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Exciting news – we’re offering Angles through Shining Needle Society! Some of you have been waiting for this, now is the time! Registration runs through Jan. 31, with classes due to begin April 1. There will be 8 lessons, complete with several video stitch demonstrations that you can access during class and after. There are […]

Not much to report today, except that so far in 2019 I’ve managed to stitch every day! Yea! Last night we had our ANG chapter meeting, and as always I took my stitching with me. And, as always, I was unable to stitch at the meeting. But when I came home, instead of just sitting

Usually for my first post of the new year I outline my stitching goals for the year. This year I’m approaching it a little differently. I’d like to be able to stitch some every day. That may seem like an odd goal for a professional designer/teacher! But since I didn’t get to stitch every day

I can now post pictures, since ANG National Seminar 2019 has shown the pictures and I finally have great pictures to share. Allegro is the 3 day class I’ll be teaching. Design size is 8″ x 8″ on 18 ct. sandstone canvas, and I love the colors in this one! I also love the stitches

Have I mentioned how much color plays a part in what I’m stitching? Just kidding, I know I write about it a lot! Today I want to show you how two different projects and the colors I was using affected my stitching. Both are from the “Mostly” series, and are in the two final color

I’ve posted before about how much the colors I’m working with affect my ability to motivate myself to stitch. Well, instead of having to motivate myself to stitch with colors I don’t like, I’m now stitching a project with colors I love! And I keep admiring them while I’m stitching, and looking forward to the

OK, here’s the deal: I have some class kits left over, that I don’t need to keep. So I’m going to make them available for sale! These are the terms of the sale: What is available is what is listed. I will not be making up more kits or printing more books Kits include instruction

I just got back from Washington, DC and the ANG National Seminar, where I taught Gilded Cabochons, a four day class. I had a wonderful group for the class, all excellent stitchers, and they all made tremendous progress on their projects! Gilded Cabochons is just loaded with different stitches. Maybe next year one of my

Hey, did you miss me? I’ve been on the go almost non stop since my last post, and finally able to sit and take a breath, and think about my goals for the immediate future. My first goal for today is to update my teaching pieces on the website, and hopefully where some of them

I don’t do this very often but today I’m making a shameless plug for one of my teaching ventures, Canvas. Canvas is a fabulous event hosted by Julia Snyder and Leigh Miller. I taught for the inaugural event earlier this year, and it was a very well-organized, delightful week of stitching. For Canvas 2019 I’ll