Fruitee' Squiggee Style

And here we go with the latest gingerbread house from Squiggeeland....these wonderful beads come from China.......these plus the added colored bugle beads........

The Cart Before the Horse....lol

In the normal scheme of things...I would have designed a little gingerbread farmhouse first then a barn...but somehow depending on where my mind wanders ... I don't always follow the conventional way of doing things....Oh well better late than never...the little farm house has a pump, swing hanging from the apple tree and two great charms ....a cow and dog house complete with dog peaking out.....the two are the beginnings of a little rural Squiggee Gingerbread community...who knows what is next...... a little country store...ummmmmmmm! we will see.....
and if this is a little too conventional...look on Mr. Squiggees blog for a more eye candy Gingerbread new little house.....we are just full of new things here in Squiggeeland......stay tuned !

More St. Charles Goodies

OK...so Squiggee has a strange side...and an absolute passion for anything gingerbread...these two cookies will be wholesaled for the first time at St. Charles

Uncle Sam was part of the original Squiggee before wholesale... but .......Miss Liberty is brand new !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was asked by an original Squiggee customer Claire Hill.... if U. S. had a companion...and poof...she was born.................. customers are a great source ,when it comes to telling you what they need...after all... customers are what drives the trade.....designers and distributors must strive to please...

Squiggee does love the G.B. !

You could just eat it up!

We just got back the little Sweet Tooth model from the finishers..Stitchery Square in Camden ,Maine. The little house is oh so plump and weighted, so it can sit on a table. I asked them to add a little bit of do dahs to the top and like always they did a perfect job...not too much...just right..no surprise....This little model was worked with such loving care by my friend and fellow designer, Anne Stradel.....her stitching is always perfect, in fact almost too perfect.....
Getting a model back is always a treat, like Christmas...lol.....I am madly working on a brand new shaped animal...this one is almost ready to go out to my finishers, just the background around all the important bits to do...my man Jacob in OK, has previewed the painted piece and given his approval.....when a kid likes it, you are on the right track...Big J is my muse !!!!

At Last !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stitchery Square Rocks

Once Again .....my finishers at Stitchery Square in Camden , Maine

(see their link on this page) preformed their special magic and turned the 10st Gingerbread house and the two little Raggedy Ann and Andy cookies worked on 18st, into a great pillow...

no ordinary pillow...the pieces are appliqued on a sleeve that fits over a stuffed pillow and tied on at the corners....so a person( not me mind you) can change the look of the piece by changing the inner pillow...so how cool is that...I found a picture of this kind of pillow and sent it along with the pieces and Michele and her girls just ran with it...they do such a beautiful job and have a real feel for color and how to enhance a piece of needlepoint...not smother it...afterall...the finishing just adds to the needlepoint, shouldn't be your main focus...and this finisher is always right in tune with my vision....they are easy to work with and have become family...they are Squiggers!!!!

This pillow will travel to El Paso soon and will make it's appearance at the St. Louis show...

FYI...you would have to have a pretty cute country house to have this pillow....just looking at it , makes me worry that I am becoming almost sweet !...something to ponder...lol

Sweet Tooth Gingerbread...from the Cape

I just got this great photo of my sweet tooth Gingerbread house from Anne Stradal ....
She wanted to know ,if this model she kindly offered to work for me was, OK... the woman must be high...lol...All I have to do is to add the beads around the base....dah...... it is perfect...a masterpiece...every stitch amazing...like all Anne's work...Good enough to eat...you know one could really hate Anne...if she wasn't so nice and generous ...lol........a talented artist , mother , and organizeded...hummmmm...good thing she can't walk on water...then I might just have to think twice...lol...oh me just being me..absurd and off the wall...just ignore me and enjoy what a great job Anne has done.................................