Wednesday, October 8, 2008

The House on Crow Corner UPDATED AGAIN


Halloween is coming soon and you know what is essential to a good scare? A haunted house!

The House on Crow Corner from Laura Perin (designer is Vicky Hastings/Cricket Collectioin of Dreamhouse Ventures) is shown above. Isn't using beads for autumn leaves clever? More information about how this was stitched and finished at Ms. Perin's blog.
http://two-handedstitcher.blogspot.com/2008/10/house-at-crow-corner.html
Apparently this is available as a XS chart also from Cricket Collection. The chart is called Three Gables.
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2636315990101234019VZbaXl

Middle of page, pre-made house to use in displaying trick-or-treat standups, etc.
http://www.pfos.com/index.htm

Susan Roberts' 3-D Halloween House. Click on NP, then Halloween / Thanksgiving. The bottom of the page shows both the plain canvas and the stitched version assembled.
http://www.threadneedlestreet.com/

David McCaskill's 3-D Halloween house with a candle inside to add to the spook factor.
http://www.needlenookoflajolla.com/storedir/proddetail.php?prod=dm_hallhouse

I'd love to trick or treat at any of these places. Happy Halloween!
UPDATE: Needle Works of Austin has this canvas for sale. Head to their website, click on Webstore, then Painted Canvases, and finally Click on Halloween. Or use the search function.

7 comments:

NCPat said...

These are all amazing!

The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure said...

And they look like fun as they are all a mix of realism and fantasy. Perfect for next Halloween's stitching!

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Denise & Linda said...

Oh, Jane, you are a danger to me! I just ordered the McCaskill on behalf of myself and Linda...just could not resist!

The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure said...

I hope you have fun with it. David is a very clever designer!

Love to Stitch 99 said...

Oh, it is next to impossible not to fall in love with this house. I just love it.

Do you happen to know if the design comes with a stitch guide?

Pierrette =^..^=

The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure said...

Pierrette, I don't think there is a stitch guide but Laura's photos are so good, I think you could work out what she did in most places. Study the photos and see what you think, then read the text. There are all kinds of hints, there, from the use of metallics to the beads she used for leaves and the cat button or charm she added. You can do this! HONEST.