Category: Funk & Weber Designs

Updates on designs, patterns, and classes from Funk & Weber Designs.

Whoops!

Yikes! I fell off the blogging horse and it took off without me. It’s taken me this long to limp back to the barn. But here I am! The August newsletter went […]

The Tangled Web

My needlework newsletter, the Needlework Nutshell, goes out the first of the month. Three times today, I sent test posts of the August 1 issue to 3 different addresses. You know, for […]

Deadline Approaches

I’ve been working on class proposals for the 2008 TNNA trade shows–Long Beach, CA, in January, and Columbus, OH, in June. The deadline is tomorrow for 3/4 of the proposals, which is […]

Let There Be Night Frames

When we created Silent Night, the first Let There Be Night Stitchling, we searched and searched for a frame we loved, and were over the moon when we found the 2-color (black […]

Trend Forecasting

As a designer, I’m supposed to pay attention to trends: color trends, materials trends, theme and motif trends. One way to stay on top of trends is to pay Big Bucks for […]

Design Pfft

Although I’m still tying up loose ends after the TNNA NeedleArts Market, I must start thinking about the next one. I’m planning to attend both the winter and summer markets in 2008, […]