Debbie's Treat

I finally finished something. This is Debbie's Treat by Debbie Rowley. She offered this as a freebie a couple of years ago. Naturally I changed the colors. A LOT!  I wanted something calm, soothing and soft  and easy to stitch. I also wanted to try out one of the stitches for possible use elsewhere. Well, it wasn't as easy as I expected. Partly because of the threads I chose, partly because I had trouble following the directions, and partly because my eyes are older and tired-er than I realized!  But it's done now and it's a sweet little piece.

Framed

Two more back from the framer.

Holiday Wreath by Laura Perin and River Dance by me.  Happy with them both!

(Blog refuses to put them side by side!)

Cool Cat

 My husband plays guitar (really well!!) and we both love kitties, so when I saw Cool Cat by El Gato Gomez, I had to stitch him for DH for Xmas.  Here is the result.  Stitched on 18 with Petite Very Velvet, Silk & Ivory and Threadworx overdyed floss.

Inspiration

Destashing

I am trying to destash.  A friend is listing some of my items on eBay for me.  Her eBay name is luvthatart.  Once you get to her listings, search on needlepoint.  She has lots of non-needlepoint stuff too.

Among other things:  Loretta Spears' Bargello Fantasy, Seven Fractal chart, a Nenah Stone canvas, Tony Minieri's Journey to Satchidanada.  

Christmas Reindeer

This charmer was cross stitched by a friend and put into this very cool snow globe-y thingie.  Is this the cutest or what??
The design is available, for cross stitch or needlepoint, on the website.  You're on your own for the snow globe though 😊.

Two Bargellos for Christmas

Here are 2 Bargellos I did over the past couple of months.
The one on the left, Bear Dance, went into a Sudberry House tray.  The one on the right, Button Up Your Overcoat, is a key rack (I couldn't put the hooks on or it wouldn't go back in its box!).  
Both were Christmas gifts, now delivered.

These patterns are based on musical notation, a technique I came up with many years ago, but have never written up.

Retirement

Yes!  I am retired!  As of today, I have retired from the business side of needlepoint. 
From now on I stitch just for fun. 😊  Not that I haven't been having fun!!  Needlepoint is my passion and always will be, but no more deadlines, no more pressure (except for Christmas of course!).  Thank you all for your past business.  It has been a joy to see my designs come alive at your hands.

I have turned over my website to my dear friend, Rinda Just.  Some of you will know Rinda as past-president of ANG's online chapter, Cyberpointers.  Rinda is now your contact for my designs and will be handling orders, keeping the website going and my designs available.  Please continue to check the website from time to time!   www.lizartneedlepoint.com

Blog will continue, sporadically, as I get around to reporting in and taking photos of works in progress.  I will have lots to show you soon.