'Funk & Weber Designs' Category
Still Puzzling
Yesterday, my break from sports puzzles was natural history puzzles. Today, my break from sports puzzles was a needlework puzzle. Hm, a busman’s holiday? I dug out our “new” puzzle design that was about half-stitched in early December and remains about half-stitched today.
Before we left in December, I took the piece off the frame, […]At the Show
If this show (TNNA NeedleArts Market) were a week, today would be Wednesday: I’m over the hump and will sail through the next 2 days. My 3 classes are behind me. I loved them! In fact, they are my favorite part of the show. I like the more intimate exchange between shop owners and designers […]
Whoosh!
Yikes! Is it too late to say “Happy New Year”? What does it mean that I’m Happy-New-Year-ing a week late?
I’m putting the finishing touches on TNNA preparations. Or, time is running out so I’m packing up what is prepared. Same thing.
It’s customary to reflect on the past year and to set some goals for […]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, […]
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 […]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 […]
I Won a TNNA Galleria Panel!
There are a number of display opportunities at the TNNA NeedleArts Market, the upcoming wholesale trade show. Funk & Weber Designs has a booth on the show floor, Jen Funk Weber has a teacher display in the lobby area outside the show floor, and now we have a panel at the Galleria, an evening function […]
