Since the lion stitching is pretty slow going right now, I thought I'd post a general message about this and that rather than boring you with a photo of the Stuart Plaid Lion that isn't too much different from what I posted yesterday. One doesn't eat a watermelon in a minute, you know! Besides, there is lots of interesting stuff in the stitching Blog-o-Sphere you might like to know about.
First of all, Ruth Schmuff has put her first CD of stitches on the iPhone! Cell phones don't work well in Chilly Hollow or I would be trying to figure out how to afford a smart phone, all the wonderful apps, and a monthly cell phone bill that would keep me in needlepoint threads forever very nicely, thank you. I hope more folks than Ruth and SuZy Murphy take advantage of smart phone technology so we have more stitch information on the go. These smart phone apps are terrific for the Big City Stitcher on the go.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2010/04/another-giant-step-for-needlepoint.html
Anyone who has followed the story of the 18th Century reproduction embroidered jacket will want to pick up the newest issue of Victoria magazine next week. It has a feature article about the creation of the jacket. If you are interested in a behind-the-scenes peek at what it takes to have a magazine publish articles on needlework, you will want to browse Tricia's blog to read how much work was involved to get this published.
http://thistle-threads.com/blog/
Remember Elmer, the candy cane dog canvas I just finished stitching? (photo above) He's one of the animal canvases from Kirk and Hamilton, an English painted canvas design team. Needlepoint.com is having a trunk show of their canvases and says that they create the Elizabeth Bradley designs. Interesting tip about a great new company! Here's the blog entry with more photos of Kirk and Hamilton's more classic designs. If you go to the home page of their website and look at What's New, the very last 8-10 canvases are new Kirk and Hamilton designs with their signature mix of humorous Christmas pieces and traditional designs.
http://www.needlepoint.com/blog/?p=451
In other gossip, remember Hope Hanley and her books about needlepoint? Her daughter stitches for The Point of It All in D.C. and the shop blog features some of her current work, including a huge dog rug her mother designed.
http://blog.thepointofitallonline.com/2010/04/staff-spotlight.html
Lovers of all things Asian like me will be enthralled with Jane Smith's new Japanese Embroidery project. With the help of her JE teacher, Jane has simplified a wood block design of a Japanese woman playing with a yo-yo and transferred it onto silk. She is starting to stitch it in the JE style. You can see the first stages here and start to imagine all the work she is going to do.
http://nuido.blogspot.com/2010/04/playing-with-colour.html
Watching her work is tempting me to start an original design myself, but that will have to wait. I have too many things to accomplish already this year.
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