Bobbin Tower

The Wool and The Floss has a customer who loves to bead and organize who highly recommends Clover's Stack 'n Store Bobbin Tower for storing spools of colored beading thread.

https://woolfloss.com/products/bobbin-tower?_pos=1&_sid=33091a123&_ss=r

Here is a slightly better photo.  The tower holds around 30 beading thread spools although I suspect it is intended for sewing machine bobbins.

https://www.officesupply.com/craft-supplies/sewing-quilting/notions/sewing-machine-notions/clover-stack-store-bobbin-tower-nancy-zieman/p415842.html?ref=pla&scid=scbplp415842&sc_intid=415842&msclkid=2880066f331418228eeb60ca32667db0&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=SC%20Shopping%20-%20Everything%20Else%20-%20Broad&utm_term=4585100934733526&utm_content=Everything%20Else%20-%20Broad

Shop around.  Prices vary quite a bit and sometimes you can find different colors.

And for those who don't bead, here are the types of beading thread spools these are designed to hold.

https://i.etsystatic.com/13846188/r/il/b36ec7/2290752588/il_1588xN.2290752588_l4vk.jpg

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Why We Love Open Stitches

Poppy Monk Needlepoint talks open stitches, the kind you use for light coverage.

https://poppymonkneedlepointkits.com/blogs/the-5-minute-needlepoint-blog/lets-be-open-about-this-why-we-love-open-needlepoint-stitches

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Design Steps

If you thought coming up with a needlepoint design was quick, here's how Mopsey does it--

https://www.instagram.com/p/C92qLcjpet9/

For those who don't have an Instagram account, here is the process in Mopsey's own words:

🎨I first doodle in my sketchbook, which may sit there for an hour or may sit for up to a year. 
🖥️Once I am ready to tackle the design, I roughly draft it on the computer in a charting software. 
🌀From there, I paint the canvas to make sure it will work when stitched, then tweak it on the computer, then back to painting, then back to the computer... you get the deal. 
🌈Once I'm set on the design, I work through color theory to make sure I'm bringing the design to life. I finalize a painted master and *voila* a new needlepoint design is born!

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Pointing It Out Interviews Danny Ravan of Fleur de Paris

Megan of the Pointing It Out Podcast interviews Danny Ravan of Fleur de Paris, Rainbow Gallery, Kreinik and Picture This Plus Fabrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnhaxVHTUvY

It's a fascinating interview, particularly about Fleur de Paris' history and how things are evolving today.

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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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