Montpelier Needlearts Show 2010

We submitted our model for Bee to the Flower in the 2010 Needlearts Show held at Montpelier Mansion in Laurel, MD.

The show runs through July 30th. If you find yourself in the DC/Baltimore area before then, do try to visit the show. You will be inspired by the beautiful needlework on display. Plus, you get to see the actual model for one of our designs!

Theresa

The Promise of Spring

This is the view from my window today here in Brooklyn. As pretty as newly fallen snow is, budding trees and spring flowers are equally as beautiful. So, I admit I'm dreaming of Spring.

With that in mind, I started working on a new design. Think color, flowers and, yes, bees. Bee designs seem to be few and far between these days, even though Theresa and I try to do our part. (Maybe the needlework world is reflecting the outside world since the bee population has been seriously affected in recent years.) So there was no question that a bee or two would definitely be part of this design.

Here's a sneak peak to help keep the promise of Spring alive on a Winter's day. And stay tuned for the bee.

It Pays To Speak Up

Bee On Time Petit Mantel Clock

We are thrilled to see that Sudberry has brought back the Petit Mantel Clock and the Small Carriage Clock.

Many designers and shop owners were distressed to learn at the 2009 Nashville Trade Show that these wonderful clocks were no longer being manufactured. I decided that we had nothing to lose if I dropped by Sudberry's booth to lodge a complaint or two. So I did. By the end of my visit, Sudberry acknowledged that perhaps the clocks should go back into production. Now here they are back! Clearly it paid for me to speak up!

Shaker Time Small Carriage Clock

We love these clocks so much that we had created a couple of simple, quick to stitch designs for them: Bee On Time, celebrating bees keeping time, and Shaker Time, reflecting motifs from an exhibit of Shaker life. Need a quick gift? Why not stitch one of our clock designs? The Sudberry clocks come with easy to follow assembly directions and all hardware needed.

Businesses stop production of items for all kinds of reasons. If you can no longer find a product needed to complete a design, contact that designer or the product manufacturer. Usually a substitute will be suggested. Or, like with Sudberry and the clocks, the item will be brought back into production.

So SPEAK UP! (Oh dear, that sounds just a tad like Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde: Red, White & Blue, doesn't it? Well, I am a lawyer after all!)

Theresa