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One customer in particular has been extremely generous in
sharing her love of needlepoint with us. Eileen K from
California has provided us with photos of some of her
magnificent work. Any needlepointer or needle artist
will share our enthusiasm for her glorious work. We
have also included some of her written e-mails. We
hope you enjoy her correspondence as much as we have.
She is a
needlewoman of extraordinary talent. We are so pleased
that she has shared this remarkable collection with us.
When I received these photos, all I really wanted to do was
stitch. Her canvasses show her magnificent interest in
our craft. Her subject choices are delightfully
varied, but her love of color is demonstrated throughout.
The real joy of life and love Eileen brings to our art form
is overwhelming. The expression shown in her work
takes my breath away. We hope the following display of
Eileen's magnificent stitching will encourage all to applaud
this remarkable lady and be inspired to stitch.
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Needlework by Eileen K |
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your yarns for my canvas "Wolf In Trees" and want to tell
you that I am a Big Fan of yours. The yarns are rich
in color and easy to use. Never tangle,
maintain their integrity through the stitching process and
make life even more joyous for the stitcher. Your
website is the best for seeing the actual yarn. Takes
the guessing out of the selection process. When piece
is framed, I'll e-mail you a photograph. I purchased
the yarns through Karen Milano of Nimble Needle in New
Jersey." Eileen K |
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Needlework by Eileen K |
| "Hi, I loved using
your yarn for this project. It just flowed and
stitching was just a charm. Bicycles is a charming
piece that has lots of Felicity's Garden and is enhanced by
the colors and quality of your yarns."
Eileen K
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Needlework by
Eileen K |
Eileen has a beautiful outlook
about the wonderful events life has to offer.
I see that to be so evident in her beautiful
collection of needlepoint.
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Her joy in stitching is reflected in every stitch.
I love communicating with Eileen and look forward to
each new canvas she completes. She puts her
whole heart into everything she does. I
absolutely love that!
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Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
I have had four muses over my needlepoint career and
Eileen is indeed one of them. I go through her
canvas gallery almost every day. It always
makes me smile.
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I asked Eileen what governs
her choices of what to stitch. There is such a
theme of joy and happiness with a great sense of fun
that runs consistently through her work.
Eileen loves color, patterns, humor, playfulness and
beauty. She stitches canvases from a great
variety of designers and has her pieces exquisitely
finished. She proudly credits her finisher
Marlene of Marlene's Custom Pillows in San
Francisco, California, with the beauty of her
finished products, and appreciates Karen Milano of
Nimble Needle in New Jersey, and Pocketful of
Stitches in Lubbock, Texas, for her needlework
supplies.
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Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Yarn
she tells me usually governs her choice of stitches.
Favorite "go to" stitches are mosaic, mosaic
checker, Parisian, Pavilion Diamonds, Reversed
Scotch, Scotch and the "T" stitch. |
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Her "go to" book for reliable diagrams is "Stitches
To Go" by S Howren and Beth Robertson. |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
As a
"frequent flyer," she is not prone to idle hands while
awaiting her flights. As so many of my
needlepoint artist friends, she tries to stitch
every day. She loves each new canvas she
begins and enjoys watching how it comes to life. |
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When working on animals, eyes are always stitched first as
she knows that will become the soul of the piece. |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Faces
she feels the same way about. Eileen makes
"face to face" contact and gets to know the
personality she is stitching through the eyes and
facial expressions. I loved it when Eileen
told me this because I work in a similar way. |
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I never know what a canvas will look like until the
last stitch goes in. I love the process. Each
stitch informs the next. My animals always
give a tug at the heartstrings, but become known to
me through their eyes. We then begin a
relationship which I can express as I stitch. |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Eileen's canvases quite simply are a joy. To
also know the fun she has creating them quite simply
makes me smile. We're looking forward to
Eileen's next pieces. No secrets revealed
here, but we can't wait! |
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The more I get to know Eileen the more I enjoy her.
Her points of view are always uplifting and are, the
more I observe, amazingly reflected in her
canvasses. |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Eileen also sends me words of wisdom. I love
that! I would like to share some of these with
you. |
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My earlier muses go way back in time. Eileen
is a "fresh helping" of vitality. Eileen and
her portfolio of gorgeous stitching make me put the
brakes on for a minute. I can't look at her
work and words and not go back in time and realize
this is really what it's all about, and what it
always was all about. FUN. |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlepoint and the gorgeous stitches and canvasses
that we select are really all about beauty, being
creative, being the best that we can be, and quite
simply having an extraordinarily good time doing
them. |
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Eileen is like a refresher course in joy. It's
not that I love needlepoint any less than I did when
I first started, but Eileen makes me remember the
colossal joy of starting new projects and stitching
them through. Every time I review her work I
run to find a needle. |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
We all need an Eileen. "God doesn't give you
the people you want, He gives you the people you
need." The above and the following
are some things I received
from Eileen on E-mail. |
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One Flaw In Women
Women have strengths that
amaze me.
They cry when their children
excel and cheer when their friends get awards.
They are happy when they hear
about a birth or a wedding.
The heart of a woman is what
makes the world keep turning.
They bring joy, hope & love. |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
They have
compassion and ideas.
They give moral support to
their family and friends.
Women have vital things to say
and everything to give.
They bear hardships and they
carry burdens, but they hold happiness, love and
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They smile
when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to
cry.
They cry when they are happy and laugh when they are
nervous.
They fight for what they
believe in.
They stand up for injustice. |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
They don't
take "no" for an answer when they believe there is a
better solution.
They go without so their
family can have.
They go to the doctor with a
frightened friend.
They love unconditionally. |
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HOWEVER, IF
THERE IS ONE FLAW IN WOMAN, IT IS THAT THEY FORGET
THEIR WORTH. |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
I would like to thank Eileen from the bottom of my
heart for her generosity and kindness in so
willingly sharing her work. I hope everyone
viewing these beautiful pieces is motivated to
stitch in joy. |
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Another exquisite geometric design
stitched by Eileen K. |
Needlework by
Eileen K |
| "I have not needlepointed in
years. We have a house in the Hamptons and our
designer went crazy over your blues when I showed them to
him. Our house is being done predominantly in blues
and whites with touches of reds. Your reds are also
perfect. I purchased a canvas while visiting friends
this past month, and only purchased Felicity's Garden
Thread. It made me want to come back. The
quality is superb and it is a pleasure with which to stitch.
Our sun room and main living area are poised to receive many
new additions. Needlepointing Again,
Gretchen." |
"I received the
threads today. If I could only eat your threads, I haven't loved
colors like this in a long time. Thank You! So much, Karen"
Nimble Needle, Haddonfield, NJ |
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putting out a yarn of obvious superior quality. I put a lot of time into
my work, and my work ultimately is for my family. Your yarn creates the
stitches that I know to be of heirloom quality. I have been using your
yarn for many many years now. It wears with great superiority. In other
words, in all the pieces stitched with Felicity’s Garden there is no
wear. I am absolutely loving the group of colors you have developed that
you call Duets. That puts 125 colors in my Felicity’s Garden armoire. I
read about this on your website, and couldn’t get to my shop fast
enough. Their display took my breath away. You’re right, they are the
perfect shading for Felicity’s Garden."
Helen S. (via E-mail) |
"The sheen, the beautiful quality of
your silk and wool is amazing. Nothing comes close. I will be stitching
all my needlepoint now in Felicity’s Garden. Your Mini skeins, as you
call them, made me take it home by the handful. And Duets, oh my gosh
I’m so totally hooked. It’s so wonderful to have something to stitch
with that is a product of the US."
Susie A. (via E-mail) |
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"Duets, Duets, Duets, Duets, Duets! Can
you hear us? We’re singing! We’re really really singing! We’ve also been
doing a whole lotta playing in our stitching group. Flowers, animals,
grasses, everything. It is absolutely spectacular what you can do with
Duets combined with your plain colors. Thank you for being so smart.
We’re having a great time."
Sandy, Chandra, Mary, Catherine,
Marybeth, Donna, Ingie and Celeste (via E-mail)
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"Thank you thank you thank you for your
beautiful silk and wool. I love Felicity. I have stitched with it now
for many years. I have been doing needlepoint for some 35 years. I used
to use mainly Medici, but Felicity has been my love for a long time now.
I have all the colors. It’s the best! Thank you again."
GS,
Carmel, CA |
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"I recently discovered your yarn, and
absolutely love it. I showed it to my store after finding it in a shop
in California, and they are now carrying it, much to the delight of all
of us. It is so beautiful and so unique, it is now my absolute yarn of
choice, and I stitch everything I can in it."
Terry M (via
E-mail) |
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"Felicity’s Garden is the new joy of my
life. The colors in this palette are rich and radiant. We have added the
entire collection, and I find that it compliments other fiber lines we
carry in our store. We use it as a main pull, and then go from there. It
works beautifully on almost any canvas."
Caroline P, (via E-mail) |
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"I am now on my second needlepoint
project, and I am so pleased that I have discovered Felicity’s Garden. I
don’t think I’ll stitch with anything else ever again. I have projects
lined out now for years to come. Thank you for producing such a
wonderful yarn. It’s wonderful stuff!"
Bob S (via E-mail) |
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Felicity’s Garden allows me to show,
through the thread that I use, the pride that I feel in my needlework. I
love the fact that it works perfectly on everything. It goes right in on
18 mesh with no splitting. Two strands go right in on 14, and so on. I
like that it has such an interesting combination of shading because I am
told of the way the dying has been done. Our shop and all of us
absolutely love stitching with your thread.
MR, TX |
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"Without question, my
favorite silk and wool is Felicity's Garden. I love everything
about it. I love the
weight, the feel and the absolutely gorgeous luster. I sing its
praises to everyone I know. It has characteristics
that no other thread has. Its appearance is different and
noteworthy. It is not variegated, but has an interest
that is so unique. I am writing to you because I wanted to let you
know how pleased I am with your yarn.
I have a huge "stash" along with my canvas stash, and have just pulled a
new project out which made me want
to write to you. So happy you're still here and doing well."
J.S., New York |
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love Felicity's Garden! I have enjoyed it from the first minute I
stitched with it, and I will
now purchase every color. We don't have a shop where I live, but
there is one where I go on vacation, and will
stock up whenever I am there. Glad you put out such a wonderful
yarn."
Kay K. (via e-mail) |
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