Dawns bright and sparkly

This morning dawned bright and sparkly; there is really nothing more beautiful than a pretty snow. I know there are parts of the Midwest, especially central Kansas, that are really suffering from this snow. I hope they get relief very soon and have all found a place to be safe and warm. I think all our [...]

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March snow

  
 
 
 
I really don’t know why snow surprises me…I have seen snow into April. In fact the very first house we bought, we moved in March 27 or 28th and it snowed April 1…April Fool. We had a window in out kitchen that you could see the back yard and so DH and I built [...]

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My enabling friend Karen

Karen and I go back a few years, we worked in the same needlepoint store. Karen is one of those people you love to know, You can mull around ideas, you can bounce ideas off her, you can give her a problem and she comes up with two or three ideas/solutions and I have never known [...]

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Clan spools

I promise this is the last of the Scott and Gordon Clan needlepoint for this year, but I wanted to show the clan tartan spools.
My DH loves to look at wood carving, he doesn’t do it but he appreciates the art…me too. This week-end there was a show close to us so we spent some time [...]

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My NAN Entry

Two posts in one day…
very unusual for me but when I have the time to catch myself up I need to take advantage…so…

This was my entry into the NAN (http://www.needleart.org/) Exemplary as a Non-Original Professional with instruction. It is as yet an untaught piece by Eileen Aird, who owns Ridgewood Needlepoint, Ridgewood NJ. (http://www.ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/index.php?p=main)  I have [...]

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Second Coat finished

I finished the second coat yesterday…Now I have two for next year.  I know why I only had one of these finished…finishing was a bugger! Those little flaps in the front were not fun.  Hopefully making Tartan plaid stands won’t be that big a deal and I will have them finished  by next year. See the [...]

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Wonderful World of Needleart

Grab a cuppa and get lost in the wonderful world of needleart…
One of the reasons you have not heard much from me is last week The National Academy of Needleats or NAN (http://www.needleart.org/) was in Kansas City for their annual assembly and exemplary. I am have not been in a position to take a class [...]

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St Patrick’s Day

 
Today is St. Patrick’s day and it is definitely my day. I remember when I was a small girl in school, we had to fill out a census card that told out ethnic backgrounds and percentages. My dad set down and figured it up; I was  56% Scottish and 38% Irish with a 1.5 % each [...]

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Plastic tube

Just had to add this quick post, I know two in one day…what is world happened to sudu? 
Remember the plastic tube I told you about in my March 2 blog?(http://sudukc.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/i-lay-i-layed-i-will-laythreads/ )  Well Pat Winter has found another use for this tubing… Her blog for March 5  (http://gatherings100.blogspot.com/ ) shows how she uses this tube. Pretty cool.
Can you [...]

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Finished laying threads

I want to thank everyone for checking out the post on laying tools and how to lay threads. I have had lots of hits this last week. Thank you all.
Someone has even enabled me to add yet another laying tool to my collection. I will be adding a Zecca ( http://www.zecca.net/) laying tool to my collection [...]

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