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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Connie!
If you are on facebook in any of the needlepoint groups you have probably seen the beautiful stitching of Connie Pickering Stover. Her colors are bright, her designs are strong and contemporary. It’s all fresh and happy and perfect for a sunny day. Aren’t these just amazing? I am delighted to announce that we are […]
… and Dots Become Flowers
Today was lesson three of Fantail by ellen giggenbach our current mystery class. The last class was all about dots. Dots, dots and more dots. And yes, there are more dots to come, but today we morphed the dots into flowers. Not a big jump but it’s oh so pretty. The cute little round stitches […]
Pretty Jessicas all in a Row
I’ve been thinking about collages lately. So what better time than now to start this great collage by ellen giggenbach, Fantail. This is our newest Mystery Class and with 5 lessons it will take us well into May to stitch. There’s lots of time to explore different areas. The first area we stitched is the […]
Monster Mayhem from Sandra Vargas!
You know how much we love Sandra Vargas and when she showed us these monsters, I knew they were destined to be a super, silly fun club. Join us for one monster canvas a month complete with stitch guide by Gale Washington. What can I say, they appeal to my quirky side. Allow me to […]
Atomic Power!
Here we are with the final lesson of the Cat and Mouse Game Mystery Class. What a game it was! Each area of the canvas called for fun patterned stitches. It was complete in two short lessons. Check out this little mouse. He’s so round and fluffy. I couldn’t resist giving him ribbon ears. His […]
Fab Funky
I keep telling myself I am going to start doing TBT but somehow I miss Thursday and then, well you know how that goes. Today is Thursday and it’s actually happening. I still have 51 minutes. I’m good right? Fab Funky is a super fun line of canvases we licensed 5 years ago. They are still […]
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Spring has sprung! It was over 80 today, truly hard to believe for the end of February. What’s going on? I guess the weather gods know its time to announce our Spring Mystery Class. Check out this fabulous canvas from ellen giggenbach! Fantail I love it. It’s going to be super fun. I have surprises […]
New Lulu
You know I love lulu’s canvases. Each is cuter than the next, which is why I am always so excited when I get to show off new Lulu and twice as excited when I get to say that one has a stitchguide! Woo Hoo! Here’s the Garden Angel just in time for spring. Patty started […]
Copyright
Copyright is a big deal. It’s one we don’t address often enough. We know the difference between right and wrong. We know what we should and shouldn’t do. But sometimes we think, “Oh, I’m just sharing this stitch guide/beadwork pattern with my friend. It doesn’t hurt anyone.” It does have an impact. Even sharing just […]
Let’s Celebrate!
Join us March 16-18 for all things Kelly Clark. OMG! This is going to be so fun. Kelly has designed a beautiful piece just for us and is working on the stitchguide for it. It will have patterned stitches and ribbons and beads and stumpwork, Oh My! All the things we love about Kelly rolled into one […]
Wishing you a Merry Merry Holiday
From all of us at Bedecked and Beadazzled, may your holidays be sparkling and bright. xo ruth
Funny How the Mind Works……
So, I’m working on creating new videos when the muse strikes and the planets align. But then I have to remember to post them! LOL. I made this video while stitching the Hare and the Crow by Brenda Stofft to show how I handled working Japanese Ribbon Stitch for a large curvy leaf. And it […]
The hare and the crow
walked into a bar…… no, that’s a different story 🙂 The Hare and the Crow is a beautiful interpretation of Amanda Clark’s work by Brenda Stofft. Wowza, so pretty. We stitched this canvas as our Thanksgiving weekend class and it was lots of fun. There are lots of good counted stitches featuring yummy threads from […]
From Life to Sketch
… To Needlepoint Kimberly Santini is one of our artists. I have loved her work since day one. I found her on the internet and bought one of her paintings. You Are My Sunshine, 2011 It reminded me of Max when he was a kitten 🙂 Love big kitty ears. Over the years I have […]
