Monday, September 3, 2012

Putting all your eggs in one basket

Early this spring I recieved a box in the mail, from a woman I had never met, that was plum full of the most amazing cross stitches (and a couple of neat prints too).  The reason they were amazing was that they were all stitched over one.   I don't think I'm exaggerating to say there were at least 30 pieces in there!  Her name is Karen Page and she's already got a fan club of local ladies who watched my progess over the summer months.  I have a whole handful of customers who come by periodically to see what we've been up to and they'll see a tiny delectable piece and say "Is that another Karen Page?"  Well, last week she made a trip out to visit us in person and I had the chance to meet the now famous Karen.  Now that I've met her, I might have framed a few of her pieces differently, but what fun it was (and a little intimidating too) to have creative license to do each piece exactly as I wanted.  I've already shown you a few of her pieces, and it's taken me most of the summer to complete the rest, but here they are in all their glory.  Karen, you are a very special person to trust your masterpieces to someone you had never met!  I'm eager to finish the next group of projects for you.
Enjoy!
Jill



















8 comments:

Christina said...

Everything is beautiful.

Cathy B said...

Wow! I bet it was even more amazing to see those pieces up close...

KAREN said...

Wow-I think I am blushing. Thanks for the good press. I love what I do and you enjoy the same. We make a good team. Can't wait to see our next collaboration.--K

Jannie said...

Wait! All these pieces were done by "Karen"? All of them? They weren't all over 1, right? Oh my gosh! It takes me forever just to do one piece! Great job to both of you. Jill - can't wait to meet you either.

Cathy Lloyd said...

Love love love! You're amazing Jill!

Anne said...

Lovely! Can someone tell me what the first piece is? The lady in the polka dot dress?

KAREN said...

Anne-It is Garden Glade-I used Attic Needleworks color change and frabric-28ct over one

MysteryKnitter said...

I like the dog ones.