SOMETHING NEW IN THE NEW YEAR

Good Evening Everyone!

Hope everyone is excited about the 

NEW YEAR.

I know I am wishing and hoping for a wonderful

NEW YEAR.

New Year's resolutions are a thing of the past

for me.  They are so hard to keep and when

I don't, I just feel bad about 

letting myself down yet again. 

So, forget it.

Instead, I have a mental list of things I would

like to accomplish in the coming year and 

hope to be able to check more than a

few of those projects off.  If I do, I

will be satisfied.  One of the things I want

to do in the new year is to introduce some

other types of needlework.

I am definitely going to

pull out my punch needle tools again

and get punching.  Something else

I've been working on in my spare time

is some embroidery.  The first needlework

I ever did was embroidery, loved it then 

and still do.  Of course, cross stitch

is and always will be my favorite.

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If you have been stitching my designs 

over the years, you know that I love

the Jacobean style.

Well, I found this old chair seat

many years ago.  It definitely has a 

Jacobean feel to it and is done

completely with a Chain stitch

in wool fibers.  Some of the wool has

been eaten away and parts have been

pulled resulting in some of the

stitches disappearing. 

Well, I drew the design on a piece of

Sandstone linen and have almost finished

stitching the entire piece using one

strand of Gentle Art's wool fibers.  They

are really yummy to look at and to

work with.  

So here it is.  I don't know exactly how

I will publish this design.  I may also

do it in cross stitch.

Please let me know what you think.

Here is the original chair seat.

Well, I must go.  Really tired today after our late

night last night.  This has been a lazy day, but I

must get energized soon.  Have a few more

days of my mini vacation to enjoy before reopening

my ETSY shoppe and the office on Jan. 5th.  If you

are wondering why emails haven't been answered,

it is because I really am on vacation, but, alas,

all good things must come to an end.  Lucky me

I do get to go back to a job I love.

Wishing you "Many Happy Stitches" 

in this New Year,

Sandra