Stitch With Me

I think Coni may have said it best.

I’ve been terribly remiss about posting here.

My official excuse is that Flickr has changed the way you get a URL to post pictures.  I can’t figure out how to do it anymore. So, the cumbersome way I can figure out how to do it is download a picture from flickr to my computer and then upload to WordPress.   When I describe it that way, it doesn’t sound as cumbersome as it feels when I’m actually doing it.

I finished this last summer:

This is a GCHDesigns piece.  I stitched it for the ANG Auction. I doubt it made it into the auction at Columbus but I’m sure it will make it into the auction in San Antonio.

I finished this:

and this

and this

These are all three designs from the fabulous Squiggee Designs.  They are available through your local needlework store who can order them from me.  I don’t remember if I have any of GG the Gator in stock but I’ve got one or two of those sweaters.  Those were so easy to stitch, they made up quickly and were fun to do.

This being a needlework distributor is new to us but it has been a good learning experience.  I have been very pleased with the needlepoint painters.  Their work is excellent and the prices are very reasonable.  I’m also excited to meet store owners and others who love needlepoint as much as I do.

For instance, did you know that Carolyn Baird has a new needlepoint book, Needlepointing in Your Nest out this year?  Yes, I got to look at it and actually speak to Carolyn.  And you know what?  She is really nice!   And I feel like I acted like a star struck girl squee’ing when I realized who she was.

I finished this christmas ornament for my new niece, Savannah.

I can’t remember whose design this is.  I had it in my stash and picked it since she wasn’t born until late in the summer and I felt like I needed to get it of to the finishers ASAP.  Gail made the tag with the year, and her name which you can’t see.  The tags turned out fabulously an really added an element to the little bitty stocking.

I finished the Christmas Ornaments for the kids.  These are from Barbara Bergsten Designs.  I ordered them before I knew I was going to be handling the Squiggee Line and before I knew about the youngest addition.  This one is Jacob’s Ornament

this one is Sophie’s Ornament

and this one is Lizzie’s

So, I can’t add these to my sidebar anymore.  (See above problem with Flickr photos above.)

I’ve been keeping busy. I’ve been stitching on this beautiful kneeler Gail Hendrix did for me.

I got the thread from my friend, Marianne Goodman Smith at Needlepoint in the 21st Century.  She graciously donated the thread so I could stitch it.

I’ve also been stitching on ornaments Gail made to add to the line for 2011.  I have finished one and am working on the other three.  Aren’t they adorable?

I started with the youngest.  Which is Savannah’s ornament:

I’ve stitched this almost entirely in Planet Earth Fibers.  It is a scrumptious thread in very vibrant colors.  The silk thread is just right for 13 hpi canvas.  They even have a thread that has a shiny filiment in it that gives a nice shimmer without being overpowering.

Next is Sophie’s Ornament.

Jacob’s Ornament

And finally, Lizzie’s Ornament:

I will have these at market.  They are even more adorable in person than in the pictures.  Come by and see this, and all the Squiggee Designs as well as some of the more classic GCHendrix designs at Long Beach!

I’ve been remiss about posting here.

Real life interfers.  We’re preparing for the Long Beach Needlepoint market where we will have a bunch of new Squiggee Designs.  I’m a little nervous and a little overwhelmed.  We’ll get through it but the learning curve is a little steeper than I realized.

I’ve learned of something new, for my Android Phone, that I thought I’d share.

SuZy’s Portable Stitches.  I found it in the Android Marketplace of my phone when I was searching for Apps.   I searched for needlework and this book came up!  It was $10.00 and has 250 stitches.  You can look them up by stitch name or by use, i.e. if you are looking for a stitch to use for a belt she makes several suggestions.

I’ve enjoyed just looking at the stitch diagrams but I think it will be very helpful, especially when traveling.

Dangerous Duds

Originally uploaded by StitchingLawyer.

This is another of Squiggee’s Designs, Dangerous Duds that came from the finisher in the same package.

These two designs made up so quickly and are back just in time to decorate for Halloween.

Jack’s Jumper

Originally uploaded by StitchingLawyer.

This is one of Squiggee’s new Design’s Jack’s Jumper that just came back from the finisher. He is sssssooooo cute!