tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28228249624839872132024-03-05T02:27:18.099-05:00The Nebby NeedleCross Stitch DesignerThe Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.comBlogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-85222558360175006022023-05-28T14:16:00.004-04:002023-05-28T14:16:43.170-04:00<p> Hello...guess who's back. Sorry it's been so long...seems folks are into Flosstube now instead of blogs. I just don't seem to find the time to post...too many hobbies I guess...stitching, designing, reading, quilting and gardening 😬</p><p>I've updated the pictures along the side with my designs from '22 & '23. Most should be available from your favorite retail outlet. Some of the older ones are no long being distributed but, with living close by, can be obtained at Cross Stitch & Crafts in Johnson City (423) 610-0441.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Keep on stitching!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Bonny ~*</p>The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-26058749877716891102021-06-05T16:51:00.001-04:002021-06-05T16:51:26.414-04:00OOPS! Correction to "I Live In The Garden"<p> <span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">It was brought to my attention by a stitcher that there are a few errors on the alphabet (A, D, E & F) of "I Live In The Garden". Here is a picture of the correct stitch placement of this part of the chart. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBQJaweujM3DAZkx1Ydn9gq4Tz9eoHxs5lwyQ_Hpr60rDnZKOdGcROWRpwiyvfnRMhETbTfbztxv0-MRvlgVsKk-Y2pU36u_9rtWvAdmcad09VSSat7jYPRqsKzQ53jyugHnDlPm69zM/s737/ILiveInTheGardenCorrect.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="157" data-original-width="737" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBQJaweujM3DAZkx1Ydn9gq4Tz9eoHxs5lwyQ_Hpr60rDnZKOdGcROWRpwiyvfnRMhETbTfbztxv0-MRvlgVsKk-Y2pU36u_9rtWvAdmcad09VSSat7jYPRqsKzQ53jyugHnDlPm69zM/s320/ILiveInTheGardenCorrect.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;"><p><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;">So sorry for the errors...I need a proofreader!!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">😬</div></span><p></p>The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-19495057641317444352021-05-04T11:32:00.001-04:002021-05-04T11:32:12.262-04:00I Really Do Live In The Garden<p> <span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: large;">Weather permitting...I am a gardenholic. From March to November I spend most of my daylight hours outside...digging in the dirt! Rainy days, I get some housework done and evenings, after dinner until bed, I stitch. It's a rainy day today so, here I am, avoiding housework!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: large;">My garden has expanded each year. I tried to grow some tomatoes and squash in the backyard several years ago with some success. We had a deer problem.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvA6TIXlmNgLKfSyCeB2I-CWj2XDsHbtg0Z0QAXtWkYtxA4rS9dpDToQWKvlQA2dSLPQ12sbNXbHaFybuInGGXOIUdy9ekColxU8JRux6kZP9HWlJ5cw1tVnj4HveL_uprW5o718Ohcn0/s2048/P7130143.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvA6TIXlmNgLKfSyCeB2I-CWj2XDsHbtg0Z0QAXtWkYtxA4rS9dpDToQWKvlQA2dSLPQ12sbNXbHaFybuInGGXOIUdy9ekColxU8JRux6kZP9HWlJ5cw1tVnj4HveL_uprW5o718Ohcn0/s320/P7130143.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Expanded that and fenced it in...</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4aCYowPCihyFdLns_y8dzIxQv0_CaQQ5MoMBkfQNhGH6-4-1SARUu5YRLsgWLZZnr6jx7Yc6eXoxrFLii1-p8-KyOFDjXYRZ6rVlQuj_54v56R-b21HBNqdg6A22QI9H8GLqmZJT-qo/s1929/P6260201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="1929" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4aCYowPCihyFdLns_y8dzIxQv0_CaQQ5MoMBkfQNhGH6-4-1SARUu5YRLsgWLZZnr6jx7Yc6eXoxrFLii1-p8-KyOFDjXYRZ6rVlQuj_54v56R-b21HBNqdg6A22QI9H8GLqmZJT-qo/s320/P6260201.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Amended the soil...but still not getting the results I wanted. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then I found these fabulous raised beds. Starting with this large one in the corner of the front yard...yes I put it together myself...</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mTHrIeguVX8J7YQxAYam31GZayceLg-m6FSkr5n2wIyHAYOiw9OcxQWfdSOR8-cB28MLeYoxa1VOcxJFTosGhTUVtUjeZmrd60P-opx9ZxpiEayw0bGVQaWXj8sO6CODuMytq8RcazU/s960/57191766_10157546820132214_686388520394162176_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mTHrIeguVX8J7YQxAYam31GZayceLg-m6FSkr5n2wIyHAYOiw9OcxQWfdSOR8-cB28MLeYoxa1VOcxJFTosGhTUVtUjeZmrd60P-opx9ZxpiEayw0bGVQaWXj8sO6CODuMytq8RcazU/s320/57191766_10157546820132214_686388520394162176_n.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span style="font-size: large;">I built it around our arbor with the bushes blocking it nicely from our road. Sun ALL day and everything planted in rich compost...</span></span><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__HwrZUp1hnJfbYTG5M0qEBS-wG4Blq4xdY1pzGGrSuW3F1K0GIuUi34kq5oUA5LFW6LsMka1nj4k10ehEoP6JxyXz3iH3vttcFIACtGfkwTDZwTStBUvOVAEA4o4dgHsQJ5xLUHBm6k/s960/70587475_10157971415207214_1210202203533344768_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__HwrZUp1hnJfbYTG5M0qEBS-wG4Blq4xdY1pzGGrSuW3F1K0GIuUi34kq5oUA5LFW6LsMka1nj4k10ehEoP6JxyXz3iH3vttcFIACtGfkwTDZwTStBUvOVAEA4o4dgHsQJ5xLUHBm6k/s320/70587475_10157971415207214_1210202203533344768_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span style="font-size: large;">Okay...that worked well...just not enough room! So...</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmLn8fuGRO1EUXiyeKpQKtvybvkDsmuoGFJkQ8MSptAZDojoPBlmWZZMyTEYke3i3M7B-x-TF4kEgnohAtO8zORsQnAdM0Eiyn_Usf-APXOde2Bu13HcBJJIeFJ7qoSWJilbvZ4LtsSg/s960/93873976_10158782647387214_3197289829712789504_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmLn8fuGRO1EUXiyeKpQKtvybvkDsmuoGFJkQ8MSptAZDojoPBlmWZZMyTEYke3i3M7B-x-TF4kEgnohAtO8zORsQnAdM0Eiyn_Usf-APXOde2Bu13HcBJJIeFJ7qoSWJilbvZ4LtsSg/s320/93873976_10158782647387214_3197289829712789504_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">let's put another raised bed in and grow MORE...</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HSUD8O81ySXDa8zCqYNii4jHUIdady3FNhrNNaaxoR9aeTcftxJuw4NRreiNRJmf1fFR59y8psuKHecB-EyMKa5o5ymj95qojt48vBbj17siYMaaYWsXrslsuZ9H-z3Hamz918x4nys/s2048/Aug2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HSUD8O81ySXDa8zCqYNii4jHUIdady3FNhrNNaaxoR9aeTcftxJuw4NRreiNRJmf1fFR59y8psuKHecB-EyMKa5o5ymj95qojt48vBbj17siYMaaYWsXrslsuZ9H-z3Hamz918x4nys/s320/Aug2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">still not enough space. So this year...</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQEzWW4cmTCpPrS2g31ulJBq_hB9q8E4qfIDyIUs5RKmei0oHg6_JUbkSXFbM_8-ocWU-cmWrMm8bBFFIghCqVmu-l6Aia8als-1VAfGLEgcJB1RJfqSfFQdYWMPzjRl1IkBWtb1WodA/s2048/DSCN3110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQEzWW4cmTCpPrS2g31ulJBq_hB9q8E4qfIDyIUs5RKmei0oHg6_JUbkSXFbM_8-ocWU-cmWrMm8bBFFIghCqVmu-l6Aia8als-1VAfGLEgcJB1RJfqSfFQdYWMPzjRl1IkBWtb1WodA/s320/DSCN3110.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">we rented a tiller and the hubs got started on the expansion. Well, as long as we had the tiller, why not expand even more. You know I'm going to want to next year...so go for it!</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbs7AwkHaxx3KVP43S6q5X467sUJUtem0eZE3s0gEHd0CfJs2vhdE1fabnKVdkvbJPjDln8LrACDDwFwONuYtufgWmiKG5tR8H8Bg4ZUBRjFdGHb_IFVIGJ3IX39xHzatkDShx9Mq1cMg/s2048/DSCN3115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbs7AwkHaxx3KVP43S6q5X467sUJUtem0eZE3s0gEHd0CfJs2vhdE1fabnKVdkvbJPjDln8LrACDDwFwONuYtufgWmiKG5tR8H8Bg4ZUBRjFdGHb_IFVIGJ3IX39xHzatkDShx9Mq1cMg/s320/DSCN3115.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc2cE8d_N_TLDX8YtJoLb-qG9KHIjhcR6DWZ4KGJkrBxQ_L_Y1aM_biilV9p9WBRzJUAu4i3Mk-xTI8veUVQm4TguAV2WMxD00Y-Fy3ZRSKJhSo5uUW-u5sYmib1wfBw5qnqRsON4YPQ/s2048/DSCN3118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc2cE8d_N_TLDX8YtJoLb-qG9KHIjhcR6DWZ4KGJkrBxQ_L_Y1aM_biilV9p9WBRzJUAu4i3Mk-xTI8veUVQm4TguAV2WMxD00Y-Fy3ZRSKJhSo5uUW-u5sYmib1wfBw5qnqRsON4YPQ/s320/DSCN3118.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Guess what I'm going to be doing as soon as the rain stops....looks like Thursday. I've already planted some cool weather crops: broccoli, spinach, radishes (almost ready), carrots, peas, squash and beans. My tomato seedlings I started in the house are ready to plant as well as more direct sow seeds. I'm going to try corn and edible sunflower (seeds) this year in the expansion!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fortunately or unfortunately (I do love them) our deer have moved on down the road. Someone has bought the 7 acres of woods behind us and are going to build two houses back there. Our herd of at least 15 deer have not been seen since they started clearing the land. So, I feel confident that they won't be a problem with the garden...now, the crows on the other hand...?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So how much longer before I plow up the entire front yard? What do you think? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;">~*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><br /></span>The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-6233547271800653702021-03-27T13:45:00.003-04:002021-03-27T13:50:22.226-04:00<p> <span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Finishing Instructions: God Shed His Grace</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOngzr1bYOAr7F6un7rlkufCpmK2AYuolO_yOgVW2PWq8SvGB7BpL9giCinpipamG882rapjKFuWdaoIfaIcmN2eJgBoentoynwOtwsx8sph2MV-Pj1XFD75jhAuD82ADkdbenP-oS-4/s2048/AmericaGrace2+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1827" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOngzr1bYOAr7F6un7rlkufCpmK2AYuolO_yOgVW2PWq8SvGB7BpL9giCinpipamG882rapjKFuWdaoIfaIcmN2eJgBoentoynwOtwsx8sph2MV-Pj1XFD75jhAuD82ADkdbenP-oS-4/s320/AmericaGrace2+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">I cut a sturdy piece of cardboard slightly larger than the stitched piece. I used a piece of batting sandwiched between the stitched piece and the carboard, wrapping the stitched piece around both and securing in the back with acid free Stitchery Tape. (If you prefer, you can lace your piece.)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_k5UUjZfmhoukrJrfktonQQzYmiaVmzRzJfJOubaoChfr8N2RG9WEeNK-c95NHjTCo6Gth1H1klg_FNOkFUqUgprjQOmmAag3D4EI4bF8muBXrvveE_2nnCCZzs4n1Xl_oE8o2kDpWc/s2048/DSCN2905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1831" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_k5UUjZfmhoukrJrfktonQQzYmiaVmzRzJfJOubaoChfr8N2RG9WEeNK-c95NHjTCo6Gth1H1klg_FNOkFUqUgprjQOmmAag3D4EI4bF8muBXrvveE_2nnCCZzs4n1Xl_oE8o2kDpWc/s320/DSCN2905.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFWayyVTVQFdfzgqJv_4eQNuWwtKvM8cjeWgvY-Qo8so8s32rQUCNWsArp27-Je2Og0y-e717b4GEP4qD2-gH-eYgwrHL6F0vvOi-S_MmcY49pz2i3jXMY6lB80PUAT7Ti23dwN1EDes/s2048/DSCN2907.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFWayyVTVQFdfzgqJv_4eQNuWwtKvM8cjeWgvY-Qo8so8s32rQUCNWsArp27-Je2Og0y-e717b4GEP4qD2-gH-eYgwrHL6F0vvOi-S_MmcY49pz2i3jXMY6lB80PUAT7Ti23dwN1EDes/s320/DSCN2907.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fold the corner in and bring the sides in to miter the corner.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituybNHjhDTHPLAWgs_dQZRiFVqbQSwY3F_L_c4d17U_CoIXJeRO-zt5_cHQRJLyMz-ecaVWNIxGS8jVKnVKEYmdlI4ByNMNLNu4YMsra2O3KSlJ5elLU0tyK-eqDk32RIJMmD9eFeHns/s2048/DSCN2908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituybNHjhDTHPLAWgs_dQZRiFVqbQSwY3F_L_c4d17U_CoIXJeRO-zt5_cHQRJLyMz-ecaVWNIxGS8jVKnVKEYmdlI4ByNMNLNu4YMsra2O3KSlJ5elLU0tyK-eqDk32RIJMmD9eFeHns/s320/DSCN2908.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Lay your stitched piece on some potential fabrics you may have or at a fabric shop to choose your finish fabrics.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPkkK3xc7Mbz5uorKiP-1_Azm6HdutOM41rkEd4DlvwA-5j0Y-lkANFxkMhRTtPfg4tVwgBAvW0BAj4jAwbylGCfUmh_h3UDsvWpu-v3NkdWZqhntCU_ORBz6owfsCGTJai4yAn_707Q/s2048/DSCN2909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPkkK3xc7Mbz5uorKiP-1_Azm6HdutOM41rkEd4DlvwA-5j0Y-lkANFxkMhRTtPfg4tVwgBAvW0BAj4jAwbylGCfUmh_h3UDsvWpu-v3NkdWZqhntCU_ORBz6owfsCGTJai4yAn_707Q/s320/DSCN2909.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">I then covered two pieces of foam core with my chosen fabrics, again securing the fabric on the back with Stitchery Tape. I centered each piece and used E6000 glue to secure them. </span><div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEQpLga4Kf2-a-aShdyY36L6wzlEbkSi1pKJua-uLVp5J3U3vJ_bFHyNPGPA2aFKfWjEUO4ye9znayTv9mYdSlsVQ4Er0HYiXmeRLGLqk7GlTz4ufBdtPVeq3in2dwjQlTpd9APoDoQw/s2048/DSCN2904.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1616" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEQpLga4Kf2-a-aShdyY36L6wzlEbkSi1pKJua-uLVp5J3U3vJ_bFHyNPGPA2aFKfWjEUO4ye9znayTv9mYdSlsVQ4Er0HYiXmeRLGLqk7GlTz4ufBdtPVeq3in2dwjQlTpd9APoDoQw/s320/DSCN2904.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>You may have a supply of trims that might work as well. I used a gold trim from Simplicity that I thought looked good with the America lettering. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAqQxu6XFD489PDZ2FIaRemJm10rKWjmNjyhRMe1exrvTI_cJ1bnuepOSQdzubcpLjFhS8w114C440Uv9ZC03G21LEUTMDfRtIIDUPJiSOnATFvO3-9ZBKTAUKlHPeNAvAypBgyH2JNc/s2048/DSCN2910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAqQxu6XFD489PDZ2FIaRemJm10rKWjmNjyhRMe1exrvTI_cJ1bnuepOSQdzubcpLjFhS8w114C440Uv9ZC03G21LEUTMDfRtIIDUPJiSOnATFvO3-9ZBKTAUKlHPeNAvAypBgyH2JNc/s320/DSCN2910.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>After gluing all three pieces together, I used a toothpick to apply glue to the joint of the stitched piece and red fabric covered piece and pressed the Simplicity gold trim around the edge of the stitched piece a little at a time. I started and finished at the bottom center.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">I always love to see your finished pieces whether you finish them as I do or change them up as I so often do with other people's designs. You are welcome to share them here or on The Nebby Needle facebook page. Let your creativity flow!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Bonny ~*</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"> <br /><br /></span></div>The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-55344680685253331232021-03-18T17:22:00.000-04:002021-03-18T17:22:24.335-04:00<p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: large;">Finishing Instructions for "A Stitcher's Wallet"</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QbuyyNdq86VqgnSM_vseKJNmtzYjnBm40Bi5-7FHuUO0DIjShHTs558i1qp9dybOSYCbpB0NPPX-o25aW2Fz2fwCkH8tCHhqZ5D79zdcZG5XKxwE-E9Oe6_9dMZLtu_CTFrUDoJV5UE/s2048/Stitcher%2527sWallet68+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1911" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QbuyyNdq86VqgnSM_vseKJNmtzYjnBm40Bi5-7FHuUO0DIjShHTs558i1qp9dybOSYCbpB0NPPX-o25aW2Fz2fwCkH8tCHhqZ5D79zdcZG5XKxwE-E9Oe6_9dMZLtu_CTFrUDoJV5UE/s320/Stitcher%2527sWallet68+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">To finish your stitched piece into a usable "wallet" to hold your stitching supplies, trim your stitched piece with about 3/4" border around the stitched area. You may want to stabilize your stitched piece by backing it with a fusible interfacing. Cut your interfacing slightly larger than the stitched area. This will help protect the stitching from coming apart with repeated use of the wallet and help it hold it's shape when stitching the lining to it. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKD1PGdsr8G4BJTHplVwkOXdrZVTJ-1uNgK-IkEZ3pFMs4rRAf1Qy6LUJZBBRcmFHCgj44hsfh0sXOEhOtVAz8_1psvD2zFSISUtyZAn2XT6RxY1whMLfWRtkWSuF251c5Q6efixC4_Y/s2048/DSCN2921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKD1PGdsr8G4BJTHplVwkOXdrZVTJ-1uNgK-IkEZ3pFMs4rRAf1Qy6LUJZBBRcmFHCgj44hsfh0sXOEhOtVAz8_1psvD2zFSISUtyZAn2XT6RxY1whMLfWRtkWSuF251c5Q6efixC4_Y/s320/DSCN2921.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">I lined my wallet with a coordinating piece of flannel fabric cut a foot longer than the stitched piece in order to fold a 3" deep pocket on each end. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQ_zS-GAiqrV0I1CWWO8po8Ndy0zNZ6oitwOp4iSYfU7s2b8JT5wZFn0Wtta4VsqIAmZoeugXOrDsa3ZLgnuk7PepmEaRwizBemH_dPvcvGO3PnMg3fErOaUG_6qJ7qMPATInhvnHFY4/s2048/DSCN2922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1554" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQ_zS-GAiqrV0I1CWWO8po8Ndy0zNZ6oitwOp4iSYfU7s2b8JT5wZFn0Wtta4VsqIAmZoeugXOrDsa3ZLgnuk7PepmEaRwizBemH_dPvcvGO3PnMg3fErOaUG_6qJ7qMPATInhvnHFY4/s320/DSCN2922.jpg" /></a></div>You may want to sew a decorative trim on each pocket before sewing your pieces together. I used a twill "ruler" ribbon I bought some time ago at JoAnn Fabrics (I see it's available online at Walmart now). On the other pocket I used a piece of cotton lace.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYajdiXPg6ZKl3ggP7FXhyV22HUWOmWe5kuBbFfQl2cpRKRWLQAZ9W06kxVxz_yXtQRAytS8bu1yRe2wHPd2fdaNp6xnuJi362tJDGIbBgSviHbCTRPQxV54RVhP61w-PSQRUgz2n-oE/s2048/DSCN2923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1838" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYajdiXPg6ZKl3ggP7FXhyV22HUWOmWe5kuBbFfQl2cpRKRWLQAZ9W06kxVxz_yXtQRAytS8bu1yRe2wHPd2fdaNp6xnuJi362tJDGIbBgSviHbCTRPQxV54RVhP61w-PSQRUgz2n-oE/s320/DSCN2923.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">After stitching your trim on the pockets, fold them back as pockets and with right sides together, pin your stitched piece and lining together. Tuck your ribbons for tying into the center of each end securing the end of the ribbon centered on the outside edge with a pin.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3j-4qRpQJ_BxQIKY1b-hAQzamSbjH7a_J8c_ExZ2OvKQGDq5ZloB7ZZXl9_R2VlcDTbcjn1K5HUM27hP9sf7gI3CIq04vb59mOHR-DdJ8PJmLJJkUypKv82TxTk1G9JFmZrorrnIBxxs/s2048/DSCN2925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3j-4qRpQJ_BxQIKY1b-hAQzamSbjH7a_J8c_ExZ2OvKQGDq5ZloB7ZZXl9_R2VlcDTbcjn1K5HUM27hP9sf7gI3CIq04vb59mOHR-DdJ8PJmLJJkUypKv82TxTk1G9JFmZrorrnIBxxs/s320/DSCN2925.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6L6kdsWZNdh1bxolJZ7kr12aAuEx90ZyAxBUGzaPmKGNdh2BLckNKDvPv02VBPG1TmiNh0Z94hbzeFeytpnRlHJXET63ziJB47oNvcAzkE9z1lScRvr2foURdV2xIaL33d2KnCcEYV8/s2048/DSCN2926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6L6kdsWZNdh1bxolJZ7kr12aAuEx90ZyAxBUGzaPmKGNdh2BLckNKDvPv02VBPG1TmiNh0Z94hbzeFeytpnRlHJXET63ziJB47oNvcAzkE9z1lScRvr2foURdV2xIaL33d2KnCcEYV8/s320/DSCN2926.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Stitch your pieces together leaving an opening on one side to turn your piece right side out.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXvqvqRhIAVqW92wfWJcFGs6GIFvbkTUWKxCDplUztAIVQzV9ImHh-I_78mery7b7Cc34yGBBCQZrjgcndqSl3hMAc2qw25Ujaxfz1PXXVN-qfw36k_PhkzkrDT2xQexmSy-kNUbuI0o/s4716/DSCN2927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="4716" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXvqvqRhIAVqW92wfWJcFGs6GIFvbkTUWKxCDplUztAIVQzV9ImHh-I_78mery7b7Cc34yGBBCQZrjgcndqSl3hMAc2qw25Ujaxfz1PXXVN-qfw36k_PhkzkrDT2xQexmSy-kNUbuI0o/s320/DSCN2927.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Before turning, clip your edges 1/4" inch from your seams and clip each corner.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIwnr84Nb71RMcdiPlNygxrjNBXPkl438qmisfy_fUZTQZHrIEnMHFaN5UVF9ipLsvRHAbzdhkMkBhiAPWP9J99gVnmjI86mf_6WMBvfY9vBn1MkNxyyr6Qqq5zopJ8Ll9PUYB6USKLE/s2048/DSCN2928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIwnr84Nb71RMcdiPlNygxrjNBXPkl438qmisfy_fUZTQZHrIEnMHFaN5UVF9ipLsvRHAbzdhkMkBhiAPWP9J99gVnmjI86mf_6WMBvfY9vBn1MkNxyyr6Qqq5zopJ8Ll9PUYB6USKLE/s320/DSCN2928.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Turn your piece right side out and use a chopstick or corner tool to gently square your corners. Blind stitch the side opening closed.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeW0cT6SErn1IH4Qh3wA1N9GgUqtRWaJTKaRDBikAiMcbVJzh1k2jSXrFgXmiRjzwGFbN_x4td2-cGaMDCpg7fAZsi7kEKjpYOI92_KdIqDWWSVP_jA9B_fUNzZqdpOfi2xHxh9YFp50/s2048/DSCN2929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeW0cT6SErn1IH4Qh3wA1N9GgUqtRWaJTKaRDBikAiMcbVJzh1k2jSXrFgXmiRjzwGFbN_x4td2-cGaMDCpg7fAZsi7kEKjpYOI92_KdIqDWWSVP_jA9B_fUNzZqdpOfi2xHxh9YFp50/s320/DSCN2929.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BvTyFaRztnD3rHdqi6krflGBa5f-55fKsjm1PxG58Kk1J2uFXntsbZZhOJBdIqqe1o27Kel2htP5nLOM9cG55iLT7TLpkS0qXqT2OOdtxjbEjam6PjjOb7AylAQzk6GijSRtySnxnD0/s2048/DSCN2924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="2048" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BvTyFaRztnD3rHdqi6krflGBa5f-55fKsjm1PxG58Kk1J2uFXntsbZZhOJBdIqqe1o27Kel2htP5nLOM9cG55iLT7TLpkS0qXqT2OOdtxjbEjam6PjjOb7AylAQzk6GijSRtySnxnD0/w565-h336/DSCN2924.jpg" width="565" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">The thread rings I got in the jewelry section of JoAnn Fabrics. The silk ribbon I used for my closure was purchased from Shepherd's Bush in Ogden, UT.</span><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wzHYvs_ohzw2-bOI0-cxcQopuSL6pr_kB2GFQ_gMZLOHo2RQ_sLUWTXCJMndc60QEuX23hymBqmgtdTlV6kkXqkfeHkpoQlaSx3kV0AcD8DS7taTstxILJM80pgfYJxAVr2Q-rgaGbA/s2048/DSCN2934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1913" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wzHYvs_ohzw2-bOI0-cxcQopuSL6pr_kB2GFQ_gMZLOHo2RQ_sLUWTXCJMndc60QEuX23hymBqmgtdTlV6kkXqkfeHkpoQlaSx3kV0AcD8DS7taTstxILJM80pgfYJxAVr2Q-rgaGbA/w382-h409/DSCN2934.jpg" width="382" /></a><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Hand sew thread rings on the edge of one of the pockets. Gather your tools...counting pins, needles, needle threaders, frogging needles, scissors, etc. and store them within or on the outside of the pockets. The thread in your threaded needles will cling to the flannel and stay threaded! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEAtl1nryT2AKWlCJAR6XTtYC4jwPDJh9YzSiBOTHYdFwkhz2s9mIjXxyQ7LxoRoprbYl3XCehOhEU3O2GZNzxQWkDFZqiPjOc7Bz9MzAlS0wMWlJ9DffW_aLOenq1C1xOWxx2_CrI7c/s2048/DSCN2935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1643" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEAtl1nryT2AKWlCJAR6XTtYC4jwPDJh9YzSiBOTHYdFwkhz2s9mIjXxyQ7LxoRoprbYl3XCehOhEU3O2GZNzxQWkDFZqiPjOc7Bz9MzAlS0wMWlJ9DffW_aLOenq1C1xOWxx2_CrI7c/s320/DSCN2935.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;">You can tuck your threads and thread rings into a pocket and your scissors into the other.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6lpwH_9LEeuHv7MgThrf5OjXwbNY29gCejftPZD16rvJe2m3StdEMC3yKiS9wTNnw3T2E9hyJ-vOLniIQhwND0i-0BdjRFlXuiY6fHI-BIhjAFOFGQa9cQ3-GOTVI8ALIQ78yVQHl84/s2031/StitcherWallet31+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1972" data-original-width="2031" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6lpwH_9LEeuHv7MgThrf5OjXwbNY29gCejftPZD16rvJe2m3StdEMC3yKiS9wTNnw3T2E9hyJ-vOLniIQhwND0i-0BdjRFlXuiY6fHI-BIhjAFOFGQa9cQ3-GOTVI8ALIQ78yVQHl84/w426-h414/StitcherWallet31+%25283%2529.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;">Fold and tie your wallet closed and slip into your project bag. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;">Everything you need in one place!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;">ENJOY!</span></div><p></p><p></p>The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-37005210219424357812021-03-13T13:23:00.000-05:002021-03-13T13:23:15.087-05:00<p> <span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">2021 Let's Go!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Since the 2021 Nashville Needlework Market was cancelled, Janis of Noteworthy Needle decided that a virtual Needlework Expo would do the trick! Wow...what a lot of work she put into it and what a success it was/is. Designers signed up and began creating their "booths" with their new designs, best sellers and sale items. We "manned" our booths with the ability to chat on camera with the shop buyers. Shops could browse the booths, chat live or message and place their orders in real time. Although the "virtual" part is over, the booths remain open to registered shops for message orders for the remainder of the month.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">So...busy, busy, busy...printing, folding, bagging charts and filling orders. Several lengthy trips to the Post Office with boxes and envelopes! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Here are my new designs that premiered at Needlework Expo:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKJZ3B53YiL2zL6wPHa3AFhCjJcUsNZ3pZbGUfDKgnOyT3SMe90PTKqOJMC56oaktD4OHSlwkCjlP2whMjSkPM4GRWUbEayah_nptlB1N5BgqZ1m5qbmzVfleywCV31egepxvFz-_8XU/s2048/Stitcher%2527sWallet68+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1911" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKJZ3B53YiL2zL6wPHa3AFhCjJcUsNZ3pZbGUfDKgnOyT3SMe90PTKqOJMC56oaktD4OHSlwkCjlP2whMjSkPM4GRWUbEayah_nptlB1N5BgqZ1m5qbmzVfleywCV31egepxvFz-_8XU/s320/Stitcher%2527sWallet68+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">A Stitcher's Wallet</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Store your stitching tools and threads for your project in one place. Create two pockets: one to hold your scissors and one to tuck your threads into. Pre-thread several needles...the thread will cling to the flannel lining. I sewed a cotton "ruler" ribbon on one of the pockets and a decorative piece of lace trim on the other. General finishing instructions are on the pattern. More detailed finishing instructions along with pictures will be on this blog shortly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiki6-89Du5YN5PmiEsr2bKIXAKxFShom6k87Fh_ZwfOJ1Sjf8p0gAhYC_0_wFViLbjOFA_gCcAI85lf6OCilBvdVKi8IDekdZMYLtmTaaREX79HGFy15tEqG-GW8IFM9QQ-j-V0ONkcY0/s2048/StitcherWallet34+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1962" data-original-width="2048" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiki6-89Du5YN5PmiEsr2bKIXAKxFShom6k87Fh_ZwfOJ1Sjf8p0gAhYC_0_wFViLbjOFA_gCcAI85lf6OCilBvdVKi8IDekdZMYLtmTaaREX79HGFy15tEqG-GW8IFM9QQ-j-V0ONkcY0/w331-h317/StitcherWallet34+%25282%2529.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Tuck into the pockets what you need, fold over and tie shut with your ribbon and put in your project bag...everything in one place!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZabW4mWYCwPvIrxvsU1AiON-N0QjODmzLreOy4mK1f1DhAlVruSWcy_JVTh35tZniKfQX8Zh-dxsoHyJ_d3WtZ1wcsa5aFdj-AEe66r6d8guk1ujWnvrWp2W2JEPhnIc-_8ArIzIO600/s2048/StitcherWallet32+%25285%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1910" data-original-width="2048" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZabW4mWYCwPvIrxvsU1AiON-N0QjODmzLreOy4mK1f1DhAlVruSWcy_JVTh35tZniKfQX8Zh-dxsoHyJ_d3WtZ1wcsa5aFdj-AEe66r6d8guk1ujWnvrWp2W2JEPhnIc-_8ArIzIO600/w331-h308/StitcherWallet32+%25285%2529.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">~</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9OBDZ6mQljMcEN1B5xNsiohOo9JvmE8LwquBjhHDfTTTD-K6j0MLh3oVuU93VkUV5kbAoPPuGeApCouQy_s9bWXyXW049S7pb6Kv08kJgqH6ewLYtyo2RzUOipIkBrUUHz-SegYrbGE/s2048/AmericaGrace2+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1827" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9OBDZ6mQljMcEN1B5xNsiohOo9JvmE8LwquBjhHDfTTTD-K6j0MLh3oVuU93VkUV5kbAoPPuGeApCouQy_s9bWXyXW049S7pb6Kv08kJgqH6ewLYtyo2RzUOipIkBrUUHz-SegYrbGE/s320/AmericaGrace2+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>God Shed His Grace</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">I finished this patriotic piece covering foam core boards with fabric. (Truth be told, I didn't have time before Needlework Expo to have it framed.) General finishing instructions are on the pattern. </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;">More detailed finishing instructions along with pictures will be on this blog shortly. </span><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">I like the finish and think it sets the piece off better than a frame might have...so...happy I ran out of time! The little George Washington ornament I purchased during my last visit to Mt. Vernon. I've become a collector of George since finding out that I'm distantly related (my 7 times great grandmother was his grandmother's sister...cousin George!) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlY-8rOFm7SbH5NAo5ok92QR89LxgtaRxTm9Lupm_68ufklvS6_cz3g3hnU3zn5EOexUK9GufM69weArT1RlDsY_OYEoLs-GDB2Fk7gF8wkqp4nFNMCkuJFymecpwrFCND0_o1hHhrRsg/s2048/HopeBloomes43+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1552" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlY-8rOFm7SbH5NAo5ok92QR89LxgtaRxTm9Lupm_68ufklvS6_cz3g3hnU3zn5EOexUK9GufM69weArT1RlDsY_OYEoLs-GDB2Fk7gF8wkqp4nFNMCkuJFymecpwrFCND0_o1hHhrRsg/s320/HopeBloomes43+%25283%2529.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>*Hope Blooms</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Hope Blooms is this year's *Ripple Effect Pattern. These patterns sprang from an idea of Meg Ripple's. An avid stitcher, Meg asked if I would design cross stitch patterns of inspiration for her fellow cancer patients. Although Meg lost her battle with cancer, I carry on her vision with a Ripple Effect Pattern each year. The Nebby Needle's profits from these patterns are donated to the American Cancer Society each year in Meg's memory. As an almost 15 year breast cancer survivor myself, I chose to stitch the flowers in this design in pink.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkt4mM1uz6J9ZCndSrZteKqWZYqX71kJSjYGC3tlhLrMzZ11JGRVT-PReMW8nhi_efadozhyphenhyphenn6CIBhJsAPFF_VAnP4z3gjl0S_Cy-bomtci4kKppD-V08uZOXbK6ZBWZS80WUeAHl74Go/s2048/Garden1+%25285%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1719" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkt4mM1uz6J9ZCndSrZteKqWZYqX71kJSjYGC3tlhLrMzZ11JGRVT-PReMW8nhi_efadozhyphenhyphenn6CIBhJsAPFF_VAnP4z3gjl0S_Cy-bomtci4kKppD-V08uZOXbK6ZBWZS80WUeAHl74Go/s320/Garden1+%25285%2529.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Into The Garden</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Gardening is a very close second to stitching for me (as reflected heavily in this year's designs). I love being outdoors and digging in the dirt! I've put in several raised beds (tall ones) for growing veggies and am expanding the garden again this year to plant even more. Nothing like fresh from the garden veggies!!! There are flowers and herbs surrounding the raised beds as well...to deter the deer, rabbits and other critters...and to make it look pretty. It is, after all, in the sunny front yard. Our backyard is too shaded to grow much to eat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0MHJ8TqKdit0D9sHdyjUQ1MfzybFi1Z2H9Ss9iAmz6iLAhyphenhyphenl8a0o7D3hbzZylTZVNwLKVR2oMTYuSd9apRD9XWp00rJQmhvMbZFxMJja4IvMO6yh6_hX4ytzWXmCLkCV4bQ6YQ5ikyk/s2048/LiveGarden6+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2030" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0MHJ8TqKdit0D9sHdyjUQ1MfzybFi1Z2H9Ss9iAmz6iLAhyphenhyphenl8a0o7D3hbzZylTZVNwLKVR2oMTYuSd9apRD9XWp00rJQmhvMbZFxMJja4IvMO6yh6_hX4ytzWXmCLkCV4bQ6YQ5ikyk/s320/LiveGarden6+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>I Live In The Garden</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Yes...from Spring until Fall I pretty much do...except for after dinner when I stitch until bedtime!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;">If you see anything here that you would like to stitch, contact your favorite shop and get your request in. If shops participated as a buyer at the Needlework Expo, they can order now. If your shop did not participate, they will have to wait until the beginning of April to order from the distributors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: large;">~*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><p></p>The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-67266845949650663752021-03-13T10:04:00.001-05:002021-03-13T13:28:14.580-05:00<p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Wow...It's been too long! Got busy gardening, designing and family issues and just got out of the habit of keeping this up. Other media outlets: Facebook & Instagram are quicker. Somehow the Pandemic sapped my motivation for so many things. Communication and socializing are probably the things I miss the most...so...let's get back to it! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">We just got in the 2020 Nashville Needlework Market in March last year right before everything got shut down. All went well and to my knowledge no one who attended got sick. In case you missed last year's designs:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCouL2noKF-BPRV-DawxKCEao-fE72gFnc1tXGAMAVjDtfYfHd09mZWMdDOHfTUgApe4bzxJxTFJSRM7ChP-rRkHXNtTjYznBUogjxmFwbEu8qy6MLXLkZ4F5m8760ojw5HOmYXD3tiw/s2048/FluerBest+%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1374" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCouL2noKF-BPRV-DawxKCEao-fE72gFnc1tXGAMAVjDtfYfHd09mZWMdDOHfTUgApe4bzxJxTFJSRM7ChP-rRkHXNtTjYznBUogjxmFwbEu8qy6MLXLkZ4F5m8760ojw5HOmYXD3tiw/s320/FluerBest+%25284%2529.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"> Alphabet de Fleurs</span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">This sweet alphabet was inspired by my Forget-Me-Not flowers that bloom in my garden in the spring. Anxiously awaiting their arrival this year!!!</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6J7PWRpz9xh-zGRtQtkPNa0kFwZuYZ98M0jNpP1Rr_88iVb5sJLq6AunuEvyXsCgznhzMpvDbU8Gs6OLC47AU0bayZU9Rg7FcSA1W_eyIv8WLR6Yy3_dmGK0sDX_6ZlA8okTPu2UTjE/s2048/FollyCover1a+%25287%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1859" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6J7PWRpz9xh-zGRtQtkPNa0kFwZuYZ98M0jNpP1Rr_88iVb5sJLq6AunuEvyXsCgznhzMpvDbU8Gs6OLC47AU0bayZU9Rg7FcSA1W_eyIv8WLR6Yy3_dmGK0sDX_6ZlA8okTPu2UTjE/s320/FollyCover1a+%25287%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">Folly of Envy</span></div><p></p><p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">T</span><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">his is my interpretation of Margaret Matilda Baron's sampler stitched in 1834 at the age of 11. She was my great-great-grandmother's sister-in-law. The original sampler is not in the best of shape and was just impossible to recreate the flowers...so I created my </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">own. The </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">verse is from The English Reader, published in 1813, and called Folly of Envy:</span></span></p><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span> </span>Folly of Envy</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Can you discern another's mind?</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Why is't you envy? Envy's blind.</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Tell envy, when she would annoy,</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>That thousands want what you enjoy.</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZseRwsA88ROSUwSLbwDsRzHzCP2oJPdGoDDl5ONL-P4oBwmqYqoqw-ZBpypNVk0iJqh4aA5ch5RQzVn8ggrww9NN51Qh6lsQeghL5SUU1ZdbkRV1z4MotHF210GcUebVs38U_cYSLvRg/s1694/BeesofSummer1+%25286%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1694" data-original-width="1660" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZseRwsA88ROSUwSLbwDsRzHzCP2oJPdGoDDl5ONL-P4oBwmqYqoqw-ZBpypNVk0iJqh4aA5ch5RQzVn8ggrww9NN51Qh6lsQeghL5SUU1ZdbkRV1z4MotHF210GcUebVs38U_cYSLvRg/s320/BeesofSummer1+%25286%2529.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>The Bees of Summer</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: medium;">This is a set of nesting boxes I purchased from Hobby Lobby and the cute picket fence from Walmart. What can I say...I'm a sucker for craft supplies. My love for gardening and the bees that pollinate the plants inspired these pieces. 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I felt it needed to be celebrated in a "stitchy" way as well as with my vote!</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDL03rKGOc0w326NLDjkpiDnufpu1s9IuaylBLdPeblXXuUmFrjvZTDfX6Z80uzF7wCqPa9wDDMa02g4pzUjbOEgohg3hrQzDQlj3Vy7B5umiMlzGqBLt2WrjnQLl0QKf1rEKETszxC3M/s2048/YouGotThis1+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1833" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDL03rKGOc0w326NLDjkpiDnufpu1s9IuaylBLdPeblXXuUmFrjvZTDfX6Z80uzF7wCqPa9wDDMa02g4pzUjbOEgohg3hrQzDQlj3Vy7B5umiMlzGqBLt2WrjnQLl0QKf1rEKETszxC3M/s320/YouGotThis1+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>You Got This</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: medium;">This is the 2020 Ripple Effect Pattern. These patterns sprang from an idea of Meg Ripple's. An avid stitcher, Meg asked if I would design cross stitch patterns of inspiration for her fellow cancer patients. Although Meg lost her battle with cancer, I carry on her vision each year with a pattern. My profits from these patterns are donated to the American Cancer Society in Meg's memory.</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand"; font-size: medium;">Later in the year I released two more patterns. First up:</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenC1irWFcaNq2dQMZVgNla_KfR49pdzN0cVRrdD44m5oXhUvUsY4ipeu1FmIcQKaCaDHEGSqAGWM12-3dxFGZCoQrU4twNZ_4EoxB6se7rZbE7sbPI0RSRuirk6s2OJ4vS_hyphenhyphenKiTLlYs/s2048/DSCN2737+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1974" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenC1irWFcaNq2dQMZVgNla_KfR49pdzN0cVRrdD44m5oXhUvUsY4ipeu1FmIcQKaCaDHEGSqAGWM12-3dxFGZCoQrU4twNZ_4EoxB6se7rZbE7sbPI0RSRuirk6s2OJ4vS_hyphenhyphenKiTLlYs/s320/DSCN2737+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>2020 ~ Sew Over It</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;">This sampler is fraught with many representations of the Pandemic Culture of 2020: the border represents the virus with masks in-between; the letters are 6 stitches apart; between the rows of letters there are directional arrows; the 5 star rating for 2020 is just half a star; Pandemic buzz words (covid 19, quarantine, homeschool, social distancing, work at home, was your hands, shelter in place, sanitize, mask up) are subtly stitched in "medical mask aqua" (Island Breeze); we endured the Pandemic "one stitch at a time" and are now "sew over it". </span><span style="font-family: "Patrick Hand";">Even the thread colors are significant: "Island Breeze" not only medical mask aqua but, an island breeze we'd all like to be feeling; "Brick" the virus smashing the idea of an island breeze.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">The last design released in 2020 was originally published in Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher Magazine in the 2019 Christmas ~ Winter Issue.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLHi6JRvnltQCo4EBEZrAIXBZy0R1murfXRxVTSOlqD9tdaGcYcxn2QepVlZ5mswHDR_TwEiVrr1NIq6xj1OKyKiNCOgiUWAlFQYmVMazaNY57eWuQnli9etSPjZzxhf2aYAiACtJeBo/s2048/SantaRide13best+%25285%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLHi6JRvnltQCo4EBEZrAIXBZy0R1murfXRxVTSOlqD9tdaGcYcxn2QepVlZ5mswHDR_TwEiVrr1NIq6xj1OKyKiNCOgiUWAlFQYmVMazaNY57eWuQnli9etSPjZzxhf2aYAiACtJeBo/s320/SantaRide13best+%25285%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Santa's Ride</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">Santa's Ride includes the finishing instruction as shown. The wood house wall hanging and snowflake ornaments were purchased from Hobby Lobby.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand; font-size: medium;">There you have my 2020 offerings!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Patrick Hand;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-78421669781308595982019-07-25T20:09:00.003-04:002019-07-25T20:13:55.840-04:00Empowered!So very sorry for my absence . . . not one who likes to complain . . . and creativity has taken a hit of late. BUT . . . today, I feel empowered!<br />
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As things of late have been . . . sucky to say the least . . . culminating in a dentist appointment today after a (hate to admit it) 8 year absence, I expected it to be another "sucky" day. I'm a dental-phobic. Yes, after a childhood of horrid dental experiences with the dentist from hell (I'm sure he's languishing there after dying from cancer years ago . . . karma's a bitch.) I was a nervous wreck! It's like REALLY low on my priority list . . . but, I do have two cavities that needed attending to. Dreading this like the plague, it turned out to be not so bad. They were impressed with how clean my teeth were and what little work needs to be done . . . whew! I left there feeling . . . empowered! YES . . . I SURVIVED! ! !<br />
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My mother has been the main focus lately as she's had some medical issues. She's 92 and living with dementia in an assisted living facility not far from me. She still knows me but her memory capacity is about 5 minutes long. She developed shingles a week ago on her forehead and I had to take her to the ER for confirmation and treatment. Two days later she had a relapse of cellulitis in her right leg and refused to stand/walk . . . back to the ER. This time, they admitted her. It was suggested, after 5 days that she go to a nursing home/rehab facility. They needed her new Medicare number to admit her . . . I've never received her new card. That began the saga of government bureaucracy. To make a long story short . . . a Power of Attorney means nothing to the government. After visits to Social Security and calls to SS and Medicare, I was able to create an account online and print out her new Medicare card . . . no way to change her address with them at this time. She is finally settled into the Nursing Home and not too interested in working on her physical therapy . . . this is not good. So that consumed my week. I will be going out of town tomorrow for the weekend but, come next week she WILL get a "kick in the pants" to get on with her therapy!<br />
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During this time dealing with my mother I got a letter from the Missouri Department of Revenue . . . a 10 day Demand Notice threatening to revoke my business license for their state . . . for a late fee ($18.70) for my Sales Tax submission for an event I vended at last September. I dealt with this "late fee" in May and remitted the amount although the woman I talked to on the phone could not confirm what the late fee was for. The event was held in August of 2017 and then changed to September in 2018 . . . was it a late fee because the date changed or was a late fee because I was a day or two late mailing my payment because their website is a nightmare! Who knows. I called them and told them I sent the payment in May and the bank has cleared the check. He said they are behind in posting and suggested that I send the payment in again and when they get around to posting both payments I can ask for a refund . . . seriously??? I said NO and told him to go ahead and revoke the license and I'll just vend and not collect the sales tax this September . . . come to TN and arrest me! Sent them an email and have heard NOTHING!<br />
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Next irritant, we had our house painted in June . . . or that was the plan. The color we picked was not the shade the painter used . . . but, we liked it. He ran out of paint and went to get some more . . . hmmm, not the same color . . . don't like this shade as well. Rain delayed the painting and also the inspection of the painting. Once the weather cleared and we were able to actually walk around the house, we saw that the paint color didn't match . . . multiple colors on several walls . . . we asked for Satin and it's clearly Flat paint. He swears he's going to make it right and yet has not shown up for two weeks. I bought a can of the paint this week that we chose and today I started painting the house myself! I also called the painter . . . got his answer machine . . . and left this message: "We have started painting the house ourselves because it is obvious you're not interested in coming back. If you do not come and get your ladders, buckets and supplies, by next Friday, we will donate them to Habitat For Humanity . . . just to let you know" No call back . . . not a peep.<br />
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So . . . today . . . painted for two hours and then cut the grass! Great sense of accomplishment ! ! ! My framing is ready for a piece I designed for next year . . . will pick that up next week. Have a magazine deadline that's due by August that I haven't stared on yet . . . YIKES!<br />
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Meanwhile, the hubs is out of town having the time of his life at the Oshkosh Air Show . . . probably shouldn't post this . . . he'll expect me take care of business like this all the time! <br />
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So . . . the message here is: DON'T MESS WITH ME . . . I'M NOT IN THE MOOD . . . I SURVIVED THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND THE DENTIST TODAY . . . LOOK OUT WORLD!<br />
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Have yourself a Margarita (like I just did) and enjoy an evening of stitching . . . that's where I'm heading!<br />
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<br />The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-90675691450255591792019-02-15T09:32:00.003-05:002019-02-15T09:33:51.768-05:00Final Reveal for the 2019 Nashville Needlework Market!<br />
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The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-81123011982042045722019-02-13T19:28:00.000-05:002019-02-13T19:30:16.925-05:00More Nashville Needlework Market Reveals!Let's continue with the Market reveals . . . sorry for the delay . . . framing wasn't quite ready.<br />
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painted and Briwaxed brie cheese box . . . yes, from the grocery store! I love these little boxes . . . and brie cheese! I strung 4mm faux pearl beads and glued the strand around the stitched piece to "frame" it. Painted the inside lavender and glued some scrapbook paper in the bottom.<br />
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Stay tuned for one more reveal of the last two pieces. Should I do it tomorrow or make you wait until Friday . . . hmmm.<br />
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<br />The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-10132785213968733452019-02-11T09:45:00.002-05:002019-02-11T09:45:33.491-05:00Nashville Needlework Market 2019 RevealsWow! Where have I been??? Sorry . . . it was not a boring year . . . just busy I guess. I'll get you caught up later . . . but now:<br />
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It's almost time for the Nashville Needlework Market! I have 6 new designs to offer at this year's Market. The first two I'll show you will be released to Market participants and will be available to all shops at the close of Market.<br />
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First up is "How Great Thou Art". It's always been my favorite Hymn and thought it might be a good reminder of God's greatness in this crazy world we live in. It's stitched on 40 ct. Picture This Plus - Mello
(other counts are available) using GA Endive, WDW Plum & WDW Curry
threads. It's framed by my wonderful framer and friend Terri at "Carriage House" in Kingsport, TN.<br />
<br /> Next is "There's No Place Like Hope" also stitched on 40 ct. PTP -
Mello using WDW Brick, GA Grecian Gold, GA Endive & WDW Palomino
threads. This one is this year's "Ripple Effect Pattern" in which I
donate the profits to the American Cancer Society in my fellow stitcher
Meg Ripple's memory.<br />
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Can't wait to show you the rest of them this week! Stay tuned! ! !<br />
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The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-23835728173374146032018-03-20T13:06:00.000-04:002018-03-20T13:06:10.146-04:00Sew WhatA week after the Nashville Needlework Market it was off to the Blue Ridge Quilt Guild retreat. It's held at the <span class="st">Southwest Virginia 4-H<em></em> Educational Center in Abingdon Virginia. It's a rural setting of rolling hills and camp-like accommodations . . . adequate, not luxury. I love it there!</span><br />
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We work downstairs in this building with our sleeping rooms upstairs. For those who prefer not to do stairs, you can drive around and up the hill to the upper parking lot on the sleeping level. Breakfast and dinner is included in a building up the hill (also driveable) . . . sitting and sewing all day, the hike up the hill is welcome exercise for me! We have favorite restaurants in and around Abingdon that we like to go to for lunch . . . it's good to take a break from sewing and get out of there for a bit.<br />
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<span class="st">It was nice, as one of the planners of the retreat, to have "helpers" that made our name tags and cute "mug rugs". . . a big thanks to those fellow members! I put together the "first aid" kits with Hugs, Kisses, Ricola cough drops, stitcher's band aids and a thread waxer.</span><br />
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<span class="st">We take one day and go to Wytheville to the quilt store there and have lunch. It's a little over an hour's drive . . . well worth the trip! They always have a fantastic sale room, a few retreat exclusives and put together gift bags for us . . . so nice!</span><br />
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This is such a cute place with delicious food! It meanders around from room to room . . . an enclosed area even has 3 doves in it! We were in a room by ourselves . . . they were very busy and only one waitress. We helped her out by handing her our menus with our orders written down.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="st">I worked on several things. First I finished my charity quilt. The guild makes quilts for charities that service children that have been taken out of their homes for various reasons. Our member Anne gives us the design each year and many of us finish them on retreat. It's a good way to use up scraps. There are always different ways to put the blocks together. I struggled to get my points to match up with this layout only to discover that they didn't have to.</span><br />
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<span class="st">I then moved on to putting borders on a lap quilt I made for my daughter's birthday. It will be late as it still needs to be quilted and her birthday is Thursday. We will be visiting her in May and I will hand deliver it to her then. She has my 2000 Yellow Beetle (although it may be traded in soon) . . . this will be a good memory of it.</span><br />
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I then put a small border on a quilt I've been working on for several years. Didn't bring the measurements to be able to put the larger border on it . . . so, it still didn't get finished.<br />
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<span class="st">So . . . lets work on something new . . . the Bee quilt that I had unrealistic expectations of having it finished by the Nashville Needlework Market to use in my Bee display. Like that was going to happen ! ! ! </span><br />
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I did get almost all the smaller squares put together and one large block put together just to see what they will look like. I think I'm going to love this quilt! Maybe it will be ready to use for my display at the Merchant Mall at the Prim Stitchers Society Retreat in June . . . get off the Blog girl and get busy ! ! !<br />
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The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-21732294306769940492018-03-17T14:25:00.001-04:002018-03-17T14:38:13.733-04:00The Nashville MarketThe Nashville Needlework Market was a great success a couple of weeks ago! Always a fun time . . . always a stressful time!<br />
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I had 5 new designs this year for Market.<br />
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First up is "Bee Hives Matter". Did you know that 70 out of the top 100 human food crops — which supply about 90 percent of the world’s nutrition — are pollinated by bees?<br />
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To make 16 oz. of honey it takes 1,152 bees to travel
112,00 miles to visit 4.5 million flowers! (I don't know how they know
that, but it sounds amazing.)<br />
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So . . . Bee Hives DO Matter! <br />
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There is a wonderful Bee/Honey store "Wild Mountain Bees" in Weaverville, NC just over the mountain from me . . . they have the best wildflower honey! After reading a few articles about how many honeys have other things added to them, I prefer to get my honey from "Wild Mountain Bees" versus buying it at the grocery store.<br />
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And so . . . keeping with the bee theme, the next one is "BEE-utiful". I finished this one as a pillow . . . really not as big as it appears . . . the wicker chair is a dolls chair.<br />
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Noteworthy Needle and I carried the bee theme to another level with a collaboration. Janis designed smalls to go with my designs called "Small Matters". "Bee Hives Matters" fits on the lid of a cigar type box with "BEE-utiful" fitting inside the lid. All the smalls fit nicely inside. Aren't they too cute ? ? ?<br />
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We had a bee theme display complete with bee lights . . .<br />
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We also dressed in a bee theme . . . oh the plans we had to carry this to the extreme . . . this was as far as we got.<br />
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Janis even convinced her husband Tom to wear the beekeeper's outfit!</div>
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Next is "Faithful Friend" . . . this year's Ripple Effect Pattern. My designer profits from Ripple Effect Patterns are donated to the American Cancer Society in Meg Ripple's memory . . . a friend we lost to cancer.<br />
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I had two "early release" patterns available at Market. The first one, "Frogs In Your Underpants" will be released in April. (Market attendees were able to get it at Market). I think this one would make a great birth sampler.<br />
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And last, but not least is my patriotic offering "God Bless America" that will be released in May. (Market attendees were able to get this on at Market as well).<br />
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We joined a group of designer friends for their annual "tour of rooms" beginning with pizza and wine. It's not only fun to see and hear how everyone displays and comes to design their patterns, but tips and suggestion sharing was very helpful . . . what a great bunch!<br />
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Had a week at home to recuperate from the lack of sleep work/party fest and it was off to the quilt guild's annual quilting retreat . . . stay tuned for more lack of sleep quilting/party festing ! Is that a word . . . festing?<br />
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The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-83115928267676478402017-11-16T10:03:00.004-05:002017-11-16T10:03:26.680-05:00Happy Holiday StitchingI have two releases coming this week. The first one appeared in the 2016 Christmas/Winter Issue of Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher Magazine . . . "Christmas Blessings". It's a quick stitch with the finishing really making it cute. There are so many great Christmas fabric out there to choose from!<br />
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The other one, "Hallelujah!", is my tribute to Handel's Messiah. The Hallelujah Chorus always gives me chills! The fabric and floss was chosen because the colors remind me of the bible I've had since I was a child.<br />
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I also have a new piece in this year's Christmas/Winter Issue of Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher Magazine I call "'Tis The Season Sampler".<br />
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The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-41321675476737835232017-09-01T14:40:00.001-04:002017-09-01T14:45:37.214-04:00Halloween is just around the corner!I've released two designs for your Halloween stitching pleasure. I LOVE Halloween . . . almost as much as Christmas!<br />
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The First one is "Halloween Cat". It was originally published in the Fall 2015 issue of Punch Needle and Prim Stitchers Magazine. As per the publishing contract, I am allowed to release the design for sale a year from publication in the magazine. I actually forgot to release it last year . . . so here you go:<br />
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The pattern includes the finishing instructions as shown in the chart pack.<br />
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The second one is called "Witching Time Of Night" and is a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet. I love this fabric from Picture This Plus called Murky . . . it's just perfect. They have several other dark ones that might work equally as well . . . would love to see what other's do with it on different fabrics.<br />
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I've got another design in the Fall issue of PNPS Magazine that just came out. Unfortunately the picture is awfully dark in the magazine and you can't see the colors very well. I stitched it on "burlap ribbon" with perle cotton. The colors in it go so well with my decor in the family room that I think I'll leave it hanging on the fireplace year round.<br />
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I've got Christmas designs "in the bag" (another one in the PNPS Magazine coming up) and it's now time to stitch the new designs for next year. Stitching ahead is so hard for me . . . I want to share it right away when I'm done. Yeah . . . I don't do too well hiding Christmas gifts until Christmas either . . . I get too excited!<br />
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<br />The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-91037917541315718292017-07-27T13:50:00.000-04:002017-07-27T13:52:31.230-04:00Why yes, I wax!<span data-offset-key="36fae-0-0"><span data-text="true">Someone asked recently on the Prim Stitchers Society Facebook page if stitchers used beeswax on their threads. I'm a newbie to beeswax . . . well to using it . . . I have a number of cute shapes that I have been given . . . guess I'm collecting them now. I didn't want to destroy the cute shapes, so I didn't use them. Janis Note (of Noteworthy Needle) makes so many cute shapes with funny names, it makes you want to collect them! Back in May (I know, it's been that long since I've checked in here.) Janis gave me Beeswax Bliss that she's making now so you don't have to destroy the cute shapes! It's just beeswax in a little container . . . perfect! I ask myself daily "why haven't I used this before?" I love it! I didn't think I needed it since I stitch exclusively with one strand, but it definitely helps keep the thread from tangling! </span></span><br />
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The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-76729891183583125422017-05-11T17:02:00.001-04:002017-07-27T13:42:52.038-04:00Celebrations of Needlework 2017Back from Celebrations of Needlework in Nashua, NH. It's a l o n g trip! I did tack on a visit with my daughter in Connecticut on the way up and the way back.<br />
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Janis, with Noteworthy Needle, and I shared a booth again this year. We've become the NN girls.<br />
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We backed up to Workbasket and Nikyscreations again and swagged the curtains to visit. Janis covered the exposed pole and . . . well . . . we got a little silly during a slow period. What can I say . . . Niky was a professional dancer . . okay, it was ballet. We got a laugh out of Niky's pole dance move.<br />
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The Merchant Mall was filled with wonderful goodies to the delight of the retreat participants and those visiting just to shop.<br />
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Candy (from The Workbasket) and I had the chance to go to Frye's Measure Mill . . . beautiful Shaker type boxes and antiques. In another building on the property we met a woodcarver who does beautiful work!<br />
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We did our usual visit to A.C. Moore and Hobby Lobby . . . Niky (from Italy) wins for the most purchases!<br />
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We had a great time and enjoyed a great dinner with great friends at Martha's Exchange Restaurant in Nashua on our last night. We got seated in time to watch the Kentucky Derby live.<br />
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I also stopped in to visit with Jennifer and Denise at Valley Needleworks in Middletown, VA on the way home . . . just had to see their new shop location . . . what a great building and gardens!<br />
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The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-63668984768225759422017-04-27T17:34:00.000-04:002017-05-11T14:25:52.219-04:00Creative Chaos I leave Monday for Celebration of Needlework in Nashua, NH. I leave Monday . . . I LEAVE MONDAY!<br />
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My house looks like a bomb went off and all my craft supplies flew everywhere . . . projects here . . . projects there . . . merchandise bags . . . price tags . . . signs. There really is some organizing going on here. Really! I'm packing with displays in mind.<br />
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I've had to dig through the rubble on the dinning room table to clear a spot for us to eat each night. Luckily, we're going out to eat tonight. The Hubs is very understanding.<br />
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There are "battle scars" from carrying bins around and running into doorknobs . . . a cut here and there from rotary cutters and other sharp tools of the trade.<br />
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I told The Hubs last night that I probably make about 10 cents an hour when you figure all the time spent getting ready for these shows. He said "You think it's that much?"<br />
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Why then do I do it? "It's fun" I keep saying. Well, some of it's fun. The events are fun! It's the people! I get to hang with my design friends and we commiserate about all the prep time that goes into this and share ideas and talk about upcoming events. I get to see kindred spirit customers that have become friends and meet new ones. They're "my people". They share my passion!<br />
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The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-77138442751895480562017-04-25T11:58:00.001-04:002017-04-25T12:44:25.976-04:00I'm SO Behind!I drowned the camera (yes it's beyond resuscitation) coming home from the Nashville Needlework Market in March and I guess the lack of pictures made me forget to post about Market. The camera was in a bin with the humidifier (the Embassy Suites in Franklin is SO dry so I bring the humidifier). I didn't drain the humidifier before putting it into the bin, but the camera was in a plastic grocery bag and I thought it would be safe . . . nope. So . . . no pictures.<br />
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Trust me, it was fun and great to see all the designer and shop owner friends I've made and meet new ones! I vowed I wasn't going to shop at this Market . . . no time to stitch other designer's things . . . I just couldn't resist!<br />
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Isn't this cute! Oh . . . there was some fabric purchases as well . . . what can I say?</div>
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For me, Market went well. Seemed like traffic was a little light but, sales were good! I had 6 new designs. Three released right after Market.<br />
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Now, prep work is being done for Celebration of Needlework in Nashua, NH. YIKES! I leave a week from today . . . the show is May 3-7, 2017 at the Nashua Courtyard Marriott. For all the information you can check out their website: http://celebrationofnw.com/<br />
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In keeping with the theme "Embrace The Journey" and the tradition of getting the spouses involved, the men were asked to perform "It's A Small World"!<br />
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We played a game . . . note the tables had different country flags. Our table captain was Lisa . . . perhaps those little hands slowed her down?<br />
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Gifts abound at these retreats from Shepherd's Bush and friends. We were given charms to complete a journey scissor fob, charts for smalls and a beautiful wooden tray!<br />
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Wonderful gifts to one another like our friend Nancy who gifted us Turban Towels that proved to be a challenge for me . . . couldn't quite get it to wrap properly . . . good for a tearful belly-laugh!<br />
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The Humanitarian Project this year was to send a girl from an
impoverished country to school. If you wanted to participate, you could
stitch a scissor fob to exchange and donate $5.00. They had over 100
fobs entered into the exchange as well as many, many generous donations
from tons of people. Shepherd's Bush matched all money raised, and were able to send 10 girls to school and change the lives of those
children and their families. What inspiration and kindness.<br />
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I made this tiny stitched over one, biscornu scissor fob.<br />
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Paulette's piece is sooo pretty! It's called "Heritage Sampler". . . very patriotic starting with pilgrims, George crossing the Delaware and Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln . . . and the colors on that fabric . . . I just LOVE it! What? No pictures of Paulette in class? What's up with that?</div>
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<br />The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-40458751891954571712017-03-22T13:03:00.001-04:002017-03-22T13:03:27.762-04:00On To The Retreat!Not only is the Shepherd's Bush shop Mecca for cross-stitchers, but their retreat is also a bucket list item for most, They never fail to make it a great experience!<br />
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Before the Retreat officially started we had dinner with friends. We have met so many kindred spirits at these retreats over the years and favorite designers we can call friends!<br />
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The retreat always has a theme and this time it was "Embrace The Journey". The theme shows up everywhere throughout the Retreat . . . in the activities, games, designs, gifts, etc. The most anticipated part is "The Reveal"!<br />
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CeCe from The Thread Gatherer gave a talk on dyeing, particularly the difficulty of dyeing with reds. We got a little chart from an antique sampler she has.</div>
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The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-59403308438552249142017-03-21T13:16:00.001-04:002017-03-21T13:20:02.985-04:00Mecca For Cross-Stitchers!Wow . . . took me forever to download my pictures of The Shepherd's Bush Retreat from last October off the ipad and on to the PC so I could post them here . . . well, it didn't actually take 5 months . . . just most of yesterday! You'd think married to an IT guy that I'd know more . . . but . . . alas . . . I don't 🙁 They're done now . . . so . . . here we go!<br />
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It's off to Shepherd's Bush in Ogden, UT . . . </div>
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truly Mecca for us cross-stitchers ! ! !</div>
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So back in October I arrived in Utah a day early for the festivities since my BFF Jenny moved to Salt Lake City since the last retreat. We thought we'd beat the crowd going to the shop a day early. . . I don't think that's possible.<br />
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You could spend a week in their shop and probably not see it all. Let's just stroll around . . . try not to drool on your keyboard while you take it all in . . . <br />
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Oh go ahead . . . take another look . . . you know you probably missed something! I'll post more on the actual Retreat later . . . I know your head is spinning ! ! !<br />
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<br />The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-78843629131496257302017-03-18T11:35:00.000-04:002017-03-18T11:38:11.673-04:00Don't Quit Your Day Dream Finishing InstructionsWork first. I promised more detailed instructions on this pattern for piecing together fabric to finish this pillow as shown.<br />
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If you've been following the blog over the years, you know my story of how The Nebby Needle got started. If not . . . here it is: My daydream of becoming a cross-stitch designer became a reality at the
2010 Shepherd's Bush Retreat in Park City, UT after showing Barb and
Alma (of Blackbird Designs) a piece of theirs that I "expanded". Alma
asked if I designed and I said "no, I just change everybody else's".
She told me I was ready...and The Nebby Needle was born in October of
2010!<br />
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That was the inspiration for this pillow and in tribute to Blackbird Designs, I used one of their fabric lines to finish this pillow. You may choose whatever fabrics you like and adjust your color choices for stitching to coordinate with your fabrics.<br />
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I had already purchased a jelly roll (2 1/2" strips) of their Hyde Park line of fabrics to make a quilt . . . when time permits . . . and when might that be? If you use fat quarters you can cut 2 1/2" strips. I used 5 different fabric strips to make my triangles (now I'll probably have to buy more fabric for the quilt) and I had a fat quarter of the fabric that looks like a cross stitched alphabet for the back. I cut the strips into 2 1/2" squares (I'm sure there is an easier way, but being a beginner quilter this is how I did it.) Placing a light and a dark square right sides together, I marked the diagonal corner to corner and marked my 1/4" seams. Stitched my seams and cut the squares along the diagonal line. I pressed them open and placed them in a design that was pleasing to me. If you want each side to repeat your pattern you will need 4 of each
square combos giving you 8 triangle/squares of each when cut. After stitching the triangle/squares together I added the square corner stones at each end of one of the sides and at one end of two of the other sides. To square this off and make it come out right, sew the short side (without the corner stones) at the top and one of the strips with one corner stone down one side. Set the bottom strip with one corner stone to line up that side and your final side with the two corner stones. Pin and sew the bottom then the final side. <br />
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If you are going to put a binding around your pillow, sew the front and back together with right sides out leaving an opening in the bottom big enough to get your hand in to stuff. Stitch you opening closed and bind off the outer edge as you would a quilt.<br />
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I hope this is clear . . . as this is only the second pillow I have finished this way. Like I said . . . I am a beginner and infrequent quilter having only pieced the edge of one pillow this way 5 years ago. If you have questions I will be happy to try to help . . . or if you have an experienced quilting friend . . . that might be better!<br />
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The Nebby Needlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04616509689628236396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2822824962483987213.post-69054740477789612332017-03-16T17:13:00.000-04:002017-03-16T17:13:10.839-04:00Promise!I will update over the weekend...promise! I have pictures to share from retreats, Nashville Market, new designs coming, finishing details and freebies!!! There just aren't enough hours in the day!!!!<br />
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