I like stitching pieces for cards, you can send them away with a nice note to a friend or use as they are in a window card as your stitched piece is already framed, ready to sit about a room … Read more
Slender card, blue design
Card, Lilies of the Valley
Card, Lily of the Valley[/caption]What a neat week I have had. My sister Carol came for a visit, we chatted and stitched … quite enjoying ourselves.
Though Carol’s birthday isn’t until May, I gave her the Lily of the Valley … Read more
Bellpull, mustard colors
I noticed a narrow area on a hallway wall that got strong morning sun and thought, here is a need for a bellpull.
I wanted to stitch a design utilizing colors that I would seldom pick from my stash and … Read more
Bellpull, EGA Sampler
Starting January 2011 through late Fall 2011, the Oatlands (Virginia) EGA chapter offered member lead classes to do this nearly 36 inch long sampler.
Instructions came from EGA’s publication NeedleArts (issues June 2005 through March 2006), project called Mystery Sampler … Read more
Seafoam Bookmark
This is one of my first hardanger worked pieces.
For my beach and sea colors I selected to use Caron Wildflower, Aquamarine which is 100% Pima cotton. Single strand, it is a one ply that is equivalent to size #8 … Read more
Violets and Butterflies, Needle Painting
I greatly enjoy the Trish Burr’s kits, especially the fabric she uses such that I added two butterflies onto this piece so I could do a bit more stitching on the fabric.
Stitched design area is about 6 inch square. … Read more
Iris and Fans, Nancy Buhl
Iris and Fans, a counted canvas needlework piece, is sold under Nancy Needle’s and are design by Nancy Buhl.
Stitched on 18 count Eggshell Mono Canvas using various shades of DMC size 5 floss along with several speciality threads: Caron … Read more