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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Flowers from my Needle

Hey Blog Buddies,

How is your May going?  I hope you had a good weekend and enjoyed the spring weather.  Or the fall weather, if you're farther south!

I attended a workshop on Saturday hosted by my EGA chapter and taught by Nancy Buhl, who designs canvaswork pieces under the name From Nancy's Needle.  She is a wonderful teacher, and I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop. 



The piece in the photo above was taught, called Flowers from my Needle.
I chose a slightly more autumnal colorway.

There was a very nice turnout--we had over 40 stitchers.

 
There were over 40 fabulous gift baskets, too.
In addition, everyone got a door prize.

 
Here is where I'm at with my piece.
It is a simple, small piece that I don't have to think about very much.
There are no laid threads.  I love it!
I wouldn't have needed to go to a workshop to figure this piece out,
but don't tell anyone.

I would love to just keep on working on this piece until it's finished,
but sadly it will have to join a throng of other pieces
on "the back burner."

The pile on that burner is getting dangerously high.

For the past few days, I've been working on
(gasp!)
a cross stitch piece.

It's one of the Prairie Schooler Christmas Strawberries.
I hope to get this one finished today
so that I can get all three of my stitched strawberry pieces
to the finisher, who I hope to see this evening.
I'd better get cracking.

That's it for now.
Thanks for visiting!

8 comments:

Eva said...

Finishing the strawberries is easy! You want me to show you how?

cucki said...

So much fun :)
Gift baskets are looking so yummy..
Hugs c

Chris said...

What a great event! Such a pretty project!
I can't wait to see your strawberry finished!

Anne said...

Looks like it was a fun workshop. Love the purple flowers design you are working on. The colours are sublime! Good luck on finishing the PS strawberries!!

Julie said...

What a lot of ladies have fun stitching away.

Carol said...

What a pretty piece that will be with the colors you've chosen. So glad the class was a success :)

I'm sure the strawberry finishing will go well--I'm looking forward to seeing them.

Anne said...

Your needlework piece is looking lovely! Good work!

Sally said...

Looks like it was a wonderful event. I love the colours you chose for your piece.