STITCHING IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY

Finishing Friday..

I thought I would share some finishing with you today.

We got the "Horse Play" canvas back from the finisher and I love how they turned out.

The canvas and guides are available so give us a call if you would like to order any of them. Canvas are from Raymond Crawford Designs and the stitch guides were done by Corliss Englert.

Pat N. finished her "Wright Friends" from a class with Tony Minieri last summer. She had it framed at Blue Sky's framing across the street from the store.

Charlie M. got back her Texas Flag.

I decided I needed to start doing Share a Stitch on Friday's so that you would have it for the weekends.

Today's stitch is a "4-way Ming".

Assuming you have a fairly large area I think that this would be wonderful for a Santa coat or evening gown.

Use an over dyed thread for the straight stitches and a metallic or very velvet for the centers.

Corliss is working away on the first "Halloween Ball" canvas. She is turning out wonderfully.

The first on the series will ship in July. It is not too late to sign up. For more information click here.

Have you been to the web store lately..it is worth the trip.

Have a safe Memorial Day weekend. It is finally raining here in Central Texas and Lake Travis is on the way up. It is down almost 50 feet but has come up about 6 feet in the last 2 weeks.

Rainy weather is great stitching weather!

 

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Happy New Year 2015

 

 

I hope everyone had a safe and joyful Holidays. The staff at The Needle Works had a very restful break and are ready to hit the ground running.

Lisa has been loading new items into the web store and they started to show up yesterday. Each day about 15-20 new items will load, so be sure and check the store daily.

The Needle Works Web Store

Corliss and I leave for Market on Friday, so be sure and follow the blog closely so you don't miss anything. We will also be Twittering from the show floor (hopefully).

Melissa Shirley has posted he new canvas for the show this weekend on her website. Take a look and let me know what you want and I will order it at Market.

Melissa Shirley Designs

Corliss has 5 of the Horses done and I am hard pressed to pick a favorite. I can't wait to get them to the finisher.

Now for a couple of changes....

Studio Time will be going to 2 1/2 hours and be $20.00. It has been 15 years since we had a price increase and we decided to add to the time a bit as well.

Be sure and check the Calender for dates and times. When we have national teachers in town or any other classes going on, we do not have Studio Time.

 

Now for the first Share a Stitch of the New Year. Working on a project I wanted something different for a feather look so I took a stitch put of the Landscapes book and modified it a little bit and actually came up with 2 stitches. I also think the second one might be nice for a stormy sky.

 

Hope to see you in 2015...

Colleen, Corlis, Eleonore, Ann, Jennie, Lisa, Carol, Ginger and Inez