Needlepoint Nation Nashville Retreat & Trunk Show!

I'm off tomorrow to enjoy a weekend stitching retreat at Nashville Needleworks!  Columbus Day weekend marks the annual get-together held at the shop for the members of the Needlepoint Group on Facebook, a.k.a.s. "Needlepoint Nation".  Really looking forward to this one as there will be as many new people to meet as there will be older ones that I haven't seen since the Austin NN retreat.  My trunk show will be there along with me, here's a photo of all the models that will be on display in the shop:

Hope some of you may be able to stop by and say hello!  The trunk show should be there until the end of the month.

Down to the Wire!

As usual, I posted my stitching photos for the September clue for the Stitching Games on the evening of the last day.  This month was over before I had realized it had begun!  So for this clue, "granny" I did a little word association thing, as in "Granny has gone bats and started to collect a lot of cats", so  stitched in the words cats and bats on my canvas.  Here they are, although I haven't finished the letters on the bats panel yet. (Told you I was running behind this month!)

Judy's Owls

Judy G. has recently finished stitching all six of my Hoot Hoot! owls, using my stitch guides but her own stash threads, and they came out great, like all of Judy's stitching.  I'm so happy to show the whole set off to you here today.  Hopefully sometime soon I'll have more photos, when they come back from the finishers!

Holiday Owl

 Spring Fever Owl

Patriot Owl

Harvest Owl

Winter Snowy Owl

Spooky Owl

Just a Few More Days to Register for Mod Ornaments Mystery!

Here's a photo to tempt you!  Sandra Arthur has been fine tuning the thread kits for the Mod Ornaments class, here's a peek at some of the contenders!

Remember to send Sandy an email to confirm your registration by September 15th, and be sure to consider joining the Yahoo Discussion Group that she has set up for the class-- it's sure to be informative and fun.

There are several stores participating in the Mystery, and you can sign up that way too.  3 Kittens Needle Arts have set up a Stitch-a-Long style class, you can find sign up information here.  Serendipity Needle Works in Alabama also is participating, sign up with them here.

Hope you decide to play along with us, it's going to be so much fun! 

New Cuff Bracelet Design for Needlepoint Now-- Witches' Familiars

My newest design for Needlepoint Now is officially available!  This is the second in a series of cuff bracelet designs that I started with the Tropicana Cuff.  This is a Halloween theme that can easily be adapted to any theme you would like-- your favorite holiday or hobby or color, a perfect piece to use that special color thread or embellishment that you've been looking to showcase.  I hope you'll have fun experimenting with this design.  Be sure to send me a picture of what you come up with so I can showcase it here!