Things are starting to trickle out of St. Charles, MO (where all the shops and designers and thread makers and so forth are having a party about us--excuse me while I weep). First up, Gail has taken pity on me and posted another photo of a new ornament, a gingerbread cookie version of the Statue of Liberty.
http://squiggeedesigns.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-st-charles-goodies.html
If you have your September/October 2010 Needlepoint Now, you probably have seen some of the newest things in the ads. I highly recommend you read the ads. They are wonderful fun! By the way, that Pat Mazu mini sock looks like another type of fun and I can't wait to study the next stitch diagrams for the Marnie Ritter sampler. Excuse me while I go weep over my copy's not having arrived yet. Looking at it on their website is not the same!
http://www.needlepointnow.com/current_issue.html
Since I am already unhappy about the fun I missed, this is the perfect time to show the class Susan just attended. Color me VERY jealous! And a bit intimidated by the stitching. It is amazing.
http://plays-with-needles.blogspot.com/2010/09/stumpwork-by-jane-nicholas.html
Oh, well, I just updated the Chilly Hollow Stitch Guide site with a photo of O'jishi, an article on Tapestry Fair's new quilt series with stitch guides that includes photos, and a note about June McKnight's creative consultations.
http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com/
Anyone got a hanky? I need to blow my nose after all that weeping.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
The St. Charles Report
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5 comments:
Sorry you couldn't be there but I'm glad to be able to show you a bit of the wonder. Thanks for the plug.
Susan, I drooled over every photograph from your stumpwork class. Her amazing stitching that creates detailed and realistic natural scenes just blew me away!
I am very envious of your class and enjoyed reading about it very much. Now, go stitch something great from what you learned so I can enjoy that, too.
I am crying along with you re: the Jane Nicholas stumpwork class - absolutely amazing!
Stumpwork is something that I drool over and then turn away from, totally intimidated. Thanks for the site-link, but if you're not tackling it, then I'm CERTAINLY not!
Glenis
Glenis, I plan to tackle stumpwork some day. I already know a tiny bit about it and have three new books on the topic from Jane Nichols to read. I meant I just can't take classes in it because I can't travel to classes. I don't think it is that hard but you do need some skill and practice. I didn't mean that I was intimidated by it, just astounded by Jane Nichols' skill!
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