Patchwork Pumpkin Workshop

Hey Blog Buddies,
Did you guys enjoy the first weekend in May?  We had great weather here, but I spent the better part of the weekend indoors, since I had the good fortune to be able to attend a workshop led by Debbie Stiehler, a talented canvaswork designer.  Fourteen of us were stitching her Patchwork Pumpkin.  She has two versions--this is the one I chose to stitch:

This is the "autumn" version.

Isn't it just the cutest thing you've ever seen?

I've had my eye on this piece for at least two years

(more about that later).

 

Here is her Halloween version:

 

This is simply adorable, too.

I chose the autumn pumpkin because

I didn't want it to be too holiday specific.

 

Here's my progress after two days:

 

There will be four other football-shaped pieces,

each with 16 different "patches" to be stitched.

The canvas size is 24" x 14", so it's another BAP!

 

Here's a close-up of the two patches that are completed...

 

...along with some others that aren't.

That's the nature of workshops:  you hop around a lot!

 

I discovered this piece a couple of years ago,

and lusted after it immediately.

It was being offered at an ANG seminar in Texas--

too far for me to go, and a little too expensive to get there.

Last year it was being taught in Green Bay, WI--doable!

But the class was full by the time I registered.  (sigh)

This year my local chapter had Debbie scheduled

to teach another one of her pieces right here in Chicago,

but it was changed at the last minute to the pumpkin!  Woo-hoo!

This was my first workshop with Debbie:

she's a great teacher, very funny and down-to-earth.

Unfortunately, it will be my last one

since she announced that she won't be doing

any more traveling after this year.   :(

But I'm really happy that I finally got the opportunity

to do this piece before she retires!

I will squeeze it into my rotation somehow!

 

Hope you all had a fun, stitchy weekend.

Thanks, as always, for visiting!