Archive for the 'NeedleArts' Category
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The business side of stitching
Last weekend was the Nashville Needlework Market, which is a trade show where cross-stitch designers (like myself), thread manufacturers, fabric dyers, and other gizmo wholesalers try to convince needlework shop owners that we have the best new thing since sliced bread and they should buy our products. Shop owners, meanwhile, are trying to figure [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on February 13th, 2009 tagged Market, NeedleArts, business | 2 Comments »
Consistency – Have you seen mine?
I just realized as I’m working on the sketch for page four of The Tale of Briar Rose, that I didn’t keep the symbol set consistent between the charts for page one and page two. That kind of thing drives me crazy. What am I talking about? Imagine, for instance, that in [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 23rd, 2009 tagged NeedleArts | 1 Comment »
Countdown to Nashville Market
T-16 days.
Here is my completed production run:
This stack doesn’t include existing inventory of charts. I am tempted to print additional charts for the new stuff. It all depends on how popular everything will be. I am saying that I’m not doing any more single-page sheet charts after this. Because I have [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 21st, 2009 tagged Blogroll, NeedleArts | Comment now »
Is that a dead rat or are you just happy to see me?
Kindof scary looking isn’t it? That’s 10 inches of my hair, which I’ll be sending off to Locks of Love soon. I’ve had a big cut before, but never saved it all in one chunk.
Here’s what my hair looks like now:
So it isn’t exactly short, but no longer uber-long. I’m really happy [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 20th, 2009 tagged NeedleArts | 4 Comments »
The Back in Time Machine: A Birthday
Oh, yeah, you can’t get to the New Year without going through my birthday. That’s what happens when you are born in late December. I spent most of the day at the LNS since I was on vacation. DH and I made these lovely cupcakes:
We decorated the cupcakes with Oreo halves, Oreo [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 15th, 2009 tagged NeedleArts | 1 Comment »
The Back in Time Machine: Thanksgiving
I finally downloaded pictures from my camera, so you’re going to be treated to a bit of the past.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, DH, Mocha and I went off to Baton Rouge for Thanksgiving. We feasted there with my Mom; no rare Who-Roast-Beast, but plenty of Turkey and trimmings. The day [...]