At the moment I am living in what is complete chaos. We’re getting ready to put our house on the market and so we are fixing things up. There is not one room in my entire house, except the powder room and the upstairs bath which isn’t a disaster. All three of my kids are hone at the moment, but all three will be leaving sometime in August. One is moving out, one is returning to college, and the third has to clean out her room after moving out three years ago. So that’s the upstairs. The master bath has painter stuff in the bathtub, which isn’t too bad. The dining room, which normally just has my shipping supplies, now also has storage boxes, some partially filled boxes, storage box storage and some of the contents of my kitchen. The pantry is in boxes in the front hall (they redoing
Monthly Archive:: July 2008
Stitchlady took up Jocelyn’s idea for doodle needlepoint and did her own. The results, with lots of pictures, are now posted on her blog. It’s a neat idea for doodling. She outlined each area and then filled it in with different threads and stitches, looking for balance and texture. Jocelyn’s was done in Tent Stitch and is very geometric. Stitchlady’s has a landscape feel about it and is on a much larger scale. Both are lots of fun. I’ve been thinking about this and looking for ideas with a similar feel if you are uncomfortable with doing something freeform. At our local bookstore I saw book on decorating which had some great needlepoint ideas along this line. This bears lots of similarities to my Scrap Bag Needlepoint technique and is tons of fun to do. I’m thinking of making one or two to cover an old pillow and a footstool
Do you stitch in public? Do you want to show off your lovely needlework & get others interested in stitching? On September 3, you will have a perfect opportunity to do so, with National Stitch in Public Day. This event commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the found of EGA. There will be lots of public events in Louisville at that time (during EGA’s National Seminar that week). But let’s have a real show of stitching by having stitch in public events all across the country. Knitters have done this often to generate publicity, and we can do the same thing. Here are some ideas: Do you commute to work? Do you have friends who ride with you who stitch? Everyone bring a project and stitch on the bus, train, ferry, or carpool. Do you have time during the rush hour to hang out? Even if it’s only a couple of
My friend Anne Stradal just finished this pillow and sent the picture to me this morning. I love it so much I just had to share it with you. Besides being wonderfully gorgeous, the background is a great idea for you to use with your scrap threads. Here’s what Anne has to say about the project: It all started out when I discovered Fleur de Paris had discontinued its line of fine mesh velour. I have a ton of it, but didn’t want to use it for a design that would call for a stitch guide, because people would have to scramble to find a substitute [I know the feeling - J]. I decided instead to design a pillow insert for my own newly remodeled family room. I chose four of my own designs based on Pueblo Indian pottery as the central motif. The one common element in all of
While Matisse is not my favorite artist, I do love his cut-outs and think those bold shapes and colors look glorious translated into needlepoint. But what if I want it to look a little different? On my own it would be hard to combine elements from two or more cut-outs into a single piece, but with this widget I can combine stuff to my heart’s content. I can make elements larger or smaller, rotate them, or remove them. If I don’t like, I can clear it and start again. The only thing I can’t do here is change the colors. And when I’m done I can print the result on color. From there I can make it larger, trace it onto canvas and pick colors. Pretty good for something which is so much fun! Try it for yourself! The widget’s home page is at http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/MatisseArtist