In honor of Valentine's Day (which my co-workers refer to as Singles Awareness Day) Needle Works of Austin has posted four pages full of painted canvases with hearts somewhere in the design. These range from the silly (The Valentine Moose) to the Victorian (Melissa Shirley's postcards of Valentine children) to the patriotic (DeElda's flag heart) to the realistic (Sandra Gilmore's Valentine tea table with roses and chocolates seen through the front window of a house). There are also a great many graphic hearts with all kinds of designs inside them, so take a quick look and admire all the NP valentines available for us stitchers.
http://www.theneedleworks.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=21_119
Several designers who have blogs are featuring Valentine designs for our viewing pleasure.
Laura Perin has designed all sorts of heart patterns, from Hardanger to the lovely Hearts Afire heart sampler to a free chart for your stitching pleasure. Visit her blog and work backwards down the page to see them all.
http://two-handedstitcher.blogspot.com/
Anne Stradal has two little heart-themed eggs she is stitching right now and a very beautiful hearts pillow on her blog. Eventually I bet the eggs will be on her website in the Eggs for All Seasons section.
http://thecapestitcher.blogspot.com/
Finally, Summer Louise has posted a wonderful Valentine piece she just finished for a customer. It expresses perfectly my feeling towards Blog's readers.
http://www.summerlouise.com/2009/02/love-stand-up.html
Will you be my valentine?
By the way, the illustration above is Melissa Shirley's Knave of Hearts canvas.
http://www.needleorts.com/detail.cfm?ID=745
Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
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