Variations on a Theme

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Here are a bunch of stitched pieces that will be made into cards. I love this design by Erica Fortgens. Once I started playing around with variations, one thing led to another. I love that. As always, they look better in person but if you read my description and squint, you'll get the idea!

This one is half light blue and half medium blue, outlined with dark blue.

This is stitched in my favorite blue/green variegated thread, outlined in silver metallic thread.

I just did this one last night. I stitched in a variegated thread of warm tones that was so-so until I outlined it in copper metallic thread. Now I love it.

As you know, I'm totally stuck on pink, black and turquoise these days so this combination was a natural for me.

I wasn't thrilled with this one as I stitched it, half pink, half black, outlined in black, but it's definitely growing on me. I like contrasty these days.

This is stitched in one of my favorite variegated threads, pink/orange/blue. I liked it, but then just before I scanned it I decided to outline it in black and now I love it even more.

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I set up my area at the craft show Wednesday night. It's funny, I either worry I don't have enough product or if I have enough, I worry that my table looks crowded. I think it also looks crowded because I've become accustomed to having 2 tables in my booth and for this show I have just one. Check this out - for this show, I actually have spare product stored under the table to restock from! Go me. The show runs Thursday through Sunday so I think I'll run over there on my lunch hour today. It's not far from work. I'm working Saturday morning so I can restock then too. I'm not big on leaving work during my lunch hour - I'd rather stitch so I guess I'll play it by ear.

I didn't have a chance to walk around Wednesday night. This is a show where one can sell buy/resell product. I have stuff left over from when I was renting space at a store in Fairport that I keep thinking I should try to sell at a show like this. But I keep coming back to the fact that I really want my reputation to be as an artist, not a reseller. Last year I did have a spinner of cards by Allison Thibos of Blue Turtle Studio because I didn't feel I had enough of my own product. Her cards are beautiful and handmade, just not by me, so I felt they fit in okay. And we don't really have individual specific booth areas at this show so the spinner of her cards didn't look odd next to my spinner of stitched cards.

25th Annual Signs of Spring Craft Show
March 13-16
Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 10-6
Sunday: 10-4
Powers Farm Market

161 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534
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