Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Announcing the Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides Blog





Now that most of the news from the Columbus TNNA show has stopped coming out, I have news of my own to announce.  I have a new blog!  It is called Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides.  It lists not only my stitch guides which are for sale, but tells you where to find stitch guides for a whole range of designs from many stitch guide writers.  It's not all about me, in other words.  LOL
http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com/

The new blog tells you which stitch guides I have available and how to order them.  I hope that other stitch guide writers will email me at sg from chnp @gmail.com with information about whose canvases they have guides for, give me contact information, prices, etc.  I'll add that to the CH Stitch Guides site along with any other information I can find about which shops do free stitch guides if you buy from them, who will do custom stitch guides, etc.

The new blog is evolving.  There are twenty-eight articles already.  You can browse them one by one or just use the search box at the upper left hand corner to find your favorite designer or stitch guide writer.  Feel free to send me information about other guides and writers if you happen to know the details.

Blog is changing also.  Occasionally I rearrange the furniture, so to speak, by choosing another layout template, changing the header photo, and changing the colors of the titles and links, etc.  I get bored with the old look after a while and am always looking for something that looks good but is also easy to read.  Sorry to have startled you guys with a change without notice yesterday.  I just had longer computer access than usual and moved things around.  It's my version of rearranging the living room furniture without the heavy lifting!

Those of you with sharp eyes have already noticed the magic carpet that tops the list of blogs I maintain at the bottom of this page.  Clicking on it takes you to the new stitch guide blog.  There is now a tab at the top of this page that has the link, too. You can always bookmark the new site, but any time you visit the Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure, you can go on to the CH Stitch Guides site.  (And vice versa--the magic carpet will bring you back here once you visit if you like.)

I hope that CH Stitch Guides will be a resource for all stitchers who are interested in a specific canvas, who collect a certain stitch guide writer's work, or who are just interested in what's available.  I also hope that the original blog's new look is easy to read and makes it easy to find things once you get used to it.


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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like it. The mermaid full-screen was a bit of a shock, but for the rest I'm delighted to have the main text on the left (I had to continually scroll to get the r/h edge of words before).
Am also thrilled to see the full canvas of New Project at last - it's been intriguing me and looks as good as the snippets promised. Get going, Jane...
Glenis

The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure said...

Sorry about the photo size. Blogger is very tempermental about header photos and you never get what you want when it comes to layout there. I''m glad you like the new layout. I tinker with it about once a year although I do change the header photos more often.

As for getting to work stitching, yes, ma'm!

Jane, saluting and picking up her needle

NCPat said...

I like it to and look forward to all the stitch guide info!