Your wish is my command...The first four Oz designs are done and available for stitchin'. When I started this Once Upon A Stitch catagory of design I was pleasantly surprised by how many stitchers responded to the idea. I've been inundated with emails asking for stories, poems, etc...and it's been a blast connecting with stitchers...Hearing what stories mean something special to you. Can you guess which story got the most requests? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum won by a landslide, so as I said before...Your wish is my command. I can't tell you how much fun I had drawing and designing these beloved characters. I'd never read the book/s before but know and love the story from the movie. So, I listened to the first book on Audible while I designed and wow...No wonder everyone loves this story. There are so many amazing characters to design for this collection. The next four will be the Wicked Witch of the West, The Great & Powerful Oz, a flying monkey and, of course, Glinda. Beyond that...Did you know that Munchkins are obsessed with the color blue? So, to get more of the spectrum I'll probably do a Munchkin, a Gillikin (purple), a Winkie (yellow) and a Quadling (red). And then...what about the people of the Emerald City? And the Queen of the Fieldmice, The China Doll, Mama Stork...Not to mention Aunt Em & Uncle Henry. I could go on and on...Hopefully I'll get to most of them in time but I've got Summer Sunshine Lines and mermaids on the drawing board just now. So many stitchy designs, so little time.
Thank you everyone for taking a peek at the new Oz characters. They're available for instand download at our Craftsy Store here: http://www.craftsy.com/user/1333992/pattern-store
my 52 year old daughter will be so surprized when i stitch these for her when she was a junior in high school she told her boyfriend she wasn't going out on that friday night because the wizard was on needless to say hewent out with the guys and this 17 year old popped some popcorn and we all watched the wizard AGAIN in 1978 we only had one t.v. so we all had to watch it she still knows all the songs by heart
Posted by: Kathy Bradford | November 02, 2013 at 01:38 PM
These are adorable.
Posted by: Kate | November 02, 2013 at 03:31 PM
Kathy...What a great memory to share with your daughter. I'm about her age so I totally remember not having dvd's and dvr's and when it was on, it was on. My kids can't even imagine that. LOL! Thank you SO much for purchasing them. I hope it really does the trick for her Christmas this year.
Happy Stitching...Brooke
Posted by: Brooke Nolan | November 02, 2013 at 11:48 PM
Thank you, Kate! I really appreciate that. I had a blast drawing them.
Posted by: Brooke Nolan | November 02, 2013 at 11:49 PM
What timing!!! Our daughter has been a Wizard of Oz fan/collecter since she was a little girl and for Halloween this year the whole family dressed up including their dog as the lion. 3-yo GD was Dorothy, 5-mo GS was a munchkin, daughter the scarecrow, SIL the tin man, our other daughter was Glinda and more some unknown reason, I was delegated to be the wicked witch!!!! We made all the costumes and had a lot of fun! So guess what I'll be stitching next but I will have to change Dorothy`s shoes to red!!
MaryAnn
Posted by: Mary Ann | November 03, 2013 at 12:07 AM
Gorgeous. You design the best patterns. The Wizard of Oz characters look so cute.
Posted by: Gabriella Schmidt | November 03, 2013 at 01:43 AM
Wow Brooke these are awesome.
How do we keep up? Lol
Posted by: Kathy | November 05, 2013 at 04:35 PM
Brooke,
These are so fantastic! Your designs always are. I immediately (within seconds of seeing them) went to Craftsy and placed my order.
Posted by: Melissa | November 08, 2013 at 09:25 AM
My son and grandson were both the mayor of munchkin when in elem school. Would love to see the mayor done.
Nancy
Posted by: Nc102344@aol.com | November 14, 2013 at 06:34 PM