In the spring of 2011 I released two new designs for
2011:
Cat's Eyes and
Mirror,
Mirror.
In August, 2011 I released A Different View
which is highly customizable to your tastes. In the fall I finished working on
Diamond
Eyes.
This design
is inspired by an image from our kaleidoscope collection. This time I
attempted to have the design motifs be more interactive, while still using
many fibers and stitches. I love finding or inventing stitches to go into
just the right niche. I also love how using beads and crystals add
such a third dimension to the finished work. The initial piece is named
after Cleopatra since it has the cat's eyes and the jewels. We settled on
Cat's Eyes for the design, and named each after a famous somewhat mystical
woman. This is my third design. Hope you like it. It has been very well
received (Cleopatra's Eyes took first place at
Woodlawn Needlework show in 2011
and Venus' Eyes took Best in Show at the
Fiber Arts Fiesta 2011)!
The finished work is approximately 11"x11" on
18 point mono canvas. Of course it is possible to stop at a number of
intermediate points in the design and have a smaller finished piece.
This is a smaller and easier design that takes one section and its mirror
image to make up the entire design.
I
believe people will enjoy stitching it because once you have the first
section done you know how to do the stitches, however the orientation
changes, but a simple rotation of the canvas is all that is necessary. Again
I have stitched three different colorways which yielded quite different
results. I've added beads and crystals to embellish the end result, and you
may too if you wish. The finished work is approximately 6.5"x6.5" on 18
point mono canvas. All three of these colorways are identical stitches, just
different threads and colors.
My 16 year daughter Kiernin recently finished her first needlework
piece. I let her free in the thread store and she came up with
Carribean
Seas.
I've finished this
project. I know some of you have been patiently waiting. I am excited about how it turned out. The pictures aren't the
best as some of the mat lines seem bent; I attribute that to my
photographer and the lens that was used. As you can see there are
four separate large panels. I have six different panels written up
for you to choose from. It is possible to do individual panels as an
ornament or small piece as well. All these choices will allow you to customize your piece to
your taste, or reproduce what I have done! The
finished piece is approximately 10"x10" on 18 point mono canvas.
Diamond Eyes concentrates
on some fun stitches I have run across. I also wanted to expiement with a
round result as opposed to squares. I started in mid August and finished
three colorways and the design write up by mid October; a month ahead of
my original schedule. Oddly the Dazzle colorway is getting picked as many
peoples favorite. It is a bit jumpy, but different from the more
traditionaly color schemes.
Click to see the
progression (last
update 10/15) of work on the colorways. I have begun taking orders as of
October 15, 2011. The finished piece is approximately 10"x10" on
18 point mono canvas.
