Back by Popular Demand

TWO IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

#1~SEASHORE TREE CLUB DEADLINE EXTENDED!!!!

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND AND UN-FOR-SEEN CIRCUMSTANCES,THE DECEMBER 2ND SIGN UP DEADLINE
HAS BEEN EXTENDED !!!!   YAY!!!

If you are interested in signing up, please contact your local retailer and have 

them reach out to Brenna at Colonial Needle

This is really 2 Clubs running at once, alternating months.

Sign up for Coastal, or Tropical or Both!!!!!

Three of the Six in the COASTAL TREE CLUB.

Three of the Six in the TROPICAL TREE CLUB

#2  SOON, the www.kellyclarkneedlepoint.com 

website will change!!!!

Very soon, the Kelly Clark website will be incorporated into the website for the Colonial Needle family of fine needlework products.

Don't be surprised when you go to your bookmark or the link, and

it does not take you to the site you've come to recognize.

The Very Good news is, the KCN section of their site will be

regularly updated with all the newest canvases!

  

I'm in the process of working on an exciting new blog

to feature the Photography and Finishing Ideas that

were previously found on my site!

Look for an announcement about that in the coming month.

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 Designs from Kelly Clark Studio!

What's New from 2016 January TNNA MARKET?

LOTS of NEW DESIGNS!

Kelly Clark & Brenna Pollok of Colonial Needle

at the Kelly Clark Booth

All the new designs are loaded onto the web-site

www.kellyclarkneedlepoint.com

check out the new finished pieces on the front page slide shows!

Then click on the What's New link and peruse through 

the photos of over-80+ new items!

I am very excited to announce my new color palettes for

Presencia America., available thru Colonial Needle Company

HALLOWEEN & HOLLY

These are available pre-packaged in Finca Floss

Perle No.8, &  Perle No.16.

The packaging makes it so simple to toss in your travel bag for an 

Ornament Project!  Quick and Easy without the worry of pulling alot

of threads.  The Floss packages come with 3 skeins of each of the 6 colors!

Have your Local Needlepoint Shop call and order for you today!

But first, I wanted to talk about Perle No.16...

It is my new favorite skinny thread!

FAVORITE!

Check out how cool these stitches look in Perle No. 16:

Color #8069 for the Diagonal Long Stitch

 Colors #4228 & #4799 for the Laid Vertical Channel Stitches...

just look how that skinny thread creates just a whisper of Background!

I LOVE it!

Color #8069 is used in two different stitches here.

On the left it stitches the open reverse slant Scotch in the background.

On the right it is a Double Elongated Cross at the intersection of diagonals created by the Velvet.

Color #4812 wraps the wire stem and frames the leaves.

And here are some additional Pictures of new items:

The Winter Village is available with Stitch Guides!!!!!

Item numbers from left are:

KWV 7-18, KWV 4-18, KWV 1-18, KWV6-18, KWV 11-18, KWV 2-18 and KWV 3-18

KCA 29-18 Folk Art Flower Sampler

Available with Stitch Guide, Accessory Kit for all the wire and Appliques and a 

Presencia Thread Kit of all cottons used!

Chubby Pears Front and Back views!

From left: KCA 1426, KCN 1428 & KCN 1429

Available with Stitch Guide & Presencia Thread Kit!

And from the Tiny Basket Series:

 KCB 01-18 Shells at the Seashore

 KCB 03-18 Halloween Tricks

 KCB 02-18 Christmas Baking

Now, quick go check out ALL the new Items on the website!

Here is that link again:

www.kellyclarkneedlepoint.com

Happy Stitching All!Kelly

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!