For the love of dogs...

If you know me, you know that I am an animal lover. Being in California with my family right now means that I am surrounded by goofy pooches. My mom has three very small, very affectionate dogs: Dexter, Buddy Lee, and Tatiana. 

My aunt also has three, and we love getting them all together. One of her's, Romeo (above, bottom right), is the brother to Tati. And one of my other aunts has one of their other brothers too!

Going through my father's things I stumbled across lots of earmarked pages in a collection of Rudyard Kipling poems. One was this poem, The Power of the Dog and this post reminded me to of it & I wanted to share it with you. "beware of giving your heart to a dog to tear..."

Like herding cats! L to R; Romeo, Buddy Lee, Tatiana, Dexter, Bambi & Hailey

Do you have a dog? What's the name?

p.s People have been letting me know that they are getting their copies of my book, Stitched Gifts, in the mail already. I'm so excited that it's getting into people's hands! I still can't believe it...

the dog...

remember the drawing piece i was working on? well, its done and found its way to it's new home, so its time to share a six year old's anatomical drawing of a dog turned into an embroidery! i loved making this so much i thought i'd share the process...

i tried to stay true to her child lines. the layout needed to be modified a bit to fit into the circular hoop...

the original drawing with the finished piece side by side....

all done...i love that tail is spelled backwards!!ready to be framed and backed...midway throughthe first step is the hardest. transferring the drawing....