Archive for the 'design work' Category
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Color Choices
One of the hardest parts in design work is deciding on colors. It takes real work to select colors to stitch with that are best for the design, work well together and complement and/or stand out from the fabric. Add to this considerations of is the thread readily available and how much do the threads [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on December 4th, 2011 tagged design work | 1 Comment »
Digital design
When I first started designing, everything was done by hand. There weren’t computer programs for printing charts. I would draw, trace onto graph paper and then painstakingly fill in all the graph squares with symbols by hand. I even did this on a large two foot square dragon design. I’m not sure why I spent [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on November 19th, 2011 tagged design work | Comment now »
Science Fiction and S4L Book Club
While Jen’s away, the Kat will play! The Stitching for Literacy Book Club book for July is Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. About a year ago, Jen wrote a post on her blog comparing genres of books to the tastes of different foods. So for Jen, fantasy books taste like mashed potatoes and all [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on June 21st, 2011 tagged book review, design work | 1 Comment »
Good things come in three’s
Good things come in three’s – like new designs, and yes, I have three of them. First, there’s a brand new Mini-Impressionism design. Mini-impressionism designs are finished to a 5×5 size and are designed to look like an impressionist painting. That means all whole stitches – no backstitching or partial stitches! This one was designed [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on April 14th, 2011 tagged design work, new releases | 19 Comments »
The Stitching Engineer
I have gone against the hive mind – that may be dangerous. A few weeks ago, I posted these color tests for a new design on two different fabrics: The hive mind chose the darker fabric. I liked the look of it as well. What I should have done, though, was approach this [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on December 10th, 2010 tagged design work, stitching | 2 Comments »
A Plethora of Unrelated Items
First, winners of the Cross Eyed Kat Needlework Show doorprizes have been notified by email. The winners are: Thomas Lisa M Sidra G If you’re a winner, check your inbox because I need your snail mail address! Second, the following people submitted ideas for Christmas Ornaments in the Advent Ornament series and their ideas became [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on April 29th, 2010 tagged contest winners, design work | 3 Comments »
Stop the Presses!
I was collating patterns last night and noticed a huge mistake! Argh! I don’t know how many patterns have gone out with this error, since the pattern was correct when I first printed it! I think Mocha may have jumped on the keyboard and done some major damage to the new “Hopping Over” pattern. Somehow, [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on April 1st, 2010 tagged April 1, design work | Comment now »
Knowing when to say “When”
I was working diligently away on my Cheshire cat this weekend, when I got to this point: And realized that Mr. Cheshire had a slight resemblance to The Joker. This resemblance is dimished somewhat as I continue to fill in the rest of the face, but all the remaining bits are white, so I’m not [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on March 29th, 2010 tagged design work | 5 Comments »
Trying to Think Christmas in February
We just got all the Christmas “stuff” put away, so why am I trying to think Christmas? Well, I’m behind on my Christmas Ornament designs, so I’m trying to work on that in my head while my fingers are stitching for spring! Items accomplished from my to-do list for Nashville: One. I finished stitching on [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on February 2nd, 2010 tagged design work | 1 Comment »
So Much to Do, I’m Getting Dizzy
Are you dizzy yet? The Nashville Market is just four weekends away! This is a wholesale cross-stitch market where designers and vendors, like myself, attempt to convice the local needlework shops from across the country that we have The Next Big Thing ™. Here’s my to do list: 1. Frame and Photograph “Dragon Tattoo” 2. [...]