http://www.amybunger.com/f/Amy_s_e-newsletter_February_2010.pdf
Her website has been updated with new canvases they ordered from the January TNNA market. Remember the wonderful Tapestry Tent/Susan Roberts Halloween parade? Now there is a Christmas parade and it's the first new canvas on Amy's site.
http://www.amybunger.com/albums/album_image/6819545/5774363.htm
Fireside Stitchery has new things on their website, too, but the big news is that David McCaskill is coming to the East Coast to teach there in March. If you can make it to the shop then, check out the details here.
http://www.firesidestitchery.com/fs/classes/index.cfm?fuseaction=showClass&productId=0
http://www.firesidestitchery.com/fs/NewInShop/index.cfm?fuseaction=getNewInShopProducts
A trip to the Fireside and a visit with Amy is as warming as hot tea, hot chocolate or hot coffee! Speaking of which, I need to go refill my cup....
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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5 comments:
Thanks for the heads up about David's trip to Fireside. Since I missed his Tips & Tricks lecture to our Chapter, I was looking forward to the March class. I love your blog site - the Koi Pond is interesting. Your needlepoint pieces are beautiful. I am looking forward to spending time on your previous posts. Melita
Jane, I have a question. I have tried to search your blog and got several good ideas on this topic but I am wondering about the philosophy you have adopted of stitching the background first before the rest of the piece. Is it overall because you do not want to inadvertently disturb the decorative stitching you have done while working a background last? Is it because you want to have an outline done to follow as you stitch and so that decorative stitches that edge up to the background will not be “taken down” by having to stitch a background stitch in the same hole after they are done? I was always taught to do it last, especially if it was a light thread but I am now hearing different schools of thoughts and I want to venture to try this on a major piece I am about to work on and want to try to wrap my head around the reasoning before I start, otherwise, if I am not committed, I will not follow thru with it that way. Can you help me by sharing this thought process? Thank you so much.
Nice to meet you, Melita. Give David a big hug from me. He is a thread wizard. Threads do amazing things for him!
Hi, Jane - Love your photo of the winter wonderland around you! I hope you were prepared for the storm and have been able to sit inside, enjoy the view outside, and stitch to your heart's content. It's fun looking at all the new canvases beginning to arrive in the shops. Window shopping from home can be fun! I love Susan Roberts' "parade" series. If only there were more hours in the day and more money in the checkbook! So many beautiful canvases! Stay warm -
Melinda, I hope you eventually stitch the Christmas parade canvas. I can't see much detail in the photo on Amy Bunger's website but it looks like a wonderful canvas.
Yes, I was prepared for the storm. In very rural areas you always make sure you have plenty of firewood, bottled water, have some way of clearing your driveway, have groceries, etc. The weather here never is quite what the forecasters say as they focus on the large urban areas. Plus we are on our own when it comes to taking care of ourselves in bad weather. I'll continue keeping my stocks of supplies up as the river is very high from all the snow melt and we already have had flooding. Nothing has cut the road out. Yet. I'd better stock up on stash, too! LOL
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