When asked how I started Chick's Picks, this is the needlepoint pillow I picture. My first handiwork ... ever. My MIL taught me her life-long talent, and she designed this "starter" project. This pillow got me through the 1st and 2nd grade homework table. See, when I left the corporate world, I had a REALLY hard time sitting still at that table. Teaching little crumb grabbers to read was NOT my forte.
I guess patience as a whole, is not my forte. (Of course not, for 15 years in the business world, I got raises for NOT being patient ... but that's a whole other article --
I was actually interviewed for a book about this subject recently.)
Anyway, since one needlepoint pillow ended up taking a few years, that craft was not for me.
I took up knitting, and was able to finish a scarf a night. And then Jennifer Aniston wore a summer scarf with a sundress in "What About Polly," and knitting scarves, and my new business,
became a year-round passion (BTW, it was called Tattered Shawls.)
My second needlepoint project -- my son's monogram on a toddler Chippendale chair, complete with Tattersall plaid as the background. And look how he expressed his appreciation!
My MIL now just needlepoints for me!! Look at these beauties. Can you see the beading in the middle? She is amazing. And I thank her always for starting me on this journey. She created a monster.
~ Hillary ~
