My spies tell me that Colonial Needle (which sells needles and knitting supplies and is turning into a needlepoint distributor as they offer a painting and a model stitching service to designers) is buying Lee's Needle Arts. Colonial Needle is buying both the leather goods and the canvases so most everything should still be available. I know many shops, teachers and regular stitchers are breathing a sigh of relief at this news.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
September 2009 Chilly Hollow Newsletter Article
Labels:
long and short stitch,
magnets,
newsletters
It's back to school in September for those of us in the United States. Luckily, the classes I've found for you are taught by Mary Corbet and the lesson is mastering long and short stitch. This is a crewel stitch that gives beautiful and realistic shading that is used a great deal to create beautiful flower petals and leaves in particular. It also will shade any other object you wish to make with needle and thread. Mary tells you how to do it for any sort of shape in a series of nine lessons. Six of the lessons are posted already. Here are all the links. Bookmark this to find the other lessons when they are posted and you'll never wonder how to do this stitch again.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2009/08/long-and-short-stitch-lessons-index.html
Do the lessons make your head spin? Then you need some eye candy. Look at the details on these finished projects by customers of The Thread Garden! Click on the thumbnail photos for a better look. The second link is to a gallery of framed pieces, including a Halloween house whose framing and mat you must see.
http://thethreadgarden.com/Finishing.html
http://thethreadgarden.com/Framing%20Gallery.html
Now browse some of the fun tips Thread Garden has written in their Garden Almanac section.
http://thethreadgarden.com/The%20Garden%20Almanac/The%20Garden%20Almanac.html
[Note: if these links won't take you to The Thread Garden, go to the framing gallery, then use the subtitles at the top of the page.]
See? Learning can be fun! Go treat yourself to a new Adam & Eve nagmetic needle minder from Kelmscott Deigns.
http://kelmscottdesigns.com/needle-minders.htm
Have a lovely back to school.
Jane/Chilly Hollow
blog at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
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