In Stump's Honor

You may not be into dogs or know that the Westminster dog show was this week and the winner was a ten year old Sussex spaniel. You may enjoy the story, however.

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To keep this on-topic, the photo above is a stitched Sussex spaniel from Pegasus, which specializes in dog charts.

http://www.pegasusor.com/detail.cfm?ID=656

I also particularly like this stitched pillow of a spaniel. It's probably a cocker spaniel but it does look a bit like Stump's pretty reddish brown coat.

http://www.richardrothstein.com/spaniel-pumpkins-needlepoint-pillow-pilct2205.html

Many, many folks do painted canvas dog portraits. Here's a small sample of painted canvases and kits. Google any designer name with "dogs" and "needlepoint" and see if you can find your favorites.

http://www.needlepointheaven.com/dog-needlepoint.html


Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow

Anchor Update

I posted a message to the ANG list about Anchor discontinuing some colors in their line of pearl cottons and received some information from various folks there I should mention. Elizabeth from Dames of the Needle mentioned that "Presencia will be coming out with pearl cottons in their line that will match the colors being discontinued. While there may be dye lot differences these colors will be around, but produced by another company. They were announcing the addition to the pearl cotton line at the San Diego TNNA show."

Here is the Presencia website. This is a Spanish thread under the brand name Finca, but it's available in the U.S. and you can order directly from their website.
http://www.presenciausa.com/

Eileen from Ridgewood Needlepoint mentioned Anchor is basically dropping their #3 pearl weight threads, which is the fattest perle cotton. Some colors from the other sizes of their perle cottons are being discontinued but the real impact is on those who need the #3 Anchor perle cottons. So check your stash and any projects you plan on stitching in the future to see if this impacts you.

Many thanks to Eileen, Elizabeth and of course Denise for bringing this up in the first place. Our shop owners and designers are THE BEST!

Denise owns Threadneedle Street.
http://www.threadneedlestreet.com/

Eileen owns Ridgewood Needlepoint.
http://www.ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/

Elizabeth owns Dames of the Needle. Visit them all and have fun browsing!
http://www.damesoftheneedle.com/

Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow