……………………The Oct 03 group was the end of Fall/Winter and the introduction of Holiday dressing…….The top left fabric swatch shows a floral bouquet print on velvet. The insert needlepoint was the inspiration. It came from one of Jac’s needle point pillows. She needle pointed constantly when we were watching TV….a true multi-tasker! She ordered her designs from England. They came as blank canvasses, and Jac had to count each stitch according to a chart…..you didn’t want to miss count!! There are pillows in every room of the house…..even in some of the bathrooms! Some of the pillows have beautiful bead work!!…..The jacket had turn back cuffs and an under collar in a contrast color [don’t remember the fabric, but my guess would be silk]……The next jacket was a print hounds tooth check on a Mole Skin fabric…..a sort of faux suede finish…..It too had contrast collar and cuffs and was fully lined. It had two patch pockets……….next was an ENR sweater dress with contrast bugle beaded trims….All of the three colors, red, ivory and black had black bugle beads……..Below left is a silk and cotton classic sweater to coordinate with the jackets…….Next was a beautiful sweater in an angora blend….it had tonal pearl and sequin emb……Like all of my embroideries it was very lush. The emb. was close together at the top and gradually spread out to nothing at the waist It was all hand done……the next sweater had a beautiful cascading leaf design in a combination of bugle beads and tiny sequins. It was asymmetrical and had a branch flowing down the back over one shoulder……Last but not least was a beautiful silk charmuse tunic shirt with bugle beaded collar, cuffs and hidden placket front……..No one to this point was using bugle beads for emb. in a major way the way I did…Most just scattered a few hear and there…………..2003 ended my 3rd year on QVC!.
