My latest finish is a design by Barbara Ann Designs, "Be Hippie." The saying originally said, "Don't worry, be hippie," but I didn't care for that for a number of reasons, including the fact that, at the time, we hippies were worried about a lot of things. I decided I wanted to change the hippie's hair color to gray and focus on something about aging. I toyed with a number of different sayings, including "Hippie Power Lasts," or doing a play on the '60s (the 1960s and the 60's in terms of age) but finally decided on "a hippie stays groovy."
My next project is a Shining Needle Society on-line course, "Sudoku Delight." It's composed of nine different stitches set in a Sudoku pattern. Instructor is Kathy Rees, who taught the "Inchies" class I took last fall.
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| Beginning of Sudoku Delight |
The American Needlepoint Guild seminar in Chicago is coming up the end of August. I'm taking two classes, one of which has some "pre-work" required. That's homework that needs to be done before class starts. I'm waiting for the canvas and instructions to arrive in the mail, and will have to set "Sudoku Delight" aside for a few days.
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| "A Study in White" Whitework Sampler, by Pat Donaldson, for which pre-work is required |
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| The other class I'm taking at ANG: "Bejeweled Tree Trio" by Libby Sturdy |
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