A Crab in another Mode

I myself don't use a frame for stitching.....lol...I just stitch models for display so calling what I do stitching is pushing it.....so a frame weight doesn't register on my radar....but a crab(being born under the sign of Cancer) ..on a bright straw bag is just the ticket for me....
of course..my finisher, Michele at Stitchery Square, did a fantastic job ...the bag will be on display with all the Squiggee stuff in Columbus......

Checkered Crab

This little guy is now finished and will go on a straw bag in the end....he will be a little stuff and attached to the bag..lime green straw bag......I added some sparkle pom pom eyes...makes him look like he is ready for fun...
he is on 13st and worked with all kinds of fibers..the small white checkers are bump stitches and the large white are a bigger version...so he has plenty of texture...

Squiggee Has Crabbies Again ...oh my!

These are two new crabs that are perfect for everyone...the patchwork , for stitchers that want to practice a new stitch , and use there stash of leaf over fibers...and the crazy quilt crab, for stitchers, who like a little more structure .... they can use different stitches or straight basket weave...both will give that crazy quilt bounce, that this crab has in abundance...

seriously...I had tons of colors mixed and left over from painting custom orders, so it was a great opportunity to use them...mixing paints is one of my less favorite chores...lol...

notice the patchwork crab, is just the crazy quilt crab without the crazy...two crab designs...only one crab painted and a picture in between...tricky or lazy ????...lol...

I think tricky.....

No Jeweled Eggs in Squiggeeland, Just Crabs

It seems that here in Squiggeeland , we are on a toot.....you know how it is ...an artist goes on a bender with a particular design format and creates in that vane until , she or he is off on another toot....I had to take a brake today from a rather complicated set of custom pillows ,that involves counting and mixing what seemed like thousands of colors...so I finished this crab and a small ornament...ever so often , I need to recharge your batteries...and today this little guy helped revive the creative juices...that custom work sometimes zaps...these wonderful pearl eyes came all the way from down -under.....
looking at the way the light shines on them...he is looking at me...spooky...

First entry in Squiggeeland

I thought I would start this new blog , with some brand new Squiggee Designs. These little crabs

make me laugh. When I was a child , my family spent every Summer , in Maine at our cottage on the Island of South Harpswell. The Island is connected to the mainland by a clauseway.

I can't count the number of hours in any given Summer, that my two sisters and baby brother would take our string fishing lines with their very rusty hooks, a pale of salt water and go the big dock on the west side of the island , and proceed to catch crabs. This was done without a net...so it turned into a test of wills ...who would win,,,always the crabs..My mother would give us bacon for our bait , and off we would go.The crabs were very cleaver and seemed to enjoy the game, just as much as we did, because after all , if we managed to get the crab , up on the dock and into the pale, we would always toss them back, they were to small to eat ...Most of the time, the crab would toy with us, hanging on till he or she was almost to the top, them turn that beedy eye, wink and let go...we would roar with laughter, then start all over again...children today miss all the good stuff, by spending too much time indoors and at the computer.

This was the most fun that a kid can have on a Summer afternoon. We would have really laughed if one of these crabs had appeared...especially one with a plaid back......