This year I'm only doing a little decorating for Christmas and it is here on Blog instead of in my home. Hope you like the new header photo and background color. Not everyone is like me and not decorating, though. Ruth Schmuff's new mystery class is working away on whichever of the two holiday canvases they picked to work on. I think Ruth's idea for the striped background is fabulous!
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2010/11/noeljingle-all-way.html
Ruth's shop is very cheering and decorated with all sorts of goodies. She just posted about a Wendy Harwood class held there and I thought you'd like to see the canvas Wendy taught and the happy faces of all the folks who attended.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2010/11/tis-season-for-peace.html
If you would like to use your decorative impulses to make a great one-of-a-kind needle magnet for yourself, Mary Corbet has a tutorial. The donut shaped magnet she used is probably a rare earth magnet. If you Google that term you will find them online. A word to the wise--they are very strong. A 1/4 inch round donut set is about as strong as you will need. Anything bigger will be very difficult to pull apart.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2010/11/from-button-to-needle-minder.html
In other news, June McKnight will release a new book in January. It's full of Halloween stitches. I hadn't seen any of June's books until a friend gave me some of her stitching books and I've been very impressed. Anyone who does a lot of Halloween stitching will find this book useful and fun judging by June's older books which I have been reading lately. There's a photo of the cover and a slide show of some of the stitch diagrams (I think those are from her overdyed thread stitches and bargello books) she uses on her website.
http://www.junemcknight.com/index.html
Finally, The Needlehouse has posted their winter newsletter on their website. It has a review of one of Julia K. H. Snyder's books and a stitch diagram from it of a heart-shaped Sprat's Head. They also announce their newest monthly club, snowmen! You can see photos of the club canvases and find the link to the Winter 2011 newsletter on their home page.
http://www.theneedlehouse.com/jm/
Now I need to get busy and work a bit on ideas for Barbara's subway canvas!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com Archived Yahoo 360 postings at http://profiles.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
2 comments:
Welcome back, Jane. Love the new blog Header and colors. Chilly Hollow has caught the spirit. Very festive, indeed. Hugs.
Thanks, Robin! With a new puppy coming and my mother so ill, I'm not decorating the house this year but Blog I can handle.
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