I’ve been posting Closeouts on my website this week (www.needledelights.com) and have created organized chaos in my living room, dining room, and kitchen. Mass amounts of inventory are leaving my house tomorrow! I’m exhausted & happy…the storage unit is getting cleared out. See the little white thing on the rug in the middle of the photo?…

I went out of town for a few days for my nephew’s wedding this past weekend and all of a sudden, it seems like I’m running out of time to prepare for market in Baltimore next month. How did I already lose a week of August?! I’m madly stitching a few small designs in my…

Tangello is the newest release in my Double Delights series, studying combinations of color. Tangerine plus yellow equals Tangello – say it out loud (tan-jello) – it’s just fun! On the way to auto shops and distributors tomorrow – look for it in your local shop soon! It’s the last day of July so the…

Here’s another sneak peek of the piece I’ve been working on – the stitching is complete and now the fun begins. I have to name it and write the instructions. It will be released in September, which is rapidly approaching. Time really does fly! I’m still working on clearing out the old inventory and posted…

  My “Tropical Bag” is in the latest Needlepoint Now magazine – here’s my photo – the photo in the magazine is lots better! There’s also a great star design from Michael Boren and Carole Lake. The bag is from Stirling and I used Threadworx Overdyed Vineyard Silk (you know I love it!). I also…

It was wonderful to wake up in my own bed this morning! I’d been gone a week and it’s always good to come home. It’s a rainy, cloudy day so I’ve been stitching with a cat on my lap this afternoon. Here’s a peek at what I’m working on right now – I’m using the…

Earlier this week I had the privilege to teach a two day class in Knoxville, TN. I also had the opportunity to give a lecture on “Color” at their quarterly Guild meeting  – they have a fabulous guild there with a number of different “Interest Groups” that meet often and then the whole guild meets quarterly. They…

I promised myself I’d never start a blog post with “I can’t believe how long it’s been since I posted” so I’m not! Instead I’ll tell you I’ve been a lot of places the last two months, done a lot of stitching, been really ill physically, and have done a lot of planning and sketching…

The 3rd Double Delights is Nolive – Navy & Olive. I was happy to see someone correctly guessed! I’m using somewhat quirky names for this series of designs and it’s fun  coming up with them. I really like these colors together – in fact, my office at home is done in these colors and the walls are close…

I’ve been working hard so I took some time to play today and here is the result. I’ve been wanting to combine some of the Color Delights with Rainbow in the center and blending into the squares around it. Here’s the result… This is a combo of nine Color Delights designs (I counted and I…