introducing 'three frosty stooges': the popsicle collection

Three Frosty Stooges: The Popsicle Collection

The first of the new Popsicles Collection finished tonight!

'Three Frosty Stooges' finishes at  97w x109h. I stitched my piece over two threads on 28ct. blueberry jobelan from Wichelt Imports.  The piece uses DMC floss and Kreinik blending filament.  I will be including a small white button with each pattern, and as is typical for me in all my recycling ways, the buttons will vary in each pattern pack, carefully selected from the fruit jars filled with buttons that I have in the studio.

Next up, the first of the Snowflakes Collection. They will be similar to the Snowbugz and Lil Flakes, but just a smidge bigger, and there will be three different patterns in each pack. I started sorting through embellishments for these lil guys over the weekend.

home from market and fabric collection update

I had a wonderful time in St. Louis at the TNNA Market.  How inspiring to see what others are creating and to see and touch so many wonderful fabrics and fibers. I am looking forward to working so many of these new things into upcoming designs!

I am also going to be working on getting started in translating some of my cross stitch designs into needlepoint canvases.  One more iron for the fire but I am very excited about it. More on that to come in upcoming weeks.

The first of the Popsicles is almost completed. I am delighted with the way it is stitching up.  The next will be stitched on a delightful piece of hand-dyed fabric from Enchanting Lair.

Also in the works, my Snowbugz and Snowballz fabric collections. More to come on that as well!

(And somewhere in there I am doing homework too. I  *think*.)

popsicles and ...some new little snowflakes. (that are still nameless)

I found myself awake a couple of hours before I had to go to work at the group home this morning, and so rather than lay in bed thinking to myself .."you still have two hours before you have to go to work" and thus wasting said two hours, I got out of bed and sketched. 

A half of a pot of coffee into it, I had a half dozen pages of sketches, and the ideas kept coming. It was refreshing to finally feel that spirit again, and to see some designs developing that were fresh and different, and as I kept going, I remembered buttons and ribbons and other embellishments that would work perfectly with these. They are small, like the Lil Flakes and Snowbugz.

In my head I see them with brightly colored scarves and hats, and I intend to get back to including embellishments (different for each chartpack) to give them a unique feel. Can't wait to get started on them!

I am also looking forward to speaking with Karen Combs in regard to the fabric collection I have been working on.  It should tie in nicely with my Snowmen if all goes as planned with it.

All in all, a good solid creative weekend!

Popsicles

The Popsicles

I have been working on a new line of snowfolk and finally (for now anyhow!) settled on "Popsicles" for the name of the series. I intend to get back to adding embellishments to the chartpacks as well.  The first of the series has been sketched, charted and is about half-way through model stitching.

So far there are six designs sketched. I haven't decided yet if I will do more than that. Just sort of depends on how fresh I can keep them. I do not want to get to the point where I am just reworking designs I have already published, and I have done quite a few snowmen already (no, really?) and it gets tricky to come up with new snowy ideas!

I have also begun work on a series of Christmas stockings, but I do not anticipate any of those out in time for 2010 stitching