A Chain of Beaded Daisies

Did you ever make a daisy chain? Mary Corbet has instructions on how to make a beaded daisy chain from beads and chain stitch on her blog.  I can see all sorts of decorative possibilities!
http://www.needlenthread.com/2015/06/beaded-chain-stitch-blossoms-stitch-tutorial.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright June 24, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Choosing Colors with Confidence

This three part essay on choosing colors is by Ann-Marie Anderson-Mayes of Beautiful Stitches in Australia.   It's worthy of careful study.  Don't miss the resource links at the very end.
http://beautifulstitches.com.au/choosing-colours-with-confidence-part-1/

http://beautifulstitches.com.au/choosing-colours-with-confidence-part-2/

http://beautifulstitches.com.au/choosing-colours-with-confidence-part-3/

Hope you enjoy these words of wisdom from Australia!

By the way, Terry Dryden is picking colors for a new project.  I thought you'd like to see how she does it.
http://www.terrydryden.com/-blog/2015/5/31/developing-a-colorway.html

Terry's a master of color.  To see some of her designs, click on anything in Current Portfolio while on Terry's website.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright May 27, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.