Archive for December, 2007
Secret Revealed!
One of the problems of maintaining this blog is the occasional need for secrecy. I can’t share plots of new stories I’m writing or details of unpublished designs. Sometimes secrecy is written into contracts I sign. Sometimes I just don’t want my in-laws and friends to know what they’re getting for Christmas.
Five of six pre-felted […]What’s in a Number?
The last time I had a booth at a TNNA trade show it was number 911, as in nine-eleven. I got a call at 5 in the morning (people sometimes forget we’re in Alaska) informing me of this, and in my barely aware state I made some unsettling connections: my business was going to implode, […]
Spiderwick Spotted!
I’ve had my first sighting of the upcoming Spiderwick activity books. Yippee! I’ll get my copies in the mail eventually, but I watch for early images and information on the Web. These pics are on the Simon & Schuster Web site.
I wonder if the second image is really the final cover. I suspect not. […]Caramel Corn at The Armchair Chef
Tink B-D over at The Armchair Chef hosted the 2007 Holiday Bake-Along, recipes and reminiscences from needlework and quilting professionals. I missed announcing the start of it here; shame on me! But of course you already watch that site since she does this regularly, and we usually submit a recipe, right? No?! Well shame on […]
Designing Feather and Fly Bracelet
As I mentioned earlier, I’m working on some zoo-themed needlework pieces. For the past few days, I’ve been playing with the feather and fly stitch idea, with a view to creating a bracelet with it. I thought I’d try to describe the process here. I wish I were at home so that I could scan […]
New Bookmark Patterns Are Here!
Phew! I can stop pacing and sweating. I can breathe without gasping. My heart rate can slow to its normal 92 beats per minute. The new patterns arrived from Cardinal Press.
After 20 minutes of struggling and failing to open the box, Mike came to my rescue with a sharp knife. Through my blurry, sweat-stinging […]Happy Blogiversary!
One year ago today, I wrote my first blog entry here on the site that was to be the home of the Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program. Two hundred twenty-two posts later, here we are, looking forward to 2008; lots of reading, writing, and stitching; and the second annual Bookmark Challenge.
At such […]New Puzzle Gig
It’s a go! I’ve been talking with Taku Graphics about puzzle books created specifically for the Alaska Natural History Association (ANHA), and I have the go-ahead to begin puzzles for a children’s puzzle book anytime now. Yay!
Way back in 1996-97, after I created my first puzzle book for Alaska Wildland Adventures, I approached ANHA about […]Brainstorm: Zoo Needlework
I want to translate zoo themes to needlework. Got any ideas how to do this? I don’t have a lot of space to work with, so no 3,000-stitch pictures. Here are some of my thoughts:
Snakes–long and skinny works
animal tracks
eyes
animal skin patterns
scales
elephant trunk
tails–with patterns
foliage–food and habitat
Jen with rozellas, Australia
feather and fly stitches–they don’t look like birds, […]The Perils of Printing
Oy. On Monday I approved digital proofs of 4 Stitchling patterns sent by the printer that prints our leaflets. This is the first time I’m relying on digital proofs. In the past, I’ve gone in and looked at them, touched them, tasted them. (Okay, only 2 of those are true.) Digital proofs are necessary unless […]
