Sally Anne’s den is large but very cozy, thus 2 posts on her den! Her sofas are soft and one sinks down into them. It is a great
Sally Anne needlepointed Daisy's name on the tag!
place to needlepoint! This is Sally Anne’s nest: on the corner of the sofa, usually with one of her 3 dogs curled up beside her.
Sally Anne started needlepointing when she was only 6 years old and was taught by her sweet mom, who is an avid stitcher as well and a very dear person. (We call Sally Anne’s mom the Shop Mom because she works at the store ordering our threads.) Her first pieces were 2 pin cushions which, Sally Anne recalls, her mom finished for her! Sally Anne comes from a needlepoint family: Her mother and cousin, Betzy, stitch many beautiful pieces and her late grandmother and aunt on her father’s side stitched constantly, too! She has taught her daughter, but the recent graduate from college finds it a little boring! Hopefully that will soon change as her daughter joins the work force.
the DEN
One of the two very cozy den sofas with a needlepoint pillow.
A beautiful sofa needlepoint pillow with a metallic wreath was once chewed by the dogs-but we fixed it! It was an accident!
Harry Winston, one of the 3 family dogs. He is very cute!
A needlepointed portrait of Harry Winston, the Yorkie, with canvas from Our Faithful Friends carried by Maggie and Co. sits in a club chair.
Needlepoint frames from Mary Engelbreit from Needlework Inc. and an Elizabeth Turner frame hold family pictures in the den.
On the back wall, a set of needlepoint Quimper plates flank either side of a painting.
The 2nd Quimper needlepoint plate.
The Americana series, designed by Carolyn Baird and Carol Cain, exclusively for the Chaparral Needlework, decorate a grapevine tree in the den.
Another view of the tree decorated with Chaparral's exclusive American series. (The entrance hall in the background.)
From Designing Women, this was a class I taught when I first started working at the Chaparral. Sally anne picked out vintage ribbon from the Ribbonry to finish it. This pillow sits in one of Sally Anne's children's chairs.
Finished on an HP Designs enamel box, this Melissa Shirley Designs bird was mounted on corrugated cardboard and covered with glass.
Maggie and Co. chocolate lab needlepointed canvas framed is adorable! The family had a chocolate lab named Daisy.
I have always loved this canvas and I never ever had a lab for a pet!
What beautiful stitching,thread choices, and stitch choices on this fun canvas!
Antique hanging cabinet with Sally Anne's collection of antique Majolica butter pats and needlepointed ones that were an exclusive series at the Chaparral Needlework.
A fabulous American flag from Melissa Shirley Designs hangs in the den by the back door. Sally Anne did an excellent job stitching this canvas. ribbons from the Ribbonry in Chaparral. This is a fantastic piece!
Sally Anne stitched this Once in a blue moon canvas using different stitches for all the quilt patches. Pre-made flowers and trims from the Ribbonry. This, too, sits in an antique children's chair.
A Mary Engelbreit design for Needlework Inc. hangs on the back door. This canvas is no longer available.