I was thrilled to hear that the Fall TNNA Needleart market was moving back to St. Charles. What a great place to come back to markets with my new company! That was not to be when I saw the dates. As I have talked about in posts & on FB…we will be moving our baby into his dorm room…enough said!
I usually like to wait & showcase designs at market for attendees first, but since I can’t be there, I am helping Norden Crafts (who is taking my precious models with them!) by doing a little pre-marketing.
Here we go…
HD-6 Count Stitches
I used both the yummy colors from Wichelt: 28ct Milk Chocolate & Chocolate Raspberry. Elizabeth from Dames of the Needle/From the Cauldron has a new line of terrific dyed trims. I used 2 different sizes on the finishing for the perfect touch. I will definitely be using these again.
Here’s a close up shot of the Piece-o-Cake wedge finish. I had fun with those red felted balls! I used about 4″ of heavy gauge wire – wrapped 2/3 of it around a pen – freehanded a leaf out of wool & tacked it into place – opened a space in the wool ball with a big needle & inserted the wire with a bit of glue – tada! Cherries – to match the cherries on top of the cake!
You can have your cake & eat it too!
HD-7 A Proper Young Lady
The sampler is stitched on 35ct WDW Parchment. Since we must all be “Proper Young Ladies” – the red flowers are different specialty stitches. The tray insert & pincushion are stitched on 30ct WDW Parchment. I’ve included a tutorial for the mattress finish on the pincushion. It could easily be done on the 35ct too…wouldn’t that be dainty?
I had a lot of fun with both of these pieces. As usual, you can purchase them through your LNS or ONS. They can purchase them at market or through any one of 4 distributors!
If you have seen my chart “Come Sail Away” on my FB page…I will be posting the complimentary chart here next week. I have had lots of finishing questions over the last few weeks that you all got me thinking…and you should be scared! (not really). I will give out more details as I they take shape.
Think of me this Friday as I lug boxes, bags, suitcases, etc up 3 flights of stairs…it will be sad, but a good kind of sad. It is the next step in the process. By his going away, it tells me that I have done my job to this point. I will certainly miss my market friends, but we will meet again very soon.
A wonderful week to you all,
Cathy
santadeb says
Good Luck with the move-in and not too many tears I hope! The finishes you have posted have been great, envious of the stitchers receiving them. I saw those two new fabrics at Judi's..luscious colors and can see why you used them….
Deb
Marilyn says
Sorry you can't make it to market, but you are doing the right thing. Good luck with the moving.
Your new designs are too cute, love the chocolate fabrics!
Was the cake finish hard to do?
Marilyn
Cathy Habermann says
Thanks Deb. hope you and all the Omaha ladies had a good summer. It was great to see everyone in Branson! Cathy
Cathy Habermann says
Thank you! It really wasn't hard to finish. It's just a wedge finish…sideways! I have some plans for all the finishing questions I've been getting lately. Stay tuned…
Marilyn says
Thanks Cathy.
You have some cute finishes.
Marilyn