What We Like Best (Poll Results)

Remember the poll I posted last week, the one that refused to work properly?  (Bad Blogger!) The results are in!

From the list of choices of favorite styles you prefer I provided, almost 21 percent voted for Christmas canvases and the identical number voted for Halloween canvases. Twelve and a half percent voted for Asian-themed canvases, while 8 percent love canvases showcasing pets, usually cats or dogs. Another 8 percent love canvases with a humorous twist. The rest of the topics (people, wild animals, signs and sayings, canvases for birthdays and weddings, other holidays, landscapes and gardens, and Laura Perin designs all got less than 1 percent of the vote each. The final category (travel, by which I mean canvases that show cities or states or state symbols) got no votes at all.

Isn't that interesting?  I know the votes are skewed because most of the votes had to be counted from folks who took the time to email me their preferences with the poll not operating properly.  But it is still interesting to see what we spend our precious time and energy on.  The fact that we do a lot of holiday canvases (with a large group wanting to stitch Asian pieces and pieces that honor their pets) tells me we are all decorating our nests and the nests of our families, and doing it with pieces that have personal meaning.  What we stitch says something about who we are, and it looks to me as if we are trying to build something with our hands to make our homes more personal and beautiful to ourselves.

As Martha Stewart says, that's a good thing!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Stitching in STYLE

The Needle Bug is right, we've got to look good while stitching. http://theneedlebug.com/2011/09/looking-good-is-a-must/


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.co

Donna Reports on Naples EGA

Donna is in Florida at the EGA Seminar and reports that all that fun can't be legal!
http://majtravaux.blogspot.com/2011/09/seminar-update.html

http://majtravaux.blogspot.com/2011/09/projects.html

The EGA blog is posting photos of Seminar, too.
http://www.egausa.org/scripts/blog/?p=200

http://www.egausa.org/scripts/blog/?p=212

And so is Mary.  Scroll down through the last three postings or so to see what Mary's seen or bought.  What fun!
http://workinhand.blogspot.com/


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com