Living in the needlepoint world that I do, when I hear the word Sundance, immediately I think of all their wonderful beads! Then my thoughts move towards all of their amazing canvases with all of the various artists that are part of their artistic family.

Sundance is always keeping things new and exciting as they add more items. One of their newer ventures is the addition of the these sequins to their line of needlepoint and etc. Imagine all the possibilities with names such as Confetti Metallic, Animal Round, Etched Metallic Square, Translucent Flower, Gold Shimmer, Star Confetti and so many more! Needlepoint has come so far is the last few years and this is just one of the newest trends in embellishments. Look how Barbara Elmore has stitched her “Summer Flowers” which was recently introduced at the Summer Market  http://stitchpography.blogspot.com Barbara worked with the flower shaped palettes and attached them with Sundance Beads which you will see at the top of her blog. I think that it is very effective!

I have been working on organizing my threads and beads from the pile that I showed you a few days ago under close supervision of the feline children. I think that I might need to get a few more boxes from the Container Store as they are overflowing right now! No more room for Kreinik and my basic working box which is a myriad of colors of Rainbow Gallery Cards from Splendor to Neon Rays to Mandarin Floss is too full to even get a few more cards in there.

Normally Sylvester is a very quiet kitty and doesn’t talk much at all, well unless it’s dinner time…but while I was working away on stitch guides yesterday he was talking up quite a storm in his very loudest meows. I finally gave in and had to go and see what all the racket was about. This is how I found him as if he was saying “look at me Mom, I know your bed was made, but look at what I did!” and until next time…keep on stitching