How could I be so lucky to be stitching yet another canvas that I love, love, love…did I say love? I am having way too much fun with this canvas!

I was in the pursuit of a bicycle magnet to fit in with the theme of it all, but haven’t found one yet…so I select the sunglasses instead. Well you would probably be wearing shades if you were on your bike, wouldn’t you?

This is a canvas by Alice Peterson called “Red Bicycle” and it is just a fun light hearted canvas. I am enjoying working through all the hearts with beads, French knots, sprats head’s hearts, Rhodes hearts and even a few with tent stitch. The basket on the front of the bike is beaded, as is the bird and the seat of the bike has been padded to make it comfy for that long ride.

I will finish stitching all the hearts and then my plan is to work on the bicycle itself. I have some ideas in my head and I hope that they will work out as well on the canvas as they have in my mind!

How do you like my new canvas tape? Thanks to Elizabeth of Needlepoint Now who came up with this brilliant idea. Under the bicycle is another one of my WIP’s…that would be “works in progress”

Stitching this canvas was inspired by the other bicycle canvas by Alice Peterson and Suzie of The Enriched Stitch. I will be teaching this on July 21rst at her shop! I am so excited to get to see her shop and the new classroom that she has created upstairs. Suzie I love you too, so much so that I will totally forgive you for not being a cat person!

Some of the threads and beads that I have been stitching with. Some were shopped from what I have in the house and then I always add more newly purchased threads. I shopped again the other day for some #16  Kreinik for the bicycle.

The cactus are so close to finally opening their blooms! I discovered that I had been watering them just a little too often, so I have been making sure that they are living in the sun all day long. That has helped and they both need to be re-potted.

AlleyCat was very curious as to what was all the goings on downstairs. and until next time…keep on stitching