Janet Carija Brandt

  I’ve added another ‘birdhouse’ to the left end of my crewel embroidery. I love the house, but I wanted to make sure it read as being behind the leaves not in the same plane. […]

  We’ve been traveling, Yellowstone National Park. I like its original name best, “Wonderland”. It is extraordinary! Of course one of the best parts of going away is coming home again.    Here was the […]

A new bird has been stitched.  And next to him a butterfly. The fruit bearing tree has new beads blooming. Here is the over-all design.

  The bunny is taking some flowers home to put on the dinner table.     This is such a delight to stitch. Once I stitch a section of the background I enjoy adding leaves, […]

  I’m very happy with my new background, both the color and the different stitch. The bunny now has a smart red vest with blue buttons. Under the glow worm is the beginning of the […]

  I wasn’t happy with the background. I didn’t like the way I was stitching it and I didn’t like the colors. Now was a good time to change this. There is quite a bit […]

  I am playing with stitches.   As usual my work doesn’t fall under the traditional category, but then it doesn’t stray that far from the norm either.   One of my favorite looks from […]

  The stitching continues and so do the changes. A pool, waterfall, swan and fish have all magically appeared out of nowhere.

  The bunny was not in the original drawing. I’m never good at following directions, even when I’m the one writing them.

  Here is the drawing.   And here is the first progress report. Working with the wool thread is so different than embroidery floss. I’m having fun learning the nuances of the wool and playing […]