Cardinal Ornament

Time to update things - We have new charts. Dogs' Day Out ... No. 58 features a variety of dogs doing a little socializing with their own kind. It's dogs being dogs, where they don't need " no stinking leashes ". The design was done on one of our hand-dyed fabrics, a combination of April on top with Whispering Pine on the bottom. Also, the latest of the annual hummingbirds, the '09 addition, is available - a Fiery-throated Hummingbird perched on an orchid, and stitched on one of our hand-dyed fabrics, color Rainforest.

New to our line of knotted designs are small cardinal and chickadee head studies. The kits include the printed muslin and chart to do the design, along with templates, diagrams, and written instructions to do a scissor fob ( incorporating the design ), and coordinated scissor case and needle case.

As, I expect, most of you who live in the northern tier of states can empathize, we have cabin fever. I promise that when it's hot and muggy this summer I will not complain. Right now, we look forward to Spring, and a warm sun, although if it warms up too quickly we will need an ark to survive in all that meltwater.

We are also looking forward to Celebration of Needlework in Nashua, NH ( April 30 - May 3 ). We were signed up last year but I chose surgery instead. Fingers are crossed for this year.

Good Stitching, Think Spring,
Dan and Paula

If the hand-dyed fabric interests you, check out that page on this site. We've added three new colors, and though we have yet to do specific designs for all of them, there are many other designs out there just crying out for that special piece of fabric.