Archive for September, 2008
Bracelet Envy
Look at what I made!
I’m taking a class from Jen Funk-Weber and managed to finish last night.
This is what it looks like laid flat:
And this is what the back looks like:
That’s a herringbone stitch in blue thread on blue fabric in case you can’t tell.
I also spent Friday night and Saturday morning making this hat:
It [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on September 29th, 2008 tagged contest, knitting, stitching | Comment now »
Behind the scenes
I thought readers might be interested in the process that happens after the stitching of a model is finished and before chart production.
First I give the finished piece a quick bath:
Now because I am more interested in getting the design ready for photography, I don’t soak finished designs in orvus or anything. I just [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on September 25th, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | 31 Comments »
A more detailed Tour of Missouri, then more cross stitch
While escaping from Hurricane Ike, DH and I found in Missouri a cosmic collision of bicycling and cross-stitch. How often does a professional bicycling race coincide with a TNNA trade show? Ok, there’s a chance it might happen every year now, but since this was only the second year of the Tour of [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on September 24th, 2008 tagged TNNA, cycling, design work, famous people, stitching, travel | 48 Comments »
Top five things that are wrong with MobileMe
Ok, I admit to being a bit of a techno-geek. We invested in MobileMe earlier this year thinking it would speed up email to the iPhone and be a good repository for documents that need to be accessed from multiple machines. I often have to transfer cross-stitch files from a development system to [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on September 22nd, 2008 tagged tech | 1 Comment »
Yar! Avast! Stitch me a pirate cat!
Today is, of course, International Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Yarg! How do you like my virtual pirate get-up? The nifty things that webcams can do nowadays. I thought it was especially funny, since I was originally sitting in almost the same position as Wil Wheaton.
Here in Houston, I’m still recovering from both [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on September 19th, 2008 tagged design work, stitching | 2 Comments »
Evacuation Vacation
It has been quite busy lately around the Cross Eyed Kat lair. First, there was all the prep work to do for the St. Charles Market aka the Fall Needlework Market. Once I got everything to this state, I still had to do the printing. This was a bit tricky as I [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on September 18th, 2008 tagged TNNA, cycling, travel | Comment now »
Sneak Preview
I am getting ready for the Fall Needlework Market in St. Charles, MO, next week. Here’s a sneak preview of the new designs that will be available to shops there:
This is a set of three ornaments. The ornaments are four squares made up of a single motif; the sides are then folded in [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on September 5th, 2008 tagged TNNA, business, design work, news, stitching | 12 Comments »
If it’s not one thing, it’s another
First the Russians, now hurricanes! Thanks for all the good vibes from everyone. My brother and his family are doing fine, having spent a week as refugees in Armenia (it wasn’t all bad, apparently the hotel had a pool, so the kids had fun). They are now back in Tbilisi and keeping [...]