Thursday, June 30, 2011

6 FAT MEN to keep me cool!

It's 105 in Ta-town today - crazy summer heat!  But I'm "stayin' cool" with my favorite 6 FAT MEN!  Who are these merrily obese mystery guys?  L*K's new SNOWMAN Flip-its!

Our next Flip-it series will be a group of six snowmen, tentatively called "6 FAT MEN". The series will have 6 different little leaflets, each with a unique shape and design, and a snowflake button. But...here's the FUN part...all 6 designs will fit together in a sort of winter puzzle. We'll supply a few FREE elements to fill the empty spaces in the snowy puzzle.


My desk is a little messier and scarier than usual as I'm stitching on ALL 6 models at once.  Why do I stitch my own models?  Why do I work on them all at once? I have to choose a color palette and use it consistently throughout all the designs. I want all 6 chubby snowmen to look great by themselves (for their closeups!), but also to fit nicely in the bigger snowy puzzle. I jump from design to design, filling in elements I'm sure about, delaying stitching the areas I'm unsure of for color selection. I've finished 3 designs (should finish the 4th later tonight) and hope to do the other two over the holiday weekend. 

I wasn't completely satisfied with the last 2 designs, so I've been busy this afternoon tweaking and changing them.  I designed everything a few weeks ago, but sometimes it's best to let things sit a bit, and then suddenly you have more ideas and different solutions to design problems.


Meanwhile, I'm listening to books on CD during the intense model stitching process. The current one is "Left Neglected" by Lisa Genova, and it's wonderful and interesting, and yes, even educational!

Wishing a fabulous 4th holiday to all...and plenty of time for your recreational stitching!




10 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness...I am so excited that you are doing snowmen flip-its! Can't wait to see these.

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  2. Hmmmmm. I am not a snowman fan but do love your designs. :) I can just imagine that thinking and desgning and stitching snowmen on June and July can at least cool you down mentally. :)

    Have a super fun 4th of July!

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  3. If only your six fat men could come over to help with my supposed cleaning today! They do look like great fun. I'm looking at the holiday charts I had pulled out and hoped to get stitched before now. USA Squared, Land That I Love, and Let Freedom Ring. Oh, well, maybe before Next July...

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  4. I love the idea of 6 fat men flip-its!! YEAH!! I can hardly wait!!

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  5. Hi, LInda! I LOVE the "6 Fat Snowmen" flip-it series! I will definitely be getting these! Thanks as always for wonderful new designs!

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  6. Love that your give us the latest on your designs. It is nice to have something to look forward to while we are stitching away on your current designs....especially the seasonal alphabets!!!
    Take care.

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  7. OMG those look awesome! I am a huge snowman fan and cannot wait!,

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  8. Happy fourth to you, and happy stitching. Hope you get everything all worked out!!

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  9. I hope they come out in time for them to get to UK and be stitched before Christmas this year.

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