Archive for April, 2007
BushMountain Bash!
Earlier this week, I visited BushMountain Stitchery in Montoursville, PA, for an Alaska slide show and behind-the-scenes look at Funk & Weber Designs. Super fun!
The fun factor is largely dependent on the audience. I can do the same presentation for a number of audiences, and each experience will be different. As with […]On the Road Again
Just can’t wait to get on the road again!
Tomorrow I head to Columbus to attend another writing conference. This one, I can tell you right now, will be fantastic! Five of the six members of my online critique group will gather for the first time. We’ve been together for four years now, […]Writers’ Conferences
So how was the writing conference?
Well, I’ll tell ya: I never know how to answer that question. It depends on which goals you consider.
There are (at least) 2 kinds of writing events: networking events, and craft-improvement events. A craft-improvement event involves actual writing, discussions of the craft, exercises, reading. Networking events involve […]New Rules At Needle & ThREAD
Holy spam! Those were some nasty trackback comments. I presume you saw at least a few of them. I just deleted 354 from the blog, and again from my email, because I’m notified about comments. That was a serious chunk of time spammers stole from me, and I feel…well, I feel […]
The Needlework Show - Delayed
Things happen.
The Needlework Show, scheduled for April 18-23, has been delayed due to technical difficulties. We’re too much for the server! Woo-hoo! It’s a bummer and all that, and probably not good for business, but it’s kind of cool, too, to think that we’re an overwhelming bunch. Look out–here come those […]Speaking Of Delays…
Here’s a project that lived on the back burner:I took an EGA ICC–that’s an Independent Correspondence Course offered by the Embroiderer’s Guild of America. What was supposed to take 6 months, took me more than 18 months. The instructor, Pat Donaldson, kind and patient, let me dawdle all along the way. This […]
New Puzzle Pattern Progress
Abandoned…temporarily. Back-burnered. Not happening now.
Bummer. It was looking good for a while, as though I may have it finished in time to display at the June TNNA market, even if the pattern wasn’t printed. But no.
I’ll get back to it. I always do. Then maybe we’ll have that guess-what-it-is […]First Needle & ThREAD Bookmark
The first bookmark is finished. I scanned it today and mucked about with the pattern layout. The bookmark is 2-sided, but wouldn’t have to be. I like it! I especially like the bookmark style. It’s not a typical needlework bookmark. Beyond it’s job as a bookmark, it’s a neat way […]
Casalguidi Stitch
For some time, I’ve had my eye on an embroidery technique for which I had no name. In my mind, I called it “rope couching.” Tonight, I have a much prettier name. I got my copy of Needle Arts, the magazine from the Embroiderer’s Guild of America, and encountered “casalguidi stitch.” […]
Me and Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi was scheduled to perform a benefit concert at BookExpo America in NYC the first weekend in June (which happens to be the same weekend as the TNNA NeedleArts Market, so I was not planning to attend BEA, though I would love to someday, with or without a Bon Jovi performance). Today […]
