This is the last of the Fab Firs! They are all finished and getting ready for their big debut at The TNNA Summer NeedleArts Trade Show in Columbus next weekend. If you are attending the show, stop by the NeedleDeeva booth which is #803. Rumor has it we are front and center when you walk in the door, so you can’t miss us! Please stop by for a look see.
I tried to do at least one of these trees with no beads at all! I had good intentions as I started off doing the stars in French knots. The garland is in French knots, but when I got to the ornamnets on the tree, well what else was there to do?
I have been stitching my fingers to the bare bones over the weekend and for me it really is work, but how lucky can I be that I absolutely love my work! AlleyCat comes by every so often and curls up to sleep on my lap while I stitch. She is a very good girl and doesn’t bother my threads. Every once in a while she will stick her butt up into the air as if to say “scratch me” and get a little bit of my attention! I am not sure if it is really being with me that she is after or if it is the heat of my stitching lamp. Sylvester will sometimes sleep on the back of the couch behind me and we are all very happy campers.
Today I really need to do some things around the house. You know dusting, picking up, vacuuming…sorry Sylvester and AlleyCat, grocery shopping, going to the bank, post office and all that necessary stuff.
I need to find a better spot for my new orchid too. I really don’t like it here and it hasn’t moved one inch since I brought it home and set it down. Decisions! Decisions!
AlleyCat was able to get the favorite soaking up the sun spot all to herself yesterday. and until next time keep on stitching
I am amazed at how disciplined your cats are. You let them outside but they do not try to run away! Our cat goes on the screened porch but there are too many critters and cars around for us to let him truly be out in the wild. We lost our last boy to a coyote so are super protective. Yours must know they are much better off with you instead of being on their own. Love this fir as well and can picture them at a setting with the McKenzie-Childs tableware and all the black and white checks.
Carol, the cats have you fooled! I live upstairs, so they do go out but they can’t go very far. Those little paws of theirs have never touched grass!
Thank you though for being concerned about them.
Every fab fur is more beautiful than the last! They are truly magnificent Vicky. I can’t wait to stitch one…or two….or six.
Thank you so much Wendy! I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did!
Love your stitching and your bead work. Would you mind sharing what brand, type, size of beads you use? And how do you attach them to keep them so perfectly placed. Keep up the good work, Brenda
Thank you Brenda! I use either Sundance size 14 beads or if the color is not purr~fect I look for a Toho or Miyuki in size 15. The latter 2 are brands as is Sundance. Always lasso the bead or stitch it twice, use the needle to make it stands at attention and pull snug! All the red and gold beads in the Fab Firs are Sundance Beads.