What's New from Kelly!

Premiering this weekend at the Dallas Wholesale Market:

My NEW CLUB:  SEA SHORE TREMENDOUS TREES!!!!

I am soooo excited about these new Trees!

 Three of the COASTAL TREES, finished.

 Three of the TROPICAL TREES, finished.

Have your Retailer "Stop in" our room at Dallas Market,

 pick up the flyer, see the trees in person

then SIGN UP!!!!

Next up:KELLY'S VERY FIRST CYBER CLASS

 My CYBER CLASS gets under way on October 15th.

There is still time to sign up but it may be tight to get your canvas!!!

So if you are still interested, send me an e-mail, quick!!!!

Just so you know, there will be STUMPWORK!!!!!

and just a couple of enticing teasers:

Send me an e-mail to sign up!!!

Lots more goodies showing at Dallas!

Including these new Designs:

(Which are IN STOCK to take with!!!)

Desert Blooms Boot KCN TX 17

Lone Star Birdhouse KCN TX 18 

And Twelve New Tiny Victorian Ornaments:

(Also IN STOCK to take with!!!)

From Pinks and Greens:

KCV 115 & 116

To Classic Christmas:

KCV 110, 111 & 112

To Traditional Christmas:

KCV 113 & 114

To Patriotic Christmas:

KCV 117 & 118

and a measure of  Texas Christmas:

KCN TX 14, 16 & 15

And LOTS more in Stock to Ship and MUCH STOCK  

for  CASH & CARRY!!!!

Oh DEAR ME!  I nearly forgot to tell you about the NEW OFFERING from back in June!

I added a few new designs to the Under The Sea Collection:

 KCN 940

 KCN 941

These lovely 3.5" rounds also work in the Lee's Leather Goods!

KCN 943   Available on both 13 and 18 mesh

KCN 942   Available on both 13 and 18 mesh

On 13 mesh, they are 8.5" square and

On 18 mesh, they are 6" square.

I've been busy, and speaking of which, the rest of the Trees are waiting for me!!!

Back to work I go...

Happy Stitching!

New Kelly Classes & Clubs!

I am most excited to tell everyone about the Classes I am teaching and the

New Club that I designed.

 Starting with Alison's Club...

A Winter's Village II

for Alison Hodgkiss at A Stitch In Time in San Marino, CA.

It is the sequel to the First Winter Village:

They were actually designed to be one Large Winter Village,  

with 9 gourgeous buildings and 5 charming small pieces.

However, for the sake of our Stitcher's

sanity, Alison and I decided to split them into two different Clubs!

Just image all of these wonderful pieces on a buffet in your dining room at Christmas!

SIGN UP TODAY!!!!!

http://www.needlepoint-knitting.com/a-winter-village-ii.htmor call 626-793-5217

Classes I am Teaching:

**Monday April, 18, 2016**

A Tisket, A Tasket, Fill Your Own Basket

at Nimblefingers in Houston, TX

SIGN UP TODAY!!!!!

Hurry, class nearly filled!

http://nimblefingerstx.com/NimblefingersTx.com/Welcome.html   

713-722-7244

**Thursday June 9, 2016**

Teaching to Member Professionals at the Summer TNNA Trade Show

Washington, DC.

Retailers, click link below and sign in at TNNA to register for this Class!

http://www.tnna.org/?SummerClassesTH

Summer Stumpwork Wreath (T207T)

Click Photo to Enlarge
	Start:	12:00 p.m.
	End:	6:00 p.m.
	Room:	209A

Presenter: Kelly Clark 
Sponsors: TNNA, Lee's Needle Arts/Colonial Needle, Rainbow Gallery, and Planet Earth Fiber

This lovely summer wreath has fabulous dimension created by unique stumpwork techniques. Students will learn picot needle weaving, needle lace, needle felting, ribbon work, and applique techniques. 

**Tuesday & Wednesday June 14-15, 2016**

Summer Stumpwork Wreath 

at In Stitches in Atlanta, GA.

SIGN UP TODAY!!!!!

Hurry, class filling quickly!

Phone: 404.816.4612

Address: 3137 E. Shadowlawn Ave

Atlanta, Georgia 30305

Email: Shop@InStitchesAtlanta.com

**Friday, Saturday & Sunday November 4,5 & 6, 2016**

The Wellesley Needlepoint Collection 781-235-2477 http://wellesleyneedlepoint.com/index.shtml

Kelly joins Cindy Mathews and Friends for a delightful workshop in the gorgeous enclave of Wellesley, Mass.

There are private lessons on Friday and the workshop piece is

Kelly's Stumpwork Flowers 

(See blogposts on Sunday December 13, 2015 and Friday January 15, 2016)

SIGN UP TODAY!!!!!

Hurry, class nearly filled!

So I am nearly maxed out for my teaching schedule for 2016...but there are a few
other programs in the works!
I hope to see you at a class or workshop soon!

In the mean time,
Happy Stitching All! 

Stumpwork Flower Sampler

Stumpwork Flower Sampler

KCA 29-18

 I am so excited to be teaching this piece at the TNNA Market in San Diego next month!

Before I painted the piece it started off as a sketch, 

looking like this:

The Class is focused on Stumpwork and here are a few sneak peeks of the stitching:

A Busy Bumble Bee and Blueberries

(Wings not attached yet in this photo!)

a Whimsical Blue Flower

Thistle Flower and Gooseberries

a Pretty Poppy Flower

Fanciful Echinacea and Red Daisy

The Flower Vase

If you are attending the TNNA Market and would like to learn some of these

techniques, the class is on Thursday, January 7, 2016

Please sign up!

If you are not a member of TNNA and are interested in stitching this piece, 

it will be available for sale

 at the TNNA Market, January 9-11, 2016

along with the Stitch Guide and Accessory Kit .

Have your LNS order it for you.

HAPPY STITCHING, ALL!

Stumpwork Bumble Bees, Needle Felting and more!

In the Bee Skep Series, my goal was to stitch each of the eight canvases with completely different techniques and styles for both 

the skep baskets and the bees.  

It was easy peasy to come up with varying stitches for the baskets.  

However, on the Bumble Bee front, as they were all about the same size,

it was quite a Challenge!

The fifth piece in the series is below:  

Bee Skep in Fieldstone Wall

I LOVE the Bumbles on the fifth canvas!

They were Needle Felted with Colonial Needles Blue Grip Felting Needles.

Here is a photographic progression of the felting process: 

1. a small amount of Wool Roving in place. 

2. The start of the felted shape is about halfway complete

3. This is from a different spot on the canvas than the first two pics, 

but it is the final felted shape prior to

adding all of the finishing stitches.

4.  Adding the Stripes and Head,

using Embroidery stitches and 2 ply of Amy's Burmilana

Wool blend thread in Charcoal

5. Once the stripes and head are stitched, it is time for wings

(Now back to our original Bee,)

This is 26 gauge white vinyl-coated wire.

It is not necessary to use white wire, gold or any neutral 

shade will do just fine.

6. The wing wires are stitched with Buttonhole Wrap

or Cast On stitches to completely cover the wire.

~See Stitch Diagram below~

As you can see from the diagram, the stitch forms a linked ridge,

this ridge is rolled to the inside to optically

'fill in' the shape. 

Finished Needle Felted Bees:

 

The final framed piece in place on the Hutch in

my family room! 

Halloween Crazy Quilt is Done!

Hooray!

Here she is in all her Glory:

I finished all of the embellishment stitching late Wednesday night...OK, 

it really was still Wednesday, not quite Midnight!  Perfect timing for 

a Halloween Piece.  

On my last post, I mentioned my 'Zen Place' for doing all of the 

Embellishment stitching.  It is a different state of mind from needlepoint

 stitching.  I was worried about getting there.  

You are looking at a 'finished' needlepoint canvas, 

and instead of being done, 

you look and have to think, 

"OK, now to ADD!  What can I do to jazz up each and every faux 'seam'?" 

On March 9th, when I did the post about having all the background 

work done, 

I really was worried.

It is hard to decide where to start and what to do for the embellishing. 

 It took me a few days of worrying to tackle it.  I'd pick it up, look,

become overwhelmed and put it down.  Well, maybe if I organized all

of the bits and bobs, the panic would subside.

I gathered up beads, and sparkly threads, Swarovski Crystals, funky trims, 

ribbons, charms and buttons. 

Then, I decided that worrying about doing 23 seam treatments was really

overwhelming me.  "Kelly, darn it just pick a place and start!",

 I goaded myself.

   In the center, is the alternating Wheat & Bead sequence that I have used on 

the other 2 CQ pieces.  I knew it would work...so I began.  

Hooray!  The ice was broken!

 Then I decided to do the Stepped Wheat sequence, 

alternating the black & chartreuse silk perle, seen in lower left.  

 From experience, I knew that the Fan needed super skinny

treatments with lots of beads and bling, so I got busy on those!

Isn't it lovely?  Such Harmony!

I was really on a roll!  Once all of the fan is done, plus the first two,

suddenly 12 seams are tackled and the rest is much less daunting!

The fan edge is done with a SUPER COOL new trim & thread

combination from Access Commodities:

Silk Wrapped Purl & Silk Couching Thread.

Amazing Stuff!

A close-up of the Memory Wire Bead Twist.

The upper right corner has some simple twists with unique trims and threads.

And along came a Spider!

The Mish-Mash Ribbon Seam Treatment looks splendid in Halloween Colors!

 

And the Beaded & Be-Ribboned Tassel Trim is quite festive!

And more close-ups of other fun bits:

 Just look at the Sunflower center full of  messy beads and sequins!

 Delightful Tiny Buttons and a Vintage Bakelite bead with 

a plastic Rhinestone center...the epitome of tacky! 

 I just Love it!

 The wonderful cluster of Buttons with a Vintage Rhinestone 

Shank Button...Adorable!

 I was thinking about dangling Halloween Charms the whole

length of the Ribbon seam, but decided to stop after the

Jack-O-Lantern...was worried it might overwhelm!

(But, I can always change my mind!!!  Hum?) 

Now that the piece is done, time to write the Stitch Guide!

ARGH!!! Talk about overwhelming!

Ah well, until next time.

Happy Stitching, All!