We all love new books right? Who doesn’t? Mary Legallet’s first book is a fan favorite and the second volume is sure to be too! It’s coming in January, 2021. Built off the format she uses on her blog, it not only features stitches she has published there with links to the stitched samples but […]
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With Gratitude
Wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your day. I wish to personally thank you for your support and love. It means so much to me that we have found each other in this great big world and that we get to create together. Thank you for your loyalty throughout the year. Thank […]
Fashion Forward
Our Lulu MyPinkTurtle Halloween Steampunk Fairy is dressed to the nines and ready to shine. She has a beaded bra that she made herself and flowers in her hair. She’s got spunk! Lulu’s canvases are always so fun to stitch. Lots of great areas to embellish! She made sequin and bead flowers for her hair. […]
Kelly Acorns!
We all love Kelly Clark right? Kelly has designed a brand new club for us! Halloween Acorns! The club will start in February with one acorn and stitchguide shipping each month. There is also an optional thread kit with all the threads for the series that can be shipped with the first kit. As […]
Drama!
Wow! Just Wow! I’m in love with the art of Jane Tattersfield. It’s all color and color and color and pattern. Swoon! And now these canvases have stitchguides from WhimsicalStitch.com. YAY! Here’s the link if you need a very colorful leopard in your life. or maybe an elephant? If you would like to take Mary’s embellishment […]
Springtime
I’m back on track sharing the final stitchguides from our Mary Legallet weekend. Two more beauties! Happiness is…a beautiful, colorful, happy canvas from Melissa Shirley and Annie OBrien Gonzales. In the Springtime is no exception. It exudes happiness. And now it has a stitchguide from WhimsicalStitch.com. YAY! Available on 18ct or 13ct this is going […]
ZOOM! with Marjorie
Marjorie Garcia Barnes is teaching for us! We love when Marjorie comes to teach, she is so much fun. Her designs are gorgeous and each is different from the next! This year she will be with us via the magic of zoom, all the way from China. Here’s the lineup. Onassis, December 12, 11-5 pm […]
Winter is Coming
It’s time to think about our Winter Mystery Class. We love working with Brenda Stofft and asked her to paint a beautiful winter scene for us. Here’s what she designed. I think it’s pretty wonderful! With each lesson more of the mystery is revealed. How cool is that? I am planning 4 classes for this […]
Happy Halloween
What’s better than a finishing post? Not much if you ask me. So allow me to show you two finishes of the Witch Shoe Collage our Halloween Mystery Class from 2019! Mine is framed with a black glitter mat and a shiny black frame. It’s subtle. What a novelty for me. Sue finished her’s as […]
Curls
Lesson two of Lulu Mypinkturtle’s Halloween Steampunk Fairy is the books. There’s one more lesson but since it is Halloween Eve I decided I really needed to share. She is a sweet spooky. You know, little girl spooky. The second lesson of this mystery class was all about her sparkly wings, her curls and her […]
Island Belles
So many colors, so many opportunities for stitches. A match made in heaven with the amazing stitchguide by Mary of WhimsicalStitch.com. This is Island Belles by Purple Palm It’s 8″ x 16″ handpainted on 18ct. How much fun will this be to stich? Here’s the link if you want to find out. 😉 Stay tuned […]
What a Garden!
So many colors in this garden full of succulents; each cactus is more dramatic than the next. And the sky! Oh my, the sky! Mary of WhimsicalStitch.com wrote an amazing stitchguide for the Desert Garden by Purple Palm. How much fun will this be to stich? Here’s the link if you want to find out. […]
Good Dog
And the fabulous new guides just keep coming! Mary of WhimsicalStitch.com wrote a super fun stitchguide for the White Dog by Zecca. This is one of zecca’s big bold canvases that make a statement. 9″ x 24″ tall! Do you need a dog in your life? Here’s the link. Stay tuned for more pretty pictures. […]
Such Happy Colors
Another fabulous day on Zoom at the Beehive. Mary Legallet of WhimsicalStitch.com was with us for a weekend of Embellishment Classes. This was another of the class canvases, Plumage by Maggie. Eleanor is stitching away and it’s gorgeous. I love the color! All roosters should be this colorful. Here’s the link if you love color […]
Vibrant
What a fun day! Mary Legallet of WhimsicalStitch.com is with us via Zoom for a wonderful weekend of Embellishment Classes. So many different projects. I’m loving showing you one new project each day. Happiness is pretty pictures in my email. Penny MacLeod designed this happy floral full of color and sparkle. Is there anything better? […]
Paradise Pals
It’s a beautiful day in the tropics. The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming and this gorgeous canvas by Charley Harper has a brand new WhimsicalStitch.com stitchguide! What a beauty. 23.5″ x 8″, this canvas makes a statement. It’s going to be a fun stitch! Here’s the link if you are feeling tropical. Stay […]
The first of many
Queue the parade! It’s time for embellishment! Mary Legallet of WhimsicalStitch.com will be hosting a Zoom Embellishment class with us this weekend. She has written fabulous guides. Yes, I peeked while packing the boxes. All of her students are ready and waiting and some are even stitching already. It’s going to be a grand time. […]
Easy Peasy Lesson One
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 […]
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 […]
