Crows in the kitchen(original), Jonah by Plum Street

elizabethan glove, dinky dyes biscornu

Glove progress

This is what I got done last night. After really examining a picture of detached buttonhole stitch I realized that I made a mistake. At the point where the color changes, I started a new backstitch line under the completed bhs part and began again. I should have just continued on with the loops already there. DUH!! Leave it to me to find a harder way to do it and then really go for it!! LOL! Well that is what happens when you are learning from a book, and don't have any real life examples before you! I am not going to rip it out now, this is a good practice piece before I start my beloved Golden Age sampler! I am truly loving this though!

detached buttonhole flower

Here I have finished the detached buttonhole petals on my flower-see how much better they look? I have frogged out the first petal I did, and worked it again. By the second petal I figured out how to do it and now it looks more like it is supposed too. I should have used a doodle cloth-then I wouldn't have had to frog out, but I am seldom that prudent! LOL!
I pulled out the center trellis stitch, and now I am re-working that. It is a really cool knotted stitch.
Once I finish the glove, I feel I will be confident enough to finally stitch the Golden Age sampler, a Nostalgic Needle design I have pined over for literally 12 years! I went to my LNS today and bought the rest of the supplies i needed for this one. It is worked in AVAS, and uses some gold threads and spangles. Fun! fun! fun! I can't wait to get started!

New Pattern Release Coming Soon!

My newest pattern release is Dorothy! She is a 26 inch pumpkin head folk doll made of muslin, with needle sculpted features which are sealed , painted, and enhanced with artists pencils. This pattern will be ready approximately May 1st. Preorders are being taken now. If you would like to pre-order a pattern, the price is $13.49 with shipping in the US. To pre-order email me at:

anniebeezfolkart28@yahoo.com

Check this out!!!

Here is a really cool link, where someone has animated the Bayeux Tapestry! Its really neat! I have long admired the Bayeux Tapestry and have always wanted to go see it for myself. This is really neat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDaB-NNyM8o

And here are a couple of links about the tapestry, for those who are not familiar with it.

http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/

http://hastings1066.com/

Quickie piccie!

Here is my trellis stitch center(I know it needs work!) and my detached buttonhole petals. You can see the left petal is a little bit better that the right one. Its not great, but I am determined to master it! I also had a little trouble with the back stitch base-the pattern is not the clearest-it is from am old Fine Lines magazine. But I will continue and see how it comes out. It's really fun!