It's been a decade since I've posted! Wow, time flies.
I thought I would dust off the old blog and post about my stitching and keep it as a diary of sorts for my creative endeavors. Hopefully, I will remember how to post pictures!
It's been a great decade, we have retired, I've painted, stitched and my husband and I have a side business making needlework lapstands. I will put some pictures here:
Our lapstand story began with Vonna, she asked my husband to build her the ultimate lapstand. They went back and forth and this is the product of his collaboration with her. She encouraged him to market them. She posted a video on flosstube reviewing the stand he made for her and BOOM! We are now in the lapstand business! We will be forever grateful to her for her friendship and her encouragement. WE LOVE YOU!
You can purchase them at www.Hobbyhouseneedleworks.com. We have partnered with them to market our stands. There are 3 sizes (23", 21" and 18") and 3 different woods (Oak, Cherry and Black Walnut).
Stitching wise, there have been a lot of Wips, some finishes which I will post as we move along.
My latest finish is Teresa Kogut's Vintage Black Cats from her book, Hello Halloween. I stitched him on 20ct Tiger's Eye linen (Weeks) with DMC #5 Pearl cotton. He is such a dapper fellow!
Vonna finished him for me and as usual, the finish is exquisite!
The next finish I want to post for now is my Christmas Sampler. This is my adaptation of With Thy Needle and Thread's, Noel Sampler. Some of the changes I made include rearranging the alphabet, replacing the Noel at the top left of the sampler with a snowflake, adding cardinals to the alphabet band adding a band of snowflakes. I added the bottom band of a sweet couple walking through the pines with their dog too.
The sampler is stitched on a mystery 36ct linen using the DMC threads called out on the pattern.
Expertly framed locally by Jeff at Che Bella! I am so looking forward to hanging this sampler at Christmas and throughout Winter.
Well, that's all for now! It's Murphy time and my stitching is calling.
