Friday, July 31, 2026

Christmas (Beards) in July

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Carolyn Hedge Baird is celebrating Christmas in July with some great beard stitch ideas on Facebook.

For those without a Facebook account, Carolyn recommends these stitches for Santa's beard, all diagrammed in her book Merry Easter Eggs.

1. Parisian stripe with wool and filled in with 2 strands Fuzzy Stuff or 3 strands Wisper
2.Criss cross Hungarian filled in with a French knot
3. Rows of chain stitch doing gray first
4. Brick stitch
5. Long and short
6.French knots on stems
7. Wrapped lazy daisies using whole strand of Lorikeet
8. Turkey tufting

Merry Easter Eggs has a lot of great ideas in it.  Shop around if your favorite shop doesn't have a copy, though.  Prices vary a bit for this older, but still fabulous, book.

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Thursday, July 30, 2026

NJNA News for July 2026

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The New Jersey Needle Artists chapter of ANG is at it again with their bi-weekly newsletter.  Besides the normal ANG news, there is plenty about new designs and products.  It's a Don't Miss for sure!

The second posting for July has a lot of ANG news.  There's are new shops, a new needle minder, Morgan Julia's shop in NJ needs full time help, mahjong designs, a new color in Rachel Barri's pouches, a new project bag and a new light that attaches to the Lowry floor stand plus a recommendation for a cheap effective tool to remove thumbtacks from your stretcher bars.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Breaking News: Needle Nook of La Jolla is Expanding

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Needle Nook of La Jolla is going to expand!  Currently, it occupies two shops with another shop beteen them, but the middle store is available so it will soon occupy all three spaces.  Good news!

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A Note About the July/August 2026 Needle Pointers Magazine

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Melita writes a column for ANG's Needle Pointers magazine, which you get as part of your subscription to the American Needlepoint Guild.  Unfortunately, her latest article had to be moved so it won't be near another article on the same topic.  Just keep an eye out for September/October's issue so you get the full story.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

"Whatever Happened to Needlepoint Card Table Covers?"

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Back in the early 1980s, my godmother asked (rhetorically) whatever happened to all those needlepointed card table covers that were all the rage among her friends in the 1960s.    I couldn't answer her then, but now I suspect they were tucked away, waiting for card games and mahjong to come back in style.



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