Big Brother is Watching You

Watchers

The St. Charles trade show is over and my latest project for Leigh Designs is now public.   As traditional, Leigh has done a Halloween-themed series called Familiars for the fall.  Familiars are cat companions to witches and each of the eight Familiars designs has black cats galore!
http://www.leighdesigns.com/Grp516x.html

Three Cats Eye Background Stitches

I stitched Watchers, three cats gathered in the center of the design to keep an eye on all the glow in the dark skulls surrounding them.  When I was starting to stitch the model for Leigh, the news broke about the NSA and our government spying on Americans, monitoring our emails, watching who we call and where we are when we use our cell phones, taking photographs of our license plates, and generally being Big Brother.  So I took the theme of this canvas from the cat eyes to repeat watchful cat eyes in three different stitches all over the background.  I also took full advantage of some of the newest threads available to us stitchers to add green glow-in-the dark eyes to the cats, create a glow in the dark full yellow moon with a pattern and crystal sequins scattered across it, and to make the skulls all glow.

Listeners

Sandy Arthur also stitched a model for Leigh from the Familiars series.  She did Listeners, all sitting on a fence with their scarecrow, listening to the wind blow and waiting for a cloud to cross their moon.  You can see both finished pieces in more detail at the Leigh website (link above).

Your shop can order any of the Familiars for you from Leigh Designs.  The stitch guides from Sandy and myself are also available for your shop to order from Leigh Designs, or you can get your stitch guide directly from me.

Everyone needs a black cat companion, after all!