Slate Frames in 2024

If you are a fan of beautiful hand made wooden slate frames, you'll want to read what Mary Corbet has to say about them, especially where you can get them these days.

https://www.needlenthread.com/2024/07/slate-frames-two-sources.html

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Just in Time for Halloween....

Needlepoint Crimes on Instagram picked up a great frame for a smallish Halloween piece.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6OKV9ULLmo/?g=5&img_index=1

Great find, Nancy!  I went looking for this frame and others from The Vault.  These resin frames are what I turned up.

https://www.flyclothing.com/products/the-vault-nosferatu-photo-frame-4x6-black?variant=40117594226896

https://www.flyclothing.com/products/the-vault-nosferatu-photo-frame-4x6-black?variant=40117594226896

https://alchemyofengland.com/search.php?search_query_adv=photo+frame

https://alchemyofengland.com/v111-cathedric-mirror/

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Starting the Needlepoint Adventure

Needlepoint.com has a nice blog article up for beginners with some basic stitch diagrams and information about the tools you might need.

https://needlepoint.com/blogs/needlepoint-know-how/starting-your-needlepoint-journey-a-beginners-guide

Really all you need is a canvas, threads, needle and scissors, but the other things make stitching a bit easier.  You can always pick them up as you work on your second (or third) project once you get hooked, though.  

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2024 National Academy of Needlearts Winners

The National Academy of Needlearts (NAN) has announced their 2024 award winners.  If you click on each thumbnail photo, you'll see a closeup and be able to read about the piece.  If there are more than one ribbon winner in a category you can click on the right side arrow to see them all.  Click on the X at the top right hand corner to return to the summary page.

https://needleart.org/2024-exemplary-ribbon-winners/

UPDATE:  Celeste Chalasani has completed the Teacher Cum Laude program to much acclaim.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=943909474442570&set=a.562869925879862

https://needleart.org/teacher-cum-laude/celeste-chalasani/

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Meet Kayla of Fire and Iris

It's always fun to meet the people behind the designs!  This is Kayla of Fire and Iris Designs.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7PdjcOvG6f/

She does those cute tarot card ornaments, the outdoorsy designs and some very pretty simple patterns that can be worked from charts -- and then there's her unique "Half Painted Series," which is half painted and half not so you can buy a cheaper design and go crazy adding your own touches.  Here is Kayla's website, so go have fun browsing!

https://fireandirisdesigns.com/collections

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