You know him as Raymond Crawford…well to me he is just Raymond! and I say it just like that too. Have you seen his newly redesigned website lately? Rumor has it that Raymond laid out the artwork and then his talented webmaster Laura Z (or is webmistress?) made it happen.

This was the beginning of the thread selection for this awesome Trick or Treat piece that Raymond designed. Rainbow Gallery sent me a great selection of Halloween Threads. I was hoping that this little spider would work into the piece after it was stitched…but it was really too big!

More threads were then purchased, threads taken out of my stash and I went through all sorts of books for inspiration. Sometimes it is just sitting down and trying out the stitch with the thread to see if it works or not.

I tried Sparkles from Sundance, Wonder Ribbon from The Collection, even bought a piece of tuille and it all looked amazing in my mind, but when I actually got down to it…it didn’t look so good on the canvas.

So when all is said and done, and the stitch guide is written this will be a class at the TNNA Summer Market in Columbus on Friday June 21rst and Saturday June 22nd. They liked it so much that it is being offered twice. The threads are all ordered, well except for a little bit  of pearl cotton that you will need for padding.  I will just buy a few skeins from my favorite needlepoint shop for cut lengths.

There’s lots of Kreinik and Sundance beads in assorted shapes and sizes, Delica beads too. Pepper Pot silk, Rainbow threads, Glow in the Dark Threads and Crescent Colors overdyed floss. It was a very fun piece to stitch!

And if you are not a market going person, I will be teaching this at The Enriched Stitch in the latter part of July.

ooh and don’t forget this little spider! pick one from the pair in the color you would like from black, fuchsia and chartreuse.

and it seems that Sylvester had his eye on the big spider! and until next time…keep on stitching