Needle Delights Originals

Here are a couple of photos sent to me this week - I love getting them and being able to share them with you! The ladies who sent these are quite creative!   First up is the Rio Trio - all framed together with 2 wires on the back so they can be hung either way. From left to right, the designs are Carnival, Rio, and Samba. She took a little license and changed the orientation - what fun to have them all in the same frame! Lynne says, " The Trio hangs in our bedroom...first thing I see when I open my eyes in the morning...an invigorating way to start my day ;-)."   Next up, all the way from England, is Rainforest Crunch. Ann finished it into a bag - what a fun idea!     Autumn Logs is moving along - I'll share another peek soon! Kathy 

the weekend's additons to Autumn Logs...

I had a great time last weekend in North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama! I got to spend time with fanily, enjoy great weather, go to a fantastic quilt show, and win some stuff! First, my brother and I were both with my dad for Father's Day and it had probably been 10 years since that happened. Dad cooked ribs and I helped (I watched...he loves that) and we had my 5 year old niece with us as well. Next, Mom and I had a very pleasant day at the East Cobb Quilt Show in Marietta GA. The quilts were fabulous & inspirational. We bought tickets for raffle baskets and I was surprised to actually win one! It was full of lots of great stuff. The books and patterns are from Edyta Sitar, one of my favorite quilt designers. I believe there's actually enough fabric to make a whole quilt and it all works together. I might have to add some from my stash though as I like to use more variety than less!   Then on my way home, I stopped at the casino for a break and won ...

Texas, is where I was last week, attending EGA's South Central Regional Seminar. Mom and I went together and took classes and had a great time - it's always interesting to be a student instead of the teacher! When we drove across the border from Louisiana to Texas, we stopped at the Welcome Center and saw this... You can tell how big it is by the people standing by it. I was somewhat annoyed they were in my picture until I realized you can tell the enormity of the star compared to the people. I think my love of stars must come naturally as I was born in Texas! Next year I'll be teaching at SCR along with my mom - we designed a piece together called "Duality" which combines a little batik fabric applique along with a lot of stitches and threads. Although mom and I are both designers, we have completely different styles. It was a fun challenge for us to do this piece. We make kits up in lots of colorways for people to choose from at the beginning of class - I ...

  I've finished Calypso Squares! It's the latest in my Edibles collection and will include a recipe for Calypso Cookies. It's at the printer and will be sent to the auto shops June 1st. If you're a shop not on my auto, you can sign up anytime! I used 18 different bright Watercolours and five of Kreinik's holographic braids. I wish the metallics showed up better in the photographs but trust me when I tell you they *SPARKLE*!     I'll also be releasing a new Color Delights - Olive. One of my early Color Delights was supposed to Olive but turned out to be Camouflage because of the overdye I chose. Even though it didn't turn out the way I was thinking, it was one of those "happy accidents" where the result was a good one!     I'm working on fun stuff for the fall now in anticipation of teaching out in California at Needle in a Haystack. I can't wait to visit Cathe's shop and wander through all the threads. I've never b...

We're going to just ignore the fact I haven't blogged in forever...   Here's a photo of my Spring Logs made into a pillow by my fabulous finisher mother!   It was a hit at the Nashville show and my donated canvas was won by Village Sampler in St Albans, West Virginia. I was thrilled to have Pat win it and know it went to a good home! Here I am presenting it to her after the drawings were over.   While I was in Nashville for the tradeshow, I had the opportunity to teach "Sherwood Garden" at Nasvhille Needleworks - Lisa & Emily were great to me and my students were really great! Here they are at the end of class! It was odd to be teaching in someone's shop other than mine but I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to doing it again!   I had a great time in Nashville - I've been home for a month and other than getting ready to teach a class online later this month, I've been sewing & quilting. I made a trip up to North C...

I matted 12 of my Color Delights designs together - I've been wanting to do this for a long time to have a better way to display them in a smaller space. The overall size of the mat is 16x20 and the black really sets off the bright colors.   From top left the colors are  Tangerine, Sunshine, Violet, Purple, Fire, Chartreuse, Cobalt, Magenta, Peppermint, Shamrock, Aqua, and Bubblegum.   I've got everything ready for market and will be packing the car tomorrow. I'm so happy to have my new CRV - it will be so much easier to get everything I need loaded in.   Hope you're stitching - I've actually been getting a few stitches in and of course, am working on something new! It'll be nice this week to have some down time before a crazy busy weekend at market! I can't wait to see all my buddies at the show!   Kathy