Laundry Day

                                            "Laundry Day"

Inspired by a painting hanging on my Mother's wall. Artist unknown, the painting was not signed. 

Pensive Gail

 

"Pensive Gail"

inspired by a painting by George Hoefnagels:

Winter in Gelderland

                                                 "Winter in Gelderland"

There is a painting in my Mother's house which is a copy of this painting: "Winter Landscape" by Barend Cornelis Koekkoek. My stitching is inspired by this painting.

Shepherd Cottage

Space Party

Strawberry Moon

Greentree

Portrait of Chris, Kelly, and Dooley, with their cats Zeke and Ollie. Wild turkeys join them in the tall Douglas Fir.

Thickwood Badgers

Night Beasts

                                            monkey in the pepper clouds

                                               zebra in the apple shrubs

                                                elly in the berry vine

Jileke Love

I based a character from a book I illustrated: "Everything Pink, I Think" on Imke. She was so happy to be the main character, and she gave me a gift of a pink frame which she decorated.  
I made a cross stitch to go with the frame of the little flying creature, the robin, some sea-stars, and the flower, who are all in this book too. 

Stitchy Cat

"Stitchy Cat"
my animated cross-stitch

Bee Brite

Greeting the Seagulls

portrait of my brother John

Psychedelic Day

The Spirit of the Tree

 A birch tree grew near my Mother's house, in a neighbor's garden. My Mom could see it out of her dining room window, and she loved looking at it in all seasons. Birds sat in it singing their songs, the branches swayed happily in the wind, and the tree grew tall in all the years. 
 

But one day it was decided that the tree had to be cut down. It was a sad day for everyone who enjoyed the tree.

My Mother requested that I make a stitched portrait of the birch tree to give to her neighbors. I put their children, Yente and Binck playing happily next to the tree, and the familiar blackbirds perched on its branches.

Here is her neighbor Sophia with her stitched tree picture, "The Spirit of the Tree"

Computer Memory

I made this during a time when my computer's memory was being operated on. Poor Eyreequel (my computer) kept freaking out, so we had to add a new brain. He was out of commission for a few days, so I cross stitched a portrait of him and his memory.

Ext. Park Day

my daughter Michele

Nettles for the Swan Boys

based on the fairytale "The Six Swans"

Love Awakens

"Love Awakens"
Started this during a short stay at St. Luke's hospital
then finished at my Mom's while visiting her.
Inspired by Botticelli's "Birth of Venus"

...owned by Konijn Marshall...

Festive Felines

"Festive Felines" a stitched portrait of my son and his ladyfriend, and their four cats.

Karaoke Kitties

A portrait of my brother George and his partner Ron

Above the world

"Above the world, in the blue of the sky,
Lives Sunrise in a golden sandcastle on high"

This cross stitching was created for the book "Kelli Smith's Poems", to illustrate one of the poems. 
The book of poetry, photography, and art was published to help 5 year old Kelli Smith with treatment for neuroblastoma cancer.

Buy it here: Kelli Smith's Poems

I am going to fly today

This cross stitching was created for the book "The Girl With Her Beautiful Poems", to illustrate one of the poems. 
The book of poetry, photography, and art was published to help 8 year old Stacey Mowle with treatment for neuroblastoma cancer.
Buy it here: The Girl With Her Beautiful Poems

"Groovy Karin"

"Groovy Karin" a stitched portrait of my sister

Quotes

Two pages from my book "Catching Leftover Wishes", these are stitchings based on some of my favorite quotes.

Cross stitch sillyness

"Itchy Nose"