I just realized I never posted the free stitch guide for this piece!

I still have a few kits in stock.  Click here to have one sent your way!

It’s 3 x 3 on 18 mesh canvas from my design line Vallerie Needlepoint Gallery.

Background: Alicia’s Lace over 2 – Petite Silk Lame Braid SP140

The wings are done by stretching white Flair and tacking it down at the edges.  Come with the Flair near the body.

Take the needle off.  Thread up one strand of white Floss and secure it.  Come up on the edge of the wing and grab the edge of the Flair with the needle and go back down into the same hole you came up in.  Now, go across to the other side of the wing and do the same thing.  Repeat this all the way around the wing, alternating the sides where you grab the Flair so it stretches evenly.  When you get to far edge of the wing, thread the Flair back onto a needle and secure the threads.

Next, Stem Stitch over the Flair with Kreinik 8 Braid 101.

To make the body, string black and gold beads horizontally across the body using 1 strand of black beading thread doubled over in the needle.

For the legs and antennae, cut pieces of Kreinik Hot Wire and tack them on with one strand of black beading thread.  This thread is impossible to thread unless you use a huge needle so just tack the pieces on.

Thread List

DMC Floss white

Flair F502

Kreinik 8 Braid 101

Kreinik Hot Wire 005

Petite Silk Lame Braid SP140

1 gram real gold beads size 15

1 gram black beads size 15

Black beading thread

I did it!  And it’s only mid April.  I wonder if I can get to 50 this year?

It may look like I’ve been doing a ton of stitching, but lately I haven’t been.  When I first closed the doors to the shop on March 15th, I didn’t stitch for three weeks after that. Between coming home from the shop totally exhausted and a lack of concentration, stitching was not in the cards.

I’ve talked to so many customers over the last month and either they are stitching away like mad or more like me and bouncing from one piece to another trying to get their stitching mojo back.

It was driving me nuts that I couldn’t concentrate and wasn’t finishing anything.  So, I picked up my new Cardinal Santa design that is exclusive to The Enriched Stitch and forced me way through it.  I ripped the beard out twice which only added to my frustration but once he was done I felt like I was getting back in the groove.

If you’re stuck, pick up something small and simple and try stitching on that.  Or maybe a new small piece would be just thing to get you going like one of the new key fobs from Planet Earth.

This is a Kate Dickerson design.  Took about an hour!

You’ve seen most of these pieces already but there’s a few you haven’t.  All of them have stitch guides and can be kitted up!

Nantucket Christmas Basket

This Kate Dickerson piece fits in a Planet Earth self finishing box and will be an online Zoom class in May.  We only have 9 canvases in stock so don’t wait to sign up.  I haven’t loaded this into the online store yet so call the shop if you want a kit.

Rhodes Heart Kit

This Melissa Prince piece is a Zoom class on April 27th.  Order your kit by the end of the week to make sure you have it in time for class.

Reindeer and Cardinal Kit

Hot Diggity Dog is a Zoom class on April 22nd

I’ll be teaching this Christmas Cutie on Zoom on April 20th

The next two are part of the HOME interchangeable series.  We’re busy stitching away on them so we can bring you a club when my painting service reopens. . .hopefully sooner rather than later.

These three beautiful ladies are part of our newest club.  Click here to find all the details or to sign up.

The Busy Bee Zoom class is tomorrow.  It’s too late to get you a kit, but I can email you the stitch guide in time for the class so you can follow along and then you’ll get your kit in a few days if you order today.

I’m having this Hello Tess design made into a frame weight.  Hopefully we’re feeling this way . . .at least some of the time.

These two are part of our Pretty Packages club that just started.  Not too late to sign up!

This little cutie is part of a new club we’re planning.

I hope this blog entertained you for a few minutes and got your mind off of everything that’s going on in the world.  We all need a little something to lift our spirits.  Hopefully this has inspired you to pick up a needle and try again if you’ve been stuck in a rut.

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Reindeer and Cardinal

I’m so bummed you won’t be able to come see the trunk show in person.  But, I’m going to do my best to bring it to you virtually.

Be sure to follow @enrichedstitch on Instagram and The Enriched Stitch on Facebook to see even more of the fun canvases and the threads we’ve pulled to go with them!

All the canvases in the trunk show are 20% off.  And, as an added bonus, the threads to go with the canvases are an additional 10% off!

If you’re looking for a quick project, here are super cute luggage tags that self finish in the Planet Earth luggage tags.  Or, maybe you just want to send a little something to a friend who might be having a hard time right now to brighten their day.

This is one of my favorite pieces from Colors of Praise.  I actually have this one in my stash.

Linda stitched these gorgeous pillows a few years ago.  Love the orange background she added!

Linda always has canvases in pairs.  How could you not?

There’s a ton of eyeglass cases, belts, cuffs, brick covers and so much more.

You can shop the trunk show online or peruse the Colors of Praise website and give me a call or shoot me an email for pricing and to see if it’s in stock.  All special orders from the trunk show will receive the 20% off discount.

I hope these canvases make you as happy as they make me!

I’ve had a ton of requests to show more kits that we have in stock that have stitch guides.  So here it is!

Give me a call if you see something you love! 203-210-5107

I have had so many phone calls and emails to see what’s in stock in the shop.  So . . .here’s part 1!  If you see something you love, give me a jingle and refer to the frame number ABOVE the picture.  And remember, you better snatch it up now because we don’t know when our painters are going to be working and shipping again.

Frame 1

Frame 2

Frame 3

Frame 4

Frame 5

Frame 6

Frame 7

Frame 8

Frame 9

Frame 10

Frame 11

Frame 12

Frame 13

Frame 14

Frame 15

Frame 16

Frame 17

Frame 18

Frame 19

That’s just a sampling.  I’ll take more pictures over the next few days and try to get as much on here as possible.

203-210-5107

Things are crazy in the world right now.  I know we all shouldn’t be so concerned about our needlepoint needs, but what else is there to do these days?  I’m sure you’ve all cleaned out your houses by now and have finished a few projects.  But here’s the scary reality when it comes to the needlepoint industry.

As of right now, a number of our thread companies, two of our biggest, Rainbow Gallery and Kreinik are closed.  Whatever shall we do without those threads?

 I stockpiled threads last week before both companies closed down so I’m good at the shop for now.

That’s only half of what has come in.  I haven’t been able to hang them all up yet because I’ve been so busy.  Good thing the store is closed because it is a disaster right now between all the threads, new canvases and all the kits I’ve been putting together.

Here’s just a few of the kits we have in stock.

The three cardinals is going to be an online class over ZOOM.  The class will be in about two weeks.  If you want to participate, order your kit soon so I can ship it out to you in time.

But what are things going to be like a month from now?  How am I going to kit things?

Here’s another problem, perhaps even bigger. Most of our painting services are overseas and the countries are on total lock down.  That means nothing in or out of the countries and none of our painters working.  This could mean that canvases are going to take many months to come in, much longer than usual.  So, if you see a canvas posted online, I would snatch it up because who knows when we’ll get more?

I feel like I don’t share what I’m stitching with you as often as I used to.  I spend a lot of time stitching new pieces for a show that I can’t share and then I bombard you with tons of new pieces.  Oh well . . . here’s a new unveiling!

Amanda Lawford painted these three designs.  I suggested doing graphic landscape and these are the beauties she dreamed up.

I stitched the Mountain Landscape.  I gotta tell you this was a tricky piece.  I used stitches to create depth and perspective.  I changed the size of the stitches for the water to make it appear to recede.

Our dear Becki stitched the Waterfall Landscape.  This piece is stunning!  The water actually looks like it’s moving!

The third piece in the series is the Seaside Landscape.  If I thought the Mountain Landscape was tricky, try stitching a wave and a tide pool!  Let’s just say I ripped out more than I would have liked (which is never).

I just finished writing the guides for these pieces so I can kit them up for you.  They are available through any shop from my wholesale line, Vallerie Needlepoint Gallery.  I have them in stock, for now.  Who knows when I’ll be getting more.  I’ll tell you more about that in my next blog!  Stay tuned!

We’re all stuck at home right now. And no one is liking it. But, let’s try to stay positive.

Six months ago I painted the HOME series, not knowing all of this would be going on when it was released.

There is an ornament for each month that goes where the O is in home. Interchangeable needlepoint!

Simply have a magnet placed inside the ornament when it gets finished and have another magnet on the back of the HOME design and it will stay in place. How cool is that?

I’m still waiting for one more design to come in as the alternative for the month of December for our Jewish friends.

This is available through my wholesale line, Vallerie Needlepoint Gallery and any shop can order it for you.

I can’t wait to stitch this and hang it in my house!