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Getaway 2011 Report
Last weekend, I went to the stitching get away put on by 3 Stitches. the get away is held away from it all in the piney woods near Huntsville, Texas. First, I’ll start with the stash: A mesh bag, a kitty-cat tray, a pair of black Dovos, a cat scissor fob, another pair of scissors [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on March 30th, 2011 tagged stitching, travel | Comment now »
2010 A crazy year
2010 ended up being a busy year, busier than I thought it would be back in January. In February, I went to the Nashville Market and hung out with some other crazy designers: I also went to the Houston Rodeo cookoff: By March I was stopping to smell the flowers: And in April, I did [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 5th, 2011 tagged stitching | 2 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 »
Look who I ran into!
Hey, look, it’s Elizabeth Talledo from Dames of the Needle! I was lucky enough to get to hang out with her after she taught class at 3 Stitches in Spring, TX. And you never know what trouble two designers will cause!
Published by cross eyed kat on October 27th, 2010 tagged stitching | 1 Comment »
Signs of Fall
One thing about moving is getting used to climate changes. Now, Austin isn’t that far away from Houston (about 180 miles), but the climate is different. It is much drier here and I already know that the temperature gets higher in the summer. But what is the fall and winter like? So far we’ve had [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on October 24th, 2010 tagged just life, stitching | 1 Comment »
Bringing a design to life
I’m still stitching the fifth Briar Rose design, but here you can see it being stitched: I hope everyone is enjoying The Needlework Show; I always love to see all the new things that are coming out. Be sure to ask your local shop to order any designs you like! If you leave a comment [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on October 22nd, 2010 tagged stitching | 13 Comments »
I’m Running Away
Ok, first, did everyone like the April fool’s post? I had fun doing it. For the record, there are no (known) misprints on “Hopping Over”. I’m not really running away, I’m just going to a stitching retreat for the weekend! I’m counting down the hours. Last night I was a tornado of cleaning and packing. [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on April 9th, 2010 tagged stitching | 10 Comments »
I’ve been stitching
Here is my first ever, stitched and finished by me, biscornu: For the record, I stitched the “Oak Tree Biscornu“, but didn’t do the finishing. Also, for the record, stitching with white thread through two other white threads on white fabric is hard on the eyes, but I like the finished effect. This design has [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on January 28th, 2010 tagged stitching | 3 Comments »
New Toy
So, after saving my pennies forever, I was finally able to splurge on a new Digital SLR camera. It isn’t really a splurge, because it will get lots of use taking pictures of stitching model, and we already have a bunch of lenses from a short stint of portrait/event photography a few years ago. Here’s [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on December 11th, 2009 tagged cat, design work, stitching | 3 Comments »
Christmas Ornaments and other things
Y’all are great for help in the inspiration department! I can already feel my mojo starting to come back. In fact, I did some rough sketches of….dragons. Hmmm, I’ll have to work on the Christmas Ornaments. I am getting my stitching done, though: Note: that design won’t be out until October – it still has [...]