Preakness! A Maryland Tradition

Tomorrow is the 138th Annual Preakness Stakes.  Held on the third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course this is the kind of event that makes me want to wear a big wonderful hat, heels and a great dress.  It's a day for tradition.

OK, so this is an image in my mind only.  Not really a hat kind of girl.  Some people are, but other than the occasional witch hat, I don't really do hats.  It's still fun to look at the pictures.

In honor of the Preakness I thought I would share some of our Maryland Ornaments!

Black Eyed Susan

 Maryland Flag

Maryland Skipjack

and of course my favorite, the Baltimore Crab.

All are available complete with stitchguide and make make great summer travel projects.  Perfect for remembering a special trip or to give to a grad when they move out on their own.

See all the ornaments online here.

Just Eleanor!

Just look at these canvases.  All from our newest designer, Eleanor Grosch. 

How fun are these?

From her Bye Birds Series each canvas is 7.75 x 12 hand painted on 18ct.

Bye Blue Finches

 Bye Grey Wings

Bye Sand Hill Crane

If you would like to order any of these canvases, call us at 410.296.0405 or click here.  We are happy to have a bird take flight your way.

We have more in the works with Eleanor so stay tuned.  In the meantime, check out her website here.

Blue Moon

Blue Moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue Moon
You know just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked to the Moon it turned to gold

Blue Moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
 
This was originally a Frank Sinatra song but now it applies perfectly to our next Mystery Class at Bedecked and Beadazzled.  

This guy appeared on the scene and stole my heart!  I'm already dreaming stitches, threads and embellishments for him!

He is 11.25 x 11.5", beautifully painted on 18ct mono. Our in shop classes will be July 14, August 4 and 25th and September 8.  We love our long distance stitchers too so we are happy to send you kits for each class.  If you aren't local, you can still have lots of fun as you can join in the virtual chats on Stitcherie.com!

All of the details are on the website here.  To sign up, give us a call at 410.296.0405 and we'll take it from there.  


Hope to see you in class.

xo
Ruth