This week is off to a good start with lots of things being wrapped up in the finishing department! The only thing better than putting that last stitch into a project is getting said project back from the finishers. That's when you really get the satisfaction of a job well done, whether you are gifting the piece or displaying it in your own home.
Judy, who was among the first to finish her Sammy Challenge over on Stitcherie, is now the first to get him back from the finisher. What a great job, I love the summery fabric chosen for this banner, it makes it perfect for hanging out the whole season long! Congrats to you Judy!
Here is yet another fabulous finish of a CandyLand Christmas Tree Farm, in yet another great fabric color option! Am I going to be the very last one to finish stitching mine? And will I ever be able to choose between the aqua version, the orange/pink option and now this terrific white/gold option?? I suppose I have a lot to think about while I work on getting it stitched. Great work from West Coast Finishing once again.
I even did a little finishing of my own this week and no one is more surprised than me that I wrapped this one up pretty quickly! Needlepoint Now returned my stitched model of Prismatic Quartet a couple weeks back and I immediately started procrastinating about getting it finished. Since getting a sewing machine for Christmas last year, I now feel almost obligated to do some of my own finishing, so I set about making up this pillow, which I then hand-sewed the needlepoint to. I expected to spend most of the weekend on this, but I was done with it by Friday, yippee!
I also finished stitching Tahiti by Needle Delights Originals last week, so I popped it into this temporary frame for display while I decide on a permanent frame. I like to keep a few "stock-size" frames handy just for this purpose, it keeps me from storing completed stitching away and out of sight, where it tends to languish. This way I can enjoy it and hopefully it will speed along the process of getting it out to the actual framer!
In other news this week, the Black Eyed Susans Chapter of the ANG, located in Maryland, is getting ready to work on Prismatic Quartet. Hope they will have as much fun with it as I did! They will be meeting June 21 at The Meeting House, 5885 Robert Oliver Place in Columbia, MD at 7:15pm. Contact them for more information at BlackEyedSusansChapter@needlepoint.org. Hope you can join them!
Finally, I sent out a newsletter over the weekend regarding the new designs I will be releasing this month in time for the big Summer TNNA Needlework Market as well as upcoming classes. If you would like to sign up for my newsletter please send me an email. If you would like to see older edition newsletters, I have them archived on my Facebook page.
Wow, that's a lot of news for so early in the week! Hope your week has gotten off to a good start as well-- until next time, Happy Stitching!
Bunches of cute finishes. I love it!
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