New designs on display in Philadelphia

Well, the ANG 40th Anniversary begins this Friday.  I will be flying to Philadelphia that day and there for 8 days.  I hope many of you are getting to attend this year.....if so, please stop and say hello!

My three new designs, recently discussed in this blog, will be on display in the Anaheim 2013 display. I always look forward to seeing all the wonderful projects that will be available the next year.  Even though the photos are very good in the brochure, they just can't capture the three dimensional quality of the needlework.  Be sure to stop by the exhibit if you are in attendance.  

Last but not least, Summer Garden Collage, Tiebele Nights and Pear Duet are now added to my Teaching Portfolio pages.   

Pear Duet

Pear Duet is finally finished and off to the framer!! This finishes up new designs for 2013.  I am taking a week or two off from stitching and then I will begin work on 2014 designs.  I have rough sketches, thread samples, beads, and lots of tabbed pages at the ready.  It is always fun to see what actually emerges.  

But now it is time to collect everything that needs to travel with me to the ANG 40th anniversary seminar in Philadelphia.  I hope to see each of you there.  Have fun!

Proposal Sketches

I shipped off proposal packages for two new designs I have been working on.....shown previously here.  As these designs are only partially stitched I needed to "fill in the blanks" by adding pen ink and watercolor to illustrate the finished design.

Here is Summer Garden Collage................It is approximately 7" square.

And here is Tiebele Nights.........the final name given to the African design.  It is approximately 5 " square without an outer border. This design might appear to be almost finished but I cut and pasted all the finished parts to collage the "finished project".  

I will be finishing the stitching on both of these over the next several months and will post a few updates.  It is always interesting to see how close the finished design compares to the sketch.  

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!