These first pieces are some of Judy's current teaching projects:

please click on the images to view enlargements -

© "Through the Garden Gate"

Ground Fabric: 24-count mocha congress cloth
Size: 12" x 14" or 20" x 12"

Two samplers of Japanese stone lanterns.

Judy writes:

"These lanterns, placed strategically in a garden, add style and simplicity to any Japanese home, and have become popular in western gardens recently. Picture yourself standing in front of a garden gate full of patterns, depicting the door and bamboo fences.

Go thru the gate and find a sampler of stitched patterns adapted from Japanese design elements that use filling, trellis, and couched motifs in keeping with the style. Many of these new design patterns will delight you. Stitched in silks and metallics, I've added the use of flat gold for added interest."

© "Mating Season"

Ground Fabric: 30-count black or white Sha,
a Japanese canvas
Size: 10" x 12"
. . . a male and female duck are courting
amongst the colorful bamboo leaves . . .

Judy writes:

This design will teach the Japanese technique of "fuzzy effect" on a silk canvas ground. This technique includes various methods of couching to achieve realism. It is not for the student who has difficulty working on a smaller ground, and magnifiers are a must. I have chosen a black ground for its effect, but students will have the choice of doing it on white."

Judy has a number of beautiful kits for sale, and this piece below is one of them -

© "Day into Night"

Ground Fabric: (1) white congress cloth,
(1) black congress cloth
Size: 7.5" x 9"

Judy writes:

"Start off with a bright sunny day as the sun shines with the rays of gold and beads. As night falls the moon and stars glisten. This design is to be stitched with two different colored canvases.

The feminine smile of the sun in reds, oranges and gold sparkles with the use of a variety of stitches. Does the moon kiss the sun as it passes by? . . . The black canvas with bands of stitches and beads depicts night.

You will explore ways of binding the edge so the moon may be cut out and laid over the setting sun."

This is one of Judy's pieces with instructions only -

© "Kabuki Dancer"

See too, Louise Hashimoto's stitching of Judy's "Kabuki Dancer" See Rosalyn's stitching of Judy's "Samurai Warrior" See too, Victoria Nessel's stitching of Judy's "Ocean Waves"

"Moon Gate" © & © "Asian Journey"

Judy writes:

"I love to share my needlework with students. Our art will continue to grow and prosper only if we share it with others so that it may be passed on to succeeding generations.

Most years, I teach at the national seminars for the American Needlepoint Guild and the Embroiderers' Guild of America, as well as at the Callaway Gardens School of Needlework and the Assembly of the National Academy of Needlearts.

In addition, I enjoy traveling to teach at local chapters and shops.