I promised you Prince Charming and here he is! a wonderful beaded piece that is done in the style of Japanese beading.

Now I’ve never done Japanese beading and that is why I am taking this class on July 12th and 13th. You should join us! The weather is usually absolutely beautiful then and being in San Diego…what could be better than that?

Okay so you ask what is Japanese beading? Your start with your foundation which instead of a canvas is a beautiful piece of designed fabric. Beads are added to the fabric using silk embroidery techniques…sounds like Greek to you? Now remember I haven’t done any of this Japanese beading either, but I can’t wait to learn all about it!

I am selecting the green colorway…how about you? Now the box comes along with your kit for easy finishing. This is a special class as it is the pilot for when MaryAlice teaches this at the EGA Seminar in Phoenix later this year. What is a pilot class? The teacher works out her timing of the class and well… you just need to be there in person. Continue to stitch on the piece, offer comments if there is a mistake in the directions, or if you don’t understand the way something is written and so much more!

I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day! My kids were good and snoozed close by me as I pretty much spent the day working between editing a couple of stitch guides, charting for the magazine and stitching. But with a baseball game on in the background most of the day, it didn’t really seem like working!

The weather here is supposed to be very hot again this week and the mercury will yet again touch the century mark…and Denver and Utah had snow yesterday? I think Mother Nature is soooooo confused!

AlleyCat was supurrvising my thread pursuit the other day. Such a good girl as she doesn’t touch…she just is curious!

and until next time…keep on stitching