. We will see how that pans out. Oh my, I love this cat. The second lesson of Blue Cat in the Jungle by Johanna Virtanen is complete and it’s all about […]
Heather Gauthier Joins the fun!
Yesterday I introduced our new Mystery Class starting in June. It was designed by our newest designer Heather Gauthier. Heather’s animals are elegant and quirky all at the same time. They look so fun to stitch! Time to get busy. In addition to Chinchillin our Mystery Class we have Paper Flower Tiger Le Chat Noir […]
Chinchillin
We have a new artist, and if you know me, you know I love launching new artists with a mystery class! Allow me to introduce Heather Gauthier. Her work is whimsical and quirky. I love that in an artist. This is Chinchillin! and he will be our mystery class for June and July. Class cost […]
