Wouldn’t this just be the cremé de la cremé for your holiday decorating? These were quite the showstopper at Dallas! I can only dream that I would have the time to stitch these…one of these, let alone all 3!
These are designed and stitched by Jane Eidman. Her canvas line is known by the name of Fiori.
Dream House Ventures is her distributor. You know, gets her name out there by exhibiting for her at shows, showing her canvases on their website and just making sure that you see these beautiful works of art!
Dream House Ventures is also known for canvases By Georg! and Elements just to name a few of them. You might recognize their thread lines Pure Palette, Soy Luster and Baroque Silk.
These are beautiful, aren’t they? You can see some cloesups of the work in progress on Joan’s blog Needlepoint Design by Joan Eidman
Just in case you are thinking about doing some stash enhancement with these beautiful canvases, there is a stitch guide for them!
Let’s see what were the feline children up to yesterday while I spent the day stitching and watching baseball? Well they both disappeared into the deepest recesses of the house as I didn’t see hide not hair of them for hours! Well until I opened the refrig late afternoon for a piece of cheese. It’s amazing how fast that I saw the white of their eyes… and heard their little meows of feed me! feed me!
After I filled their tummies, AlleyCat did grace me with her presence! and until next time…keep on stitching
Along with the other 100 million canvases I want to stitch in this lifetime. They are beautiful though.
me too Diane! me too!
Vicky, I really enjoy reading your blog and looking at all of your “eye candy.” Could you please tell me who makes the picture frame that you used on the “Keep Calm” canvas. I think it would be perfect to use on my two Mary Lake Thompson Bikes…if I ever finish them. I seem to be spending more time staring at them lately than actually putting in any stitches! Thanks. Carole
Thank you Carole! …I am not sure of the name of the company. You might need to ask either Ruth Schmuff of Bedecked and Beadazzled as she could refer you to the framer that she used. Or call New Creations Picture Framing in Pasadena, Ca. I think that you need to go through the frame shop and I think that they send the needlework to them and they craft the frame around your stitching.
Thanks. I’ll give Ruth a call…she’s in my time zone. What kind of background are you using for your Mary Lake Thompson bike canvas? I’m struggling between keeping it white or trying to do something with grass and sky.
Great! I am not sure yet but when selecting a stitch you should create the ground that the bike is on so that it doesn’t look like that it looks like it is floating in air…and then stitch a sky. Susan Portra teaches that a sky stitch should always being horizontal, well unless it is raining!
….there are trick or treat buckets full of Halloween canvases available in your favorite needlepoint stores! When my oldest daughter, Virginia, was born on Halloween day, it was a huge TREAT for me but also a TRICK as she came about 10 days early! I was so excited to have her on Halloween and immediately started planning birthday parties. BUT—I could not find ANY Halloween needlepoint canvases at all so I asked Petei of Petei Designs if she would do some for me like her small people canvases we were buying for the needlepoint store where I worked. She did paint a little series of canvases which I immediately stitched and which lots of our customers wanted. To this day, I credit the Halloween canvas phenomenon to Virginia’s birthday on Halloween!