Late June News from Kristin Nicholas Designs

Hello Colorful Friends!

A couple weeks ago, a beautiful young woman named Tess re-introduced herself to me at the Northampton Tuesday Market. I taught Tess to embroider when my first embroidery book Kids Embroidery came out. She is now 27 and works in public health in Boston. It was so much fun to think back on the hours we spent together stitching. Here's Tess back in the day with her embroidered jeans.



Embroidery is such a great craft to introduce young people to. I feel that it is a special gift to be able to teach something like embroidery to a young person - it will fill their days and perhaps their lives with creativity and color. I have some fun embroidery kits that are perfect for kids and adults. They come with pre-printed linen/cotton fabric and complete instructions for stitching many different stitches. You will have to supply your own embroidery floss. Check them out -
Bird on Nest
Flowers in Vase
Sunflower Blossom
Little Yellow House



So that is it here from the farm. Here are some of the links I have found interesting recently:

Grey Fox Felting - https://greyfoxfelting.com/

Grey Seal Press - http://www.greysealpress.com/gallery

Thank you for reading. Enjoy these fleeting days of autumn. I love to hear from you all. If you want to send me a note, just hit reply and I will try to get back to you.

Yours in color and creativity,

Kristin Nicholas

www.kristinnicholas.com
getting-stitched-on-the-farm.blogspot.com/

Here is a video of my Talk at Google. I went to Cambridge, Massachusetts and spoke at their offices there in late June.

A fun video of our farm, our farmhouse, and my family. Our farm is located 2 hours from Boston and 3 1/2 hours from NYC. We are at the northern most part of western Massachusetts bordering Vermont. Our farm is 15 minutes off of Route 91, the north/south highway connecting Montreal to NYC.