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Colored Pencils …

Posted on July 13, 2015 by | Comments Off on Colored Pencils …

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Santa Claus and Friends …

Posted on December 18, 2014 by | Comments Off on Santa Claus and Friends …

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In 1999 my daughter Patty painted this for her sister Deb for her birthday.  All the pups and kittens have Vineyard names.  Mark (Chilmark), Edgar (Edgartown), Tizzy(Tisbury), Buffy (Oak Bluffs), Martha, Vinny, Chappy(Chappaquiddick) and Katy(Katama) to name a few.

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When Deb received this she still had Katy, her first Boykin Spaniel,  represented  here by the dark brown pup Santa’s holding in his right arm.

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The following Christmas Katy had since died and we had Chappy.   When we took out the sculpture at Christmas time Deb took a look at it and gasped… “oh no, Chappy’s a kitten.”  With a few strokes of her paint brush Patty changed Chappy from a kitten to the little brown dog on Santa’s right boot.  All was well.

The details are incredible… Patty did a fantastic job.

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This has become one of the family’s favorite Christmas decorations.


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Hand Knits …

Posted on November 4, 2014 by | Comments Off on Hand Knits …

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Mine And Mom’s …

Posted on October 13, 2014 by | Comments Off on Mine And Mom’s …

I’ve done a lot of these counted cross stitch maps of the Vineyard. Each one has been for a special person.   This particular one was for my daughter Patty for Christmas 2008.   Imagine my surprise when I looked in a long forgotten box and found the one below done by a very special person in my life…

… my mother.  She must have done this over 80 years ago and it is in amazingly good condition.  Thank you mom for a beautiful surprise.

Turns out we both did Gay Head Lighthouse as well …

Hers which has the lighthousekeepers house attached to it…

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mine..

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…which is part of the 5 lighthouses of Martha’s Vineyard

 

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Little Felted Pumpkins …

Posted on September 10, 2014 by | Comments Off on Little Felted Pumpkins …

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Crewel Flowers …

Posted on May 30, 2014 by | Comments Off on Crewel Flowers …

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Knitted Wire With Beads …

Posted on February 24, 2014 by | Comments Off on Knitted Wire With Beads …

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(if you’re interested in who knitted these for me please leave a comment)


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The Vineyard In Stitches …

Posted on January 28, 2014 by | Comments Off on The Vineyard In Stitches …

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This is my wall of Vineyard counted cross stitch projects. The Vineyard map in the upper left hand corner was the first one in 1993.  Tisbury in the bottom middle was the last one in 2011. There were other non-MV projects done in between the Vineyard ones and I also did eight more of the Vineyard maps during that time too.

These are not the only Vineyard counted cross stitches I’ve done though. The one closest to my heart is the Tabernacle designed especially for me by my daughter Deb.

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The Tabernacle is my favorite place on the Vineyard for many reasons and so this picture means more to me than I can ever put into words. I did a post about it though which you can read by CLICKING HERE .

Close ups (sorry for the reflections from the windows)…

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Do I have a favorite other than the Tabernacle one ?  What do you think :)  How about you, do you like one more than the others ?


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Vineyard Letters …

Posted on January 17, 2014 by | Comments Off on Vineyard Letters …

This was interesting… caused me to look at familiar pictures in a different way.. this could be addictive :)  Try this yourself and see what’s new in what’s old :)   Some liberties may have been taken in the interpretation of certain letters !!

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German Christmas Market …

Posted on December 7, 2013 by | Comments Off on German Christmas Market …

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For our weekly Saturday morning coffee outing Deb and I went to the Lake Mohawk German Christmas Market in Sparta, New Jersey.  We’d never been before and since it was a beautiful day off we went.

I’m glad we did, it was fun.  Lots of German food and drink, friendly people, great Christmas music and a gorgeous view of Lake Mohawk.

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Also lots of pretty things to look at and be tempted by.

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Nice day :)


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