Funk & Weber Designs.

EmbroiderMe!™: Bracelet Basics and Beyond

Get your needlework off the wall and into your life! Learn to stitch a fabulous, fully customized bracelet at The Stitchers' Village, Jan. 11 - Feb. 7, 2010.

Four lessons will guide you step-by-step from start to finish.

Step 1: The Decorative Stitch
Step 2: Edge Finishing
Step 3: Back Finishing
Step 4: Stringing beads and clasps

Once you've learned the bracelet basics, you can alter the decorative stitch, change fabrics and fibers, and add beads and charms to create an infinite number of one-of-a-kind, perfectly sized bracelets. Download instructions, diagrams, and images, then participate in group discussions and ask questions in our private TSV forum. Basic knowledge of needlework techniques required: beginning and ending threads, reading a diagram, etc.

Visit The Stitchers' Village for further details, a materials list, and to register. Class kits are available from Village shops and directly from me. E-mail kit requests and questions to mail at funkandweber.com (remove the spaces).

Shop owners, access ideas and instructions on how to participate in the Challenge in the Bookmark Challenge Kit. Also, visit the Retailers' Info page to subscribe to Funk & Weber Notes, our occasional email announcements about new patterns, classes, special events, and the Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program.

1,023 bookmarks collected
and placed in the hands and books of young readers.

Visit the Stitching for Literacy Web site and blog for further details and to join the fun for the 2010 Bookmark Challenge, March 18 - May 6.

Reading and stitching make the world a better place.

New patterns

Going, Going, Gone baseball bookmark pattern

#K301 Going, Going, Gone! Bookmark

Celebrating the partnership between Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy and TNNA's Stitch N' Pitch℠ program. Visit the Stitching for Literacy site for a list of baseball-themed books for kids. Combine this bookmark with a book for your favorite baseball fan.

Funk & Weber Designs will donate to literacy programs a minimum of 10-percent of profits from the sale of this pattern.

Kits contain Tokens & Trifles™ Trinkets Star card, needle, fiber, backing, Treasure Tape™, ribbon, pattern, and instructions.

See how we finished our Going, Going, Gone! model in this bookmark finishing tutorial.

#111 Fall, In Pieces

Brilliant colors, nature, and puzzles--all the interests and details that define Funk & Weber Designs come together in this follow-up to Puzzle Pisces. Lifelike multi-colored leaves, acorns, berries, tiny "alder cones," a maple seed pod, and a ladybug bring the vivid colors of Fall indoors, without tracking in dirt.

Overdyed threads from The Gentle Art add to the natural look, varying subtly and randomly. I used a "blob" stitching technique to take advantage of the fibers' natural shading ability. Read our Overdyed Threads Tutorial if you'd like to do the same.

The Gentle Art provides a thread pack for this pattern to make fiber selection a snap. Ask for it at your local independent needlework shop.

Fabric: 28 ct. Antique White Cashel Linen (3281-101) from Zweigart®
Stitch count: 185W x 167H
Floss: The Gentle Art, DMC

The October 2009 Needlework Show
Puzzle Contest Winners

Joanne, from Wilsonville, OR
Marjorie, from San José del Cabo, BCS, Mexico
Maryl, from Ottawa, ON

The answer to the puzzle is EWE'S GUYS.

The Needlework Nutshell Puzzle Contest Winners

December: Jackie, from ??

November: Catherine, from Biloxi, MS

October: Debbie, from Katy, TX

September: Gayle, from Waco, TX

August: Carolyn, from Sunnyvale, CA

July: Catherine, from Evanston, IL

June: Marlene, from Sherwood Park, AB

May: J.P., from Toronto, ON

April: Judy, from Joliet, IL

March: Barbara, from Livonia, MI

February: Dee, from Mt. Lebanon, PA

January: Toni, from Edgewood, KY

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and what's happening now at
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We are needlework designers from Alaska specializing in counted cross stitch. This online catalog contains images of all our patterns. It is always complete, always current.

We have information for stitchers on where to find our patterns, and information for retailers on how to place orders. We will be glad to answer any questions you have and are always happy to hear comments and suggestions from fellow stitchers.

Thank you for your interest in our company and designs. Enjoy your visit.

Updated January 2010

	Mike and Jen Funk Weber Funk & Weber Designs 35232 W Pinochle Lane Sutton, AK 99674 (907) 746-5641 mail@funkandweber.com