Kathy Barrick: September 2009

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Our Room in St. Charles

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Just a few photos of our room in St. Charles. Sorry the quality is so lousy.

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Forgot

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I forgot to tell you that it's possible Sharon Crescent from Crescent Colours will be making the frames for my Curse of the Raven sampler. YAY!

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I'm back and life has quickly returned to normal! It was a WONDERFUL market and I had such a good time! I've got lots of photos to share.

I've spent the last two days, all day, filling orders. Not Market orders, but before- and after-market orders. WOW!!! So, every shop that has ordered my charts will have them appear at their doorstep in the next couple days.

Boy do I miss making jewelry!! Tonight, I'll be moving over to my jewelry bench, no matter what!

Gotta run, Anne is waiting for me. I'll post photos tonight!

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Frame for Curse of the Raven

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I've been getting many inquiries about the frame for The Curse of the Raven (Ashes to Ashes). Here's the low down:

Got to Target and look in their frame section. Look for a white chippy frame with blue and olive green stripes on the side. The front opening measurements are 3 1/2 x 5. When Anne and I found ours, they were on sale for $6.88 or something like that.

Paint the front of the frame an olive-y green. Give it two coats for good measure. After that dries, paint the front and sides of the frame black. Cover it thoroughly. After the black dries completely, use steel wool or very fine sandpaper to remove a little of the black paint - just a little. You want the olive green to show through a little, not tons. When you're happy with the results use a metalic gold marker to write "Ashes to ashes" and "Dust to dust" on the "stripes" of the frame using your very best handwriting. I practiced about twenty times and it was still scary! But, if you screw up, just recoat with black and try again.

Easy, easy, easy!

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

I'm Off!

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I'll be leaving tomorrow for the Market in St. Louis and will be back Monday night. Wish me luck!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

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Friday, September 18, 2009

Other New Designs

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(If you click on the photos, you'll be able to zoom in for better viewing!)

I'm getting ready to leave for the weekend. I'm doing Lori Brechlin's Gathering of Friends in VA this weekend and am getting together with some friends after that. I'll be back Sunday night. In the meantime, I wanted to share photos of my other two new designs. They are: The Curse of the Raven and A Mind Independent & Free.

Not to bore you to death, but to remind everyone of the availability of these charts: if your LNS attends the St. Charles Market, they will have my new designs the weekend of September 26th & 27th. If your LNS is on my automatic, those charts will be shipped out immediately when I return from St. Charles. If your LNS contacts me ahead of time and pre-orders, charts will also ship out when I return from St. Charles.

If you need to contact me over the weekend, please feel free to email me at kbdieter@aol.com or to call my cell at 443-536-6710. I do not have an answering machine at my house. My cell phone reception in VA is horrible, so please feel free to leave a voice mail and I'll get back to you when I can.

Thanks!

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Whole Thing!

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And here is the sampler, in it's gorgeous frame (from Valley House Primitives).

Thank you all for bearing with me!

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The Final Block!

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YAY! This is Block Twelve. Tomorrow you'll see the photo of the completed piece. Finally!

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Block Ten

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Only one to go!!

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

A New Block for a Tuesday Morning

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This is Block Six. It's one of my favorites!

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Monday, September 14, 2009

I forgot....

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to tell you, that was Block Two!

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Monday Morning

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I stayed up much too late working last night. I think it was 3:00 am when I finally called it quits. Art woke me up at 6:30 to follow him to the car place to drop off his truck. I've orders to fill, a trip to the post office, then it's back to bed for me!

Happy Monday!

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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Sunday Afternoon

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Just got back from a fabulous flea market near Carlisle, PA. There was a lady there who had the BEST jewelry AND she was willing to negotiate on prices. What fun!

Happy Sunday!

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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Saturday Morning

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I love Saturday mornings. And because I love Saturday mornings, I'm going to share another block with you. (Oh man! I can hardly stand MYSELF!!!) Here's another block! It's Number Eleven.

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Friday, September 11, 2009

No Photo, But....

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I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for your sweet, sweet comments! They have warmed my soul and I'm very grateful.

To answer some of your questions....

The sampler is stitched on 40 count Examplar from Lakeside Linens. The total stitch count is 278 by 371. The stitch count for each block is 92 by 92. Lakeside is doing a special cut for this piece in 32-, 36- and 40-count linen.

The chart will be released at the St. Charles Market on September 26th & 27th. (Just TWO weeks away - OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

It will not be available for downloading, but will have to be purchased as a hard copy. If your lns attends the St. Charles Market, they will have it the weekend of September 26th & 27th. If your lns is on my automatic, those charts will be shipped out immediately when I return from St. Charles. If your lns contacts me ahead of time and pre-orders the chart, it will also ship out when I return from St. Charles.

I'm thinking the next Hawk Run Hollow Piece is going to be Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow. It will incorporate (but not be limited to) lots of Halloween designs, which should be lots of fun!

I'm off to put charts together. You should see my studio. It's in it's very worst state. Maybe you shouldn't see my studio!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

I'm thinking....

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and wondering, what in the world am I going to post about when I finish posting these blocks?? I'm going to spend the next two weeks doing absolutely nothing but putting charts together. I'll post photos of stacks of charts in my studio. That should thrill you to death!!

Anyway, the is Block Nine.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Another One...

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This is Block Seven.

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Monday, September 7, 2009

Another Block for You!

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This is Block Three.

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Saturday, September 5, 2009

CHRH

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My plan for today was to post about something else, just to add a little suspense to your life. But, it seems I need to add a little spice to MY life as I've done absolutely nothing post worthy.

Anyway, this is Block Eight.

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Friday, September 4, 2009

A Third Block

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This is Block Five. More to come!

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow

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Just to show you that I'm not the big meanie that you guys think I am, I'm going to share another block with you. That's TWO in one day!!

This is Block Number Four. Hope you like it!

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Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow

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I've decided to torture you guys a little and post photos of one block at at time. Sorry, but I just can't resist!! This is Block #1 of Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow.