Easter Egg called "In the Blue": 2007 Egg Exchange: Anne Stradal, designer

Project: In the Blue

(2007 Easter Egg Exchange)

Designer: Anne Stradal

Type of needlework: Needlepoint

Photo: 1

Anne's website: http://www.absdesignsonline.com/

Anne's Website Guest Gallery: http://www.absdesignsonline.com/guest_gallery.htm

Anne's blog: http://thecapestitcher.blogspot.com/

Anne's Original Easter egg stitched in pink here.

Needlepoint_Etc Yahoo group

Comments: This lovely egg comes for an Easter egg exchange that was done in 2007 in the Needlepoint_Etc Yahoo group. Only a few people participated in that exchange and things went very smoothly and lots of lovely Easter eggs were exchanged between the participants.

In this exchange I inherited Anne Stradal's lovely Easter egg called "In the Pink", appropriate name I thought of giving it since the original one that she had stitched was blue and called "In the Blue".

I now have 3 Easter eggs and slowly, very slowly I am building myself a little collection. WRONG, I have only 2, since I have given away the one called "In the Garden" in that same exchange. BOO HOO, my collection is growing even slower than I thought. Well, I suppose that it means that I have to get cracking and stitch some more.

Cameo Lace: Mary Polityka Bush, designer

Project: Cameo Lace

Designer: Mary Polityka Bush

Type of needlework: Needlepoint

Photos:

This project can be found here on the Kreinik website

Comments: My goal was to stitch a new Easter egg this year for Easter, but things did not quite worked out as I wanted. Hopefully next year things will go more smoothly.

This is a kit from Kreinik. It had everything necessary to stitch the egg except the fabric and the ribbon for the finishing. I have essentially used the same ribbon as on the original but have given it a different twist and it does make a difference.

(Photo that came with the instructions)

In the Garden, Anne Stradal, designer

Project: In the garden

Designer: Anne Stradal

Type of needlework: Needlepoint and Silk Ribbon embroidery

(Painted canvas)

Photos: 2

Anne's website: http://www.absdesignsonline.com/

Anne's Website Guest Gallery: http://www.absdesignsonline.com/guest_gallery.htm

Anne's blog: http://thecapestitcher.blogspot.com/

Comments: I have actually stitched this project for an Easter egg exchange a few years back. I just love the colors chosen. To me they make me think of Spring. I have changed a few things in Anne's design. If you go to Anne's website and look at her eggs, you will see that hers is different than mine. I have changed the way I did the grass and also the flowers and have removed the little rabbit and added a bird instead.

I have done the cording using the two main colors, blue and green and it was then ready to go to its new home. That is one stitched project that I was really sorry to see it go. Oh well, I can always look at the photographs.