HOW STITCHERS CELEBRATE ST PATS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well - what a wonderful day I had today.  I had the opportunity to take a needlepoint class today with national teacher Brenda Hart.  AWESOME is one of the first words that come to mind.  The class was at a not-so-LNS Bristly Thistle in lovely downtown Fernandina Beach.  What fun we had - a St Patricks Day parade went right down the street in front of the shop - now mind you it was small but still a parade with shriners and so forth none the less.

Brenda was sporting her Irish top hat complete with shamrocks and shopowner Michele gave everyone a lucky shamrock necklace to wear.  It was a really festive day in Fernandina Beach.

Here is a photo of Brenda with a friend who threatened me with excommunication if I showed a close up of her so I edited out by putting something silly over her face and trying to write I'm Irish LOL - I never said I was an expert with this stuff.

I was lucky enough to be sitting this close to Brenda all day so I got the benefit of listening to her planning fun stitches for all the participants canvases. 

Here is a shot of the wall of fibers in the backround.  This shop has the best selection of fibers in all of NE FL.  I was pleased to get to meet KB of Stitcherie fame.  So that was a lot of fun  putting a face to those initials.  All the participants had interesting and varied projects.  I wish I asked if I could take a photo of each but it was very crowded around the table and hard to get by so I opted to just stay seated and get as much stitching done as possible since I was only there for the one day.  This was a 3 day opportunity and several did all 3 days and several more did 2 days and a few of us only did one day but the Saturday class was sold out.

 

Since I was only there for 1 day of class - I decided not to do a huge canvas but instead take these 2 darling little halloween people.  I got them out of a Kelly Clark trunk show that Bristly Thistle had in the fall and I had not touched them since so it was perfect.  These are actually Di Paolo canvases and they are precious I think.

Glitz, beads and silk - what more could a girl want !  note to self - I simply must  get a nicer camera that takes close up photos.  This IPhone ain't gettin it !!!!!!!!

Here is the two little witches ( I think they are witches - they have witch hats eh?)together - They just make me smile.  I am going to do the borders the same on both and share what colors can be shared to make then a pair but they have their own unique qualities and colors.

How about this cutie - sooooo darling

I hope all of you had as wonderful a St Patricks Day celebration as I did.  What could be better than learning from a great teacher like Brenda and being in a class with lots of wonderful stitchers.

I've had a few new followers lately - so welcome to you all and thanks for dropping by my blog for a visit.  I read and appreciate every one of your comments.  May the luck of the Irish be with you always!