Breaking News: Frank Bielec Has Died UPDATED

Robin King just heard that Frank Bielec has died.  
https://www.facebook.com/robin.king.562/posts/10222426736793488

His funny and charming art has been put on needlepoint canvas for us to enjoy by Maggie.

Rest in Peace, Frank.  We love what you did.

UPDATE:  Kreinik says goodbye with thanks.
http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2020/05/KreinikandMoseynMepattern.html

UPDATE #2:  BeStitched is having a Maggie trunk show, so they have created a tribute page to Frank showing his designs that Maggie has on needlepoint canvas.
https://bestitchedneedlepointshop.com/collections/maggie-trunk-show/artwork-by_frank-bielec?fbclid=IwAR2ot5BD9SrvxkwlxG5LY9-rs0Sr3gnqDWw_sKIz0rK3bpBnx96Dtr64pLE&inf_contact_key=2c8cc113bb72a3558224305f432a6be3

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Frankly My Dear

Needle Nook of La Jolla has details of their latest monthly club up on their website. It's a series of small canvas by Maggie that reproduce the childlike and sophisticated art of Frank Bielec. They call it Frankly My Dear.

http://www.needlenookoflajolla.com/events/frankly/index.html

Not all the canvases in the series are up yet but you can browse his Maggie designs on their website to get a general idea of what you might be signing up for. Most of the canvases are slyly funny. Check out the Three Wise Men on page three. The title of their portrait is First Christmas Shoppers. LOL This is pretty typical of the designs, which are not nearly as child-like as they first seem.

http://www.maggieco.com/html/drill.php?category=&pg=1&q=@Frank%20Bielec

They lend themselves to fancy stitches and threads, so if you like your humor subtle and your canvases embellished, this might be the club for you!

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