"Airedales Sparring"

Artist:   Tina Long

Media:   Machine cross stitch, and appliqué quilting with help from my very imaginative artistic youngest daughter

Artist's comments:

The sparring dogs are based on a photograph by Chris Halvorson , which I cropped and mirrored, and then put into my cross stitch program, which converted it to what you see.

Artist's Bio:

My name is Tina Long, I live in NW Indiana with my husband, and 2 girls, ages 12 and 14. My Airedales are Watson, Adelia, Maggie, and Gattling. We also have a westie rescue named Jasmine who the Airedales just adore. I have loved all breeds of dogs for most of my life, and mostly had Goldens or German Shepherds. Then when my husband I got married, he convinced me to get an ADT. I was skeptical at first, but now I wouldn't have any other breed. How can you beat a dog that has drive, intelligence, a coat that doesn't leave hair everywhere, and smiles when it finds humor in something? And now I can't imagine how in the world people have dogs with tails LOL! I am training my dogs for SCH, and hope to do well with that.