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 […]
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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 […]
PSA
Blog posts are currently a bit intermittent. We are busy as bees at the hive. This isn’t the blog post I sat down to write. I guess that means you are getting another one tomorrow. At least I hope this means you are getting another one tomorrow. This pandemic has changed everything. Old news, I […]
Are you ready for a party?
Woo Hoo! The long awaited final lesson of Row of Ladies II is finally ready for prime-time viewing! I hope you love it. Six little ladies dressed for the occasion were designed by Lee and stitchguided by me. Each one is filled with fun stitches, threads and beads! You know I love beads. This was […]
Christmas in July?
Look what came back from the finisher and is already in its home in CA? The fabulous Dominic Bourbeau nativity from Tapestry Fair is a stunner. Kathy started this in embellishment class in January and finished it in no time flat. It was off to the finisher and back in time for her mid summer […]
Does my nose look big?
What a weekend! This past weekend was Zecca Retreat 2020. We had to change our format and do it via Zoom. Yes, you are tired of me saying that, but we had fun! It was a great group of ladies. Some new to zoom and some who have been doing it since this began. We […]
Swirls!
Time marches on and days blur together. Maybe they swirl together. In any case, I am late getting this blog post out. Last Sunday was our first lesson of our current mystery class Blissful Alignment by David Galchutt. I am in love with this piece. So much life and detail. I can’t wait to see […]
Repeat on Repeat
I received an email this morning from a lovely customer who wanted to know which canvases have stitchguides. I thought I should share the link again that sheds light on that answer. I know you love stitchguides. Who doesn’t? Follow along and stitch as directed to complete the project just like ours, or simply use […]
It’s a Pop Up!
Teresa Gorecki and I cooked up a little surprise for you beady ladies. We have put together a surprise pop up class, August 15 & 16th featuring her brand new design Northern Lights. Inspired by the Northern Lights, we see the brilliant greens, blues, purples and pink/reds of the Aurora Borealis at certain times under […]
Birds on a Branch
Three Birds is now complete! We had our final lesson via zoom Sunday and had a great time. There are so many little areas on this canvas begging to be filled with texture. That’s exactly what we did. We added French Knots, Bullion Stitches, Ruched Neon Rays+ and even chipped Check Purl to round out […]
Crop Circles
Kimberly of a Kimberly Design has the most clever way of looking at art. The things that come out of her mind never cease to amaze and amuse me. Crop Circles has been in her line for awhile but it only recently got the gift of a stitchguide from her talented fingers. And what a […]
Zecca Retreat on the Small Screen
Woo Hoo! It’s time to talk Zecca Retreat 2020! Zecca Retreat is a magical adventure that happens every 18 months. Karen (aka Zecca) designs something wonderfully whimsical, I write a stitchguide and we spend a few days stitching together. I love Zecca Retreat and this year is no different. Well it is different. Life is […]
Zoom-bellishment is in the books
What an adventure! We have the best of plans and then someone throws you a curveball. Yes, that is my one and only sports reference. We were scheduled to have our Spring embellishment class a few weeks ago but due to Covid we had to pivot. So, we took it to zoom! And I can […]
Tweet
The last of our sneak previews from zoom-bellishment is this darling bird from Johanna Virtanen. It’s small and sweet and you can just hear the music. For all of my bird lovers, here’s the link. Stay tuned, I have one last preview tomorrow and then the big reveal of what was stitched during class. xo […]
Sweater Dog
Does your dog wear a sweater? This dude does. New from Johanna Virtanen this was the perfect canvas for Sue in embellishment. A it was a dog and B it was uber colorful. That’s a match made in heaven! You are going to love this canvas even more when you see what we’ve done with […]
Fishies!
Now for something totally different. Jamie’s request for her embellishment project was this classic Laurel Burch canvas filled with fish! So many fun areas and opportunities for texture. Wait until you see this one in progress. If you are a fish lover or just love color, this may be the project for you, here’s the […]
The Newspaper
Today is the second day of Zoom-bellishment! We are all having so much fun. I still have a few remaining canvases to show you before the big reveal of all the beauties that are being created. Mary requested a guide for this super romantic Purple Palm canvas. Wait until you see the fashions on these […]
Key West
Today is the first day of Zoom-bellishment and I still have a few days of previews so stay tuned. More fun to come. Who wants to join Catherine on her imaginary trip to the sun? That’s where she’s going during Zoom-bellishment. There’s a lot going on in this canvas, shadows, buildings, plants, bikes, chickens and […]
