I got the latest little brochure from Pocket Full of Stitches in the mail last week. It announced their summer classes, retreats and of course the newest canvas of the month clubs planned for the summer into next winter. This information isn't up on their website yet but you can see some of the canvases for the newest monthly club on Raymond Crawford's website. Click on Finishing, then prepare to be amazed.
http://www.raymondcrawford.com/Remember his NP cakes from a few years back? They were tiered like wedding cakes and full of fun. (If you haven't seen them, click on Designs and choose Cakes.) Now PFOS is going to be selling kits for Raymond's themed cupcakes, which have a round rop and curved sides, and which you can customize to your heart's content without worrying about your diet, healthy eating, or anything else except indulging your needlepoint sweet tooth.
Of course the Little Shoppe Canvas Company has carried NP pastries, cookies (including gingerbread men) and fruits for a while now. If you don't like cupcakes, you might find something equally fun and equally food at their website.
http://www.littleshoppecanvascompany.com/indexhome.htmlA Collection of Designs has had decorated "sugar cookie" canvases for years. These are classics, with a very large selection of designs to choose from. The second link has cupcakes in a different style.
http://www.acollectionofdesigns.com/cookies%20page%201.htmhttp://www.acollectionofdesigns.com/merry_christmas_6.htmIf small isn't what you like to stitch, how about stitching the cookie maker from Melissa Shirley?
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/gallery/?index=1247&cat=69By the way, the photo illustrating this blog entry is Denise's Bitten Cookie, taken from the Elaine Magnin website, which is a durn good place to search on "cookie" or "baker" to browse for some non-fat delights.
http://elainemagninneedlepoint.stores.yahoo.net/bitcookor.htmlHappy eating, uh, stitching.
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