Even More Monthly Clubs

I'm still reading my Needlepoint Now and still discovering more monthly clubs. We'll get NC Pat to spend $$ on one of these surely! LOL

Krazy Kat Fiberhaus is offering The Thirteen Days of Christmas from Renaissance Designs with the stitch guides from Pamela Harding. Only two of the canvases are shown, but if you click on the photo you'll get a much better view. The second link shows what are probably --but only maybe!-- all the designs from this set.

http://www.krazykatfiberhaus.com/?p=26

http://www.renaissanceneedlepoint.com/dozen/n144.html

Little Shoppe of Stitches is into baking in a big way. Their newest club is called Gingerbread Buddies. Click on the thumbnail and you can see 8 of the cookies all decorated for your stitching pleasure. Click on the second link for the whole set. Thumbnail photos there give an even better view of a single cookie. Yum!

http://store.littleshoppeofstitches.com/lishcacl.html

http://store.littleshoppeofstitches.com/gingerbreadmen.html

Needles and Threads of Ruxton has what they call "The Original Stitch and Bitch" club. It's all colorful canvases of dogs stitching (and one Siamese cat). Sadly there are no photos or information on their website but you can call and ask for photos.

http://www.needlesandthreadsofruxton.com/index.php

Needleworks in Austin has a Susan Roberts nutcracker series which is notable for the interesting clothing the nutcrackers wear and the fact that there are female nutcrackers, something I rarely see. Indulge your inner Nutcracker Ballet here.

https://secure.theneedleworks.com/new.html#2009

Old World Designs is going to start Melissa Shirley's little Christmas candy canes in October. They look good enough to eat! This is a class, not a monthly club, but you might talk them into selling you the stitch guide and the canvases for your own private club experience. This shop offers a lot of "canvas-to-go" projects which can be adapted to your own club as well (second link below).

http://oldworlddesigns.com/Candy_Canes.html

http://oldworlddesigns.com/classprojects.html

Stitches From the Heart has releaves sixteen small Jean Hilton Christmas ornaments in a set of two chart booklets. Again, this is not a monthly club per se, but you can easily do this as a monthly series at home using threads from your stash. It's like inviting Jean over once a month to talk about needlepoint! There are no pictures except in the ad so call for details. You can see other Jean Hilton designs here--and contact information is conveniently located at the top of the page. No excuses not to buy, Pat, in other words. LOL

http://www.stitches-heart.com/jeanhilton/


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