More About Squiggee

Squiggee (Gail Hendrix) is one of my favorite designers. I've stitched her darling little Halloween trick or treaters stocking and the beautiful koi ornament, and my next piece is going to be a Squiggee design as well. My admiration for her work made me especially happy to see a profile of Gail herself (and Squiggee, her dog) on Margaret's blog.
http://cranecottage.com/stitchingblog/?p=433

Gail blogs about her work and today there's a new piece up showcasing the fascinating peacock rollie Judy Harper stitched. This piece will also be for sale with Judy's stitch guide.
http://squiggeedesigns.blogspot.com/2008/11/peacock-rollie-back-from-finishers.html

Very talented lady! I am eyeing her little Snow & Ice Gingerbread House (above)....

Disclaimer: My stitch guide for the goldfish koi piece is for sale with the canvas on the Squiggee eBay store.
http://stores.ebay.com/Squiggeeland-Needlepoint

Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow

Assembling the Wizard

Today instead of picking up where I left off finishing the wizard yesterday, the dogs and I took a walk in the woods to admire the fall color. The photo above is the highest point of our property, looking towards the Blue Ridge Mountains which you will see as a blue line at the low horizon under the sky and clouds. I don't have an LNS anywhere near me, no cell phone service, or many other ammenities, but today I prefer having this view.

I took the photo at a spot where 8-10 turkeys were standing around when we climbed into view and flushed them. Sadly I didn't have time to drop my coffee cup and grab the camera before they were in the air and away. I hope those of you who don't have fall will enjoy the view. It was only about 8:30 a.m. and the clouds and fog had not burned off entirely so the photo is darker than it really was to my eyes. You can't see the yellow leaves on all the oaks sadly.


This photo shows the Joan Thomasson wizard yesterday, his top 2/3 stuffed and the bag of rocks in a plastic bag. The rocks are on top of a piece of quilt batting which will wrap them before they are inserted in the base. You also see the paper oval pattern for the base pinned to the fabric so I could cut it out.

The next step is to sew the base on starting at the fabric back. Once I get half of it attached, I will insert the rocks (after checking how well the top stuffing is staying in position) and sew the front of the base. Doing the back first means less mashing of the NP front as I sew the base on with heavy rocks inside.

Stay tuned! I hope to finish tonight and have photos for you tomorrow of the finished wizard standing on his own.

Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow