Summertime Stitching

Recently I was teaching at the EGA GPR seminar in Reno and a student brought her finished Shorebird Avocet project for me to see.  She had finished it to hang from a pretty twisted cord and it was so cute!  Lots of us have someplace in our homes with a seashore theme (a seashell collection?).  Easy to take on a trip.  Here is a picture of the kit choices and a link to the page:  

Update:  The new colorway of Casbah is coming along and a photo should be available no later than August 15th.  The design is also being enlarged and is growing from 5-1/2" square to 7" square.  

The second in the mini geometric series has been delayed, but I am working on it and photo of it should be available by October 15th.  

We have been spending lots of time adding complete - ready to go- kits of many retired designs.  I am happy to say they are popular and we are slowly building up the availability.  I just added an update under each "Design and Kits for Sale" column the number of kits available.  If there is no number listed and you want one of those kits, please send me an email.

Happy stitching.

New Kit Available

 I have definitely too many things going right now but I am happy to say Shorebird Avocet is now ready to go with options, including stretcher bars and threads kit on Twitchetts cards and thread ring to add to the colorwashed 18-count canvas and wire-bound 1/2 size instruction book. 

 I have included a photo of the thread kit which is available.  It has 14 different threads, including Thread Gatherers' Sea Grass and Oriental Linen plus a few several other over-dyed and hand-dyed threads..... lots of texture.  As you can see, these are all partial skeins, but there's plenty to complete the project with enough for a few options.  Of course this could also be a good project to sort through stash!

My next order of business is to create the Description Page, so it will be on the website in about an hour. 

I hope you enjoy it!

Shorebird Stitching

Announcing SHOREBIRD - AVOCET

This past weekend was our second Stitchers Retreat and it was great fun! We all actually got a bit of stitchng done, when not chatting, catching up and snacking...not necessarily in that order. The project for this event was the Shorebird - Avocet. It's another small take-along project....just 3" X 6' and includes some interesting threads such as Sea Grass and Oriental Linen. I plan to have it ready for it's kit debut by April 1st and it will be available with options, just like Bargello Button, including stretcher bars and threads kit on Twitchetts cards and thread ring to add to the colorwashed 18-count canvas and wire-bound 1/2 size instruction book.  So be on the look out for it!

Now back to preparations for my next workshop.....Whirlygig........in just over two weeks!  Lots to do before shipping the "kit box" on Monday. 

Happy Stitching.