Needleroll Exchange

20 September 2005 15:54 Renée finishing, happy dances, round robins, exchanges, & gifts

Bee Sampler Needleroll for Becky - Click for a larger image! Today I got an email from Becky letting me know that she received the needleroll that I stitched for her and that she loves it. I am so glad that she likes it and that I can finally show it off! :)
In the beginning, I had a very generic design picked out for my needleroll partner that I am sure that Becky would have also liked. However, when I was originally looking through my patterns in an effort to find something for the needleroll exchange, I came across a German cross stitch magazine I had bought some time ago and took note of the fact that it had some cute little bee designs in it. At that time I thought to myself that since Becky has a passion for bees/beehives if I ever got her as an exchange partner I would have to stitch one (or more) of the designs for her.

Therefore when I received Becky’s name for the NR Exchange I started planning a needleroll that would incorporate the designs from that German magazine. The first “band” is bees and a beehive in a field of flowers, the second band consists of a beehive, bees, and a jar of honey, and the third band is made up of bees and a spilled jar of honey. I also wanted to add some wording: Specifically I thought it would be neat if for each of the three major themes (bee, beehive, and honey) I also included the German words. So in the end I divided each band up by stitching the English word and then following it with the appropriate German word.

You can see a larger, more detailed picture of the NR before it was finished here.

I mentioned a few days ago that Becky’s needleroll ended up a little larger than is the norm for a needleroll, but with all the ideas I had, the thing just kept growing and growing! I must reiterate that I am very happy that she likes it because I had a wonderful time stitching it.

8 Responses

  1. Christine V Says:
    20 September 2005 at 16:52

    What a lovely idea to add the English and German words! It’s beautiful and you did a wonderful job, Renee!

  2. Shannon L. (nacl4y) Says:
    20 September 2005 at 20:56

    Very nice job, Renee :) The idea of the English and German words is great. And the design create a really nice needleroll. Congratulations !

  3. Isabelle Says:
    20 September 2005 at 21:51

    Renée, all your ideas were brilliant and that needleroll is superb! And just perfect for Becky. :D

  4. Rósa Bjarna Says:
    20 September 2005 at 23:48

    I like this needleroll. I see there has been a lot of thought and caring put into making it. Well done! :-)

  5. BeckySC Says:
    21 September 2005 at 02:09

    Are you tired of hearing me say how much I LOVE IT!!!! I do you know :) Thank you so much-it’s BEEutiful!!!!!

  6. harsha Says:
    21 September 2005 at 05:59

    the needleroll is so adorable.. and its oh so ‘Becky’ LOL :D

  7. Shelleen Says:
    21 September 2005 at 19:20

    Love the NR and I know Becky just adores it :-)

  8. Carol Says:
    21 September 2005 at 20:39

    That came out stunning! Great job! I had been admiring it on Becky’s blog a couple of days ago and thought, “Boy, Renee sure did take Becky’s interests into account with that one - awesome!”