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Contemporary Mosaic Artists Meet in So Cal

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I was fortunate enough to meet with a group of mosaic artists today for lunch. The meet up was organized by the founder of the web site for mosaic artists, CMA, Contemporary Mosaic Artists. I’ve mentioned the site on this blog before and think if you’re a dedicated mosaic artist this is a site for you to join. Pam Givens put all of this together, both the web site and the lunch today, and she does an amazing job of bringing together like minded people that share a passion for mosaic.

Todays group included a couple of the ladies that work for Piece by Piece, an organization that I have mentioned here quite a few times, Luz and Dawn. There was one of my favorite friends and glass goddesses around, Leigh Adams, who also works with Piece by Piece. There was a lovely couple, Azia and Louise, whose house in Santa Monica is a mosaic piece of art (that’s a whole other post!). The group was rounded out by Brian, Carole, Sue, Mary, who has a mosaic gallery right in my neighborhood, and Ginny, and of course, Pam. Everyone here will get a profile of their own…and I think a good time was had by all!!

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Strawberry Cross Stitch Patterns

My favorite thing about mid to late spring is local strawberries. Strawberries are fun as a graphic element, too, because they’re an interesting shape and cheerful color. Let’s stitch some strawberry cross stitch patterns.

Craft Club Co AU has this cute kind of retro strawberry pattern with a pink checkerboard background. The pattern pages doesn’t give a lot of details but it looks like is uses at least 7 colors and it says it will fit in an 8 by 10 frame when stitched on 14 count fabric.

For a classic farmhouse look, check out the strawberry pattern from Largodargento Shop. This one reminds me of little wild strawberries, and it has a bit of a mandala design with other geometric shapes.

Speaking of classics, you can also stitch a strawberry alphabet sampler from Curious Carrie Designs. It is 54 stitches square, which comes out to 3.86 inches or 9.8 cm square. It calls for 8 colors and was stitched on 32-count linen. Keep it flat or turn it into a biscornu stitched with flowers and bees.

This strawberry pincushion from The SubRosa Design is super sweet and of course could be framed instead of using it as a pincushion if you’d rather. This one is 93 stitches square, or about 5.3 inches/13.5 cm square stitched on 36 count linen as shown.

This graphic, slightly abstract strawberry design from Box and Fox is so much fun and would be great to have on your kitchen wall or in your breakfast area. It measures 98 by 141 stitches, which comes out to 7 by 10 inches or 17.78 by 25.58 cm on 14 count fabric. The design uses 6 colors.

Don’t let the mice get your strawberries! This oddly cute design from Tourmaline Pattern measures 95 by 94 stitches and uses 16 colors. I love the look of it on black fabric, because it really makes the mice and the flowers pop. On 14 count fabric this comes out to 6.7 inches or about 17 cm square.