Coloring beading thread, new and improved beading style, beading on a loom, needle felting, needle weaving…OMG and this was just our first full day! We have 3 more days of stitching to go yet. Will I learn it all by then? Will they run out of things to teach us?

Meredith is showing us that by using a Sharpie, that we can create any color of beading thread that we need! Now why didn’t I ever think of that?

Tony was working with Donna who is stitching on a large Chinese Emperor by Lani (that is on the stand) and Sandy who is bringing a Halloween witch to life! Donna has been stitching Or Nue’ on the Emperor’s Coat and Sandy is doing repousse’ (and more about repousse’ in a blog to be!) for the logs under the cauldron. Speaking of Or Nue’…

Look at the saddle being stitched by Pam. This is a Rebecca canvas and I have been fondly calling Pam the Or Nue’ queen! Just an amazing job and she has so much done of it already. This is about a 6-7 needle experience as every color needs it’s own needle. Or Nue’ has become very popular in the last few years.

Bastet is coming along as we worked on the cat and the bottom border today. I feel like I am in church with lots of stained glass windows lining the bottom of the canvas. Meredith created this stitch combination and Tony needs to come by and help me finish the blue.

This is the column with the addition of the Kreinik. Love! love, love this…did I say love?

Meredith was being a brat as she turned the camera on me! I wondered where that flash was coming from?!

Meredith was working with a Carolanne on a beautiful pink paisley canvas as they stitched a 4 trip herringbone for the border. Stunning!

I love this canvas! well it has 2 cats…of course I would love it! They cats are toasting each other under the Eiffel Tower. The glasses were stitched in Water ‘N Ice for a special effect.

Stitching is hard work and it builds up quite an appetite! This was the 3rd time that I went to Reading Terminal to try and get lunch from Dinic’s, which comes highly recomended. A sandwhich voted the best in America. Italian pulled pork with sharp provolone, peppers or broccoli rabe. It did not disappoint! Broccoli rabe is a vegetable popular in Italian cuisine which is more like greens than broccoli. Oh just Google it!

Have you met Phoebe yet? She is one of the opportunity baskets to be won with a chance ticket. Who will be the lucky winner of this darling doll? She even has a stitched name tag! There are several baskets waiting to be won on Friday night. Each basket is better than the last…decisions, decisions…where to put those tickets?

The silent suction was well under way by the time I got out of class. The live auction would be later in the evening…but I missed all the action as I enjoyed a wonderful evening out with a dear friend as we got caught up on our stitching talk and just life.

Tomorrow will be the 3rd day of class, starting out with Tony in the morning and then rotating to Beth in the afternoon for a different perspective, more ideas and new techniques. So for everybody who is wondering, where are pictures of Beth? and Suzanne? those are coming as these ladies worked the other side of the room the last few days. My day will finish up with a road trip to Fireside. Can’t wait!

I hear Tony has another pair of those shoes for class today, so stayed tuned!

and for now… keep on stitching