February 2011 Blog Posts (3)

Color Inside the Lines? Yes indeed!

This is a checkbook cover called "Floating Flowers" that I did for the Spring 2011 issue of Spool magazine. I'm mailing this piece off to Ruth today and I realized how much it reminds me of coloring books. I LOVED coloring books when I was a kid. So fun to fill in those bold black outlines with colors. On this piece, I used DMC Memory Thread to couch along the edges of each flower. The difference between coloring books and needlepoint is that as a kid you tried to stay inside the lines with… Continue

Added by Ada Haydon on February 24, 2011 at 2:36pm — 3 Comments

Superbowl Stitching & UFOs

Keeping the husband company while he's watching football is a great time to work on UFOs. Thanks to the gazillion hours of Superbowl programming, I was able to finish two UFOs-- one of the Tickled Pink ornaments and a Vintage Candy Pail. Both of these are models that I plan on keeping for my own collection :) Sending them off to Ruth for finishing today, already can't wait to get them back!… Continue

Added by Ada Haydon on February 7, 2011 at 2:15pm — 8 Comments

Looking for Paterna wool in NW Chicagoland area

I have picked up a needlepoint piece I started working on in 1980. It is almost complete but I am out of one color. I am looking for a place in the Chicagoland area that sells Paterna wool. I will also need a color chart. I have 2 pieces to match up to the color chart. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Kandice

Added by Kandice VanCalbergh on February 5, 2011 at 7:02pm — 1 Comment

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