New Design should be released within the next week or two.
Hope you have a great week and Happy Stitching!
Gayle....Abby Rose Designs
Monday, August 19, 2013
Bless This Home
Bless this Home...the title of my new design. If you enjoyed Home Is Where You Hang Your Needlework then you will like Bless This Home! I designed it to be a companion piece to Home Is Where You Hang Your Needlework. It is the same size and the color palette is similar. It was stitched on Old Mill Java using Sampler Threads, Weeks Dye Works and Crescent Colours threads.
New Design should be released within the next week or two.
Hope you have a great week and Happy Stitching!
Gayle....Abby Rose Designs
New Design should be released within the next week or two.
Hope you have a great week and Happy Stitching!
Gayle....Abby Rose Designs
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Speak kindly
Norden Crafts will be featuring my design "Speak Kindly" on Tuesday. There will be a giveaway of three autographed charts. For information on how to enter, you can go over to their Facebook page.
Speak kindly
I am out on my patio today enjoying the much needed rain. The last month has been so dry it's good to hear the far off thunder and see those drops coming down. Hopefully this will last for a couple of days. Hope you are having a relaxing weekend. Just put the last stitches in my new design last night.
It should be released in a couple of weeks. Those of you who enjoyed stitching "Home Is Where You Hang Your Needlework" will enjoy stitching this one also. It is a companion piece that has the same type of border. Happy Stitching!
Monday, August 5, 2013
Where has the Summer Gone?
It's hard to believe it is already August 5th! It seems like yesterday it was June! I'm not crazy about the heat because it does get hot here in Texas but I do love how things slow down a bit. Just enough to catch your breath until Fall and Winter and all that comes with those seasons!
This summer I have been busy designing, stitching models, and preparing for a trunk show.
I am now working on a companion piece to "Home is Where You Hang Your Needlework" which everyone seems to like according to the number of charts I have sent out to my distributors. I have included a peek...I'm still stitching the model so it will be a couple weeks before it's debut.
Last week I received the walnut crystals that I ordered. I haven't tried them yet. But I am preparing to coffee dye some linen so I will use them to age the linen a little more. I do love the look that you get from the crystals and I have noticed that several of the designers are using them now. So I will post later my results. Hope you have a great week full of stitching and fun!
Happy stitching!
Gayle
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This summer I have been busy designing, stitching models, and preparing for a trunk show.
I am now working on a companion piece to "Home is Where You Hang Your Needlework" which everyone seems to like according to the number of charts I have sent out to my distributors. I have included a peek...I'm still stitching the model so it will be a couple weeks before it's debut.
Last week I received the walnut crystals that I ordered. I haven't tried them yet. But I am preparing to coffee dye some linen so I will use them to age the linen a little more. I do love the look that you get from the crystals and I have noticed that several of the designers are using them now. So I will post later my results. Hope you have a great week full of stitching and fun!
Happy stitching!
Gayle
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Location:La Feria, Texas
Monday, July 29, 2013
Happy Monday!
The Norden Crafts contest to win a copy of my Angels Unaware is still going on today until 4 p.m. If you haven't had a chance to do so...you still have time. All you have to do is " like" and "share" my design. I think it is a wonderful thing they are doing...it gives you a chance to win and gives us, designers an opportunity to showcase our work.
Lately I've been asked how I come up with my designs. I guess everyone is interested in the process. For me, and I can't speak for other designers, but I would guess the process is similar, I either see a phrase or quote that I like and design according to the quote or Sometimes I
am in the mood to use certain colors, or I want to try something new....right now I am loving houses so I have to have a house in everything. I love the way the alphabet looks in a sampler so I most always use an alphabet. Angels unaware was the first time I did not use an alphabet and it was all I could do to keep myself from incorporating one into the design.
The other thing is .... I LOVE linen. I like the feel, the look, the smell, especially R&R's coffee dyed linen. I also sometimes age my linen a little more with coffee. I just ordered some walnut crystals to try. Can't wait until they arrive so I can test them out. Finally, I love color...when I was a kid....I am a child of the late 60's early 70's, ( I'll be 52 in a couple weeks.) I loved to color. I always had a new coloring book and I was so happy when my mom would take me down to the store for a fresh new box of 64 crayons. Oh happy day!!! My threads remind me of those crayons. My linen is my coloring book!
What am I working on now? I have a snippet of a reproduction, it's not an exact reproduction. I have taken some artistic liberties on this one. I have brightened the colors but the charting is exactly the same as the original.
Hope you have a great day!
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Lately I've been asked how I come up with my designs. I guess everyone is interested in the process. For me, and I can't speak for other designers, but I would guess the process is similar, I either see a phrase or quote that I like and design according to the quote or Sometimes I
am in the mood to use certain colors, or I want to try something new....right now I am loving houses so I have to have a house in everything. I love the way the alphabet looks in a sampler so I most always use an alphabet. Angels unaware was the first time I did not use an alphabet and it was all I could do to keep myself from incorporating one into the design.
The other thing is .... I LOVE linen. I like the feel, the look, the smell, especially R&R's coffee dyed linen. I also sometimes age my linen a little more with coffee. I just ordered some walnut crystals to try. Can't wait until they arrive so I can test them out. Finally, I love color...when I was a kid....I am a child of the late 60's early 70's, ( I'll be 52 in a couple weeks.) I loved to color. I always had a new coloring book and I was so happy when my mom would take me down to the store for a fresh new box of 64 crayons. Oh happy day!!! My threads remind me of those crayons. My linen is my coloring book!
What am I working on now? I have a snippet of a reproduction, it's not an exact reproduction. I have taken some artistic liberties on this one. I have brightened the colors but the charting is exactly the same as the original.
Hope you have a great day!
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Location:La Feria, Texas
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Angels Unaware Chart Give Away
Norden Crafts will feature Abby Rose Designs on Monday and give away 3 free charts. All you have to do for a chance to win is go to their Facebook page and "like" and "share" my new design, Angels Unaware. Good luck!
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Angels Unaware!
Hope your summer has been wonderful! It's hot out there, that's for sure! I can't believe we are about to hit August! The time has flown by... What have I been doing this summer? A lot of stitching, some genealogy, and trying to stay cool.
History and Genealogy are two of my favorite things. I guess that is why I enjoy sampler making so much. This summer I have found out so much about my ancestors and made lists of places I would like to visit someday. Just to step where their footsteps once went....My husband and I both found Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers in our lines and a surprise....Our ancestors both came from Virginia. I had already worked a little on my family tree so I knew I had lots of ancestors from Virginia but he had no idea that his made their first stops in Va. after arriving in this country. Anyway it has been great fun!
This week I have a new design to post. It should arrive at the distributors by Friday to be released. I hope you like it. This is my first scene type of design and it was a challenge, but I am proud of it.
History and Genealogy are two of my favorite things. I guess that is why I enjoy sampler making so much. This summer I have found out so much about my ancestors and made lists of places I would like to visit someday. Just to step where their footsteps once went....My husband and I both found Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers in our lines and a surprise....Our ancestors both came from Virginia. I had already worked a little on my family tree so I knew I had lots of ancestors from Virginia but he had no idea that his made their first stops in Va. after arriving in this country. Anyway it has been great fun!
This week I have a new design to post. It should arrive at the distributors by Friday to be released. I hope you like it. This is my first scene type of design and it was a challenge, but I am proud of it.
Angels Unaware
30 count R & R Espresso Linen
Gentle Arts Sampler Threads, Weeks Dye Works, and Crescent Colours Thread used in this design.
It is also charted for DMC.
Hope you have a great week! And.....stay cool!
Friday, July 12, 2013
Coming Soon......Angels Unaware!
Hi everyone! Just put the last stitch in this one! It will go off to the framer on Monday! Believe it or not....I stitched this one without adding an alphabet. I love alphabets! Can't wait for you to see it!
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Location:La Feria, Texas
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