Friday, October 31, 2008

Pals stitch! (aka showing off)

Let me introduce you to some fine Pals traditions!

First, The Stitcher’s Showcase -- On Saturday night Pals proudly display their fondest finishes—both finished-finished and unfinished. There is voting and prizes, but mostly there is much coveting, envy, and patting on the back. Among the goodies this year were:

Some of the “small-finished” category lined up for viewing:
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At the end closest to you is our friend, Karen's finished bag from last year's Pals M Designs class

The small end of the “large-finished” category:
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Amy's JN Halloween set:
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Mandy's SB Christmas Drawers:
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Tracey’s tiger’s eyes (I think it’s a Stoney Creek pattern, but don’t quote me)
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Tracey’s SR-71 (dang I love this plane!!!!)
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Teresa’s Last Supper:
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Teresa’s hummingbird welcome (this is the one that I mentioned categorized her as being completely insane--- she stitched TWO of these --- count them… TWO!!!!)
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Fiona’s Mirabilia fairy
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Fiona’s Mirabilia lady
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Rita’s seascape (she'd like you to know the sky was a pain in the fanny which she stitched on the angel rather than across --- to great effect -- good show Rita!)
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Amy’s pinkeep
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Chris’ Mirabilia Christmas fairy
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Char’s My Big Tow Lord’s Prayer
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We’re a pretty talented bunch, huh? Well, they’re a pretty talented bunch… I brought nothing to show off.


Another tradition is the Creative Stitch Contest where Pals take an existing pattern and without changing the words/existing layout, embellish/creatively reinterpret the pattern. On Friday night entrants display (sans name of stitcher) their take on the year’s pattern, a LK freebie. This year’s entrants did a marvelous job, imho.
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More soon. Don't forget, the blogiversary thingy is still open.

Happy Stitching everyone!!!!

7 comments:

stitchersanon said...

Wow..all fantastic. I love the idea of taking a chart and leaving it up to interpretation. Amazing. Well done all!
gaynor

Cyn said...

Hi Ruth,

Lot's of beautiful projects!

Thanks so much for sharing!!!

Okay, I now have to buy the Just Nan Halloween Set! Sigh...

Cynthia
Windy Meadow

Carol R said...

Wow - a great display of works!

Sally said...

Wow what a wonderful array of finishes!

Hazel said...

These are amazing - so inspiring! What a great idea. xx

Solstitches said...

Wonderful to be able to see all these beautiful finishes up close and personal.
What a fabulous display!

Margaret

Kate said...

Wow! There's some amazing stitching right there. I bet you all had a fantastic time, nattering about stitching all night.

I really like the embelishment challenge idea. It's a great way to make something your own.