Entries by Christina Fairley Erickson

Skagit Skies

My husband Randy and I were driving up in the Skagit Valley yesterday when the sun broke through the weeks of grey and rain.  Many people can’t understand the appeal of the Pacific Northwest or couldn’t imagine living here with our weather.  One of the things I enjoy is the changes both in the seasons […]

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More embroidery samples

I’ve spent some evenings working more on hand embroidery.  Let me know if you want instructions or thread types on any of the stitches! Top Row: Herringbone stitch Herringbone stitch Cretan stitch – similar to herringbone, but with a twist Cable stitch Laced running stitch – simple but looks nice! Pekinese stitch – while this […]

An Unexpected Journey

This weekend I took 6 teenagers to “The Hobbit- An Unexpected Journey.”  Parenthood can certainly be described that way (and I’m not talking about unexpectedly becoming a parent.)  The stages and changes you and your children go through take one by surprise.  I love being a Mom and getting to watch my sons (and their […]

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Stitch-work Samplers

Two blissful days of studying and practicing Elizabethan Embroidery… seems a little self-indulgent when I’m not prepared for the upcoming holidays, but wonderful nonetheless.  Our instructors, Gail Harker and Penny Peters were wonderful and the class was both intense, yet relaxing.  It may not seem like much, but here is my sampler of some of […]

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Day 1- Immersed in Splendor

Queen Elizabeth 1 in stunningly embroidereddress We started the Elizabethan embroidery class today with a slide show of incredible examples both from paintings and surviving pieces of embroidery.  Of course, fashion followed the monarch herself.  Her intricately embroidered dresses were masterworks and sometimes were so heavily jeweled that she would have to be carried, rather […]