More Needlepoint and Thread News

Caron has added photos of their newest Watercolours colors on their website.  Aren't they pretty?  I really "need" some pale pink Sandalwood 262!
http://www.caron-net.com/tcolorV_newJan2010.html

Janet Perry posts photos of other new colors for Bella Lusso and Planet Earth silks on her revamped site.  We've seen the new Silk & Ivory colors already but they are great to see again.
http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/new-colors-in-bella-lusso-silk-ivory-and-planet-earth

Needle Works in Austin has added two new Nativity sets and a bunch of Texas A&M and UT canvases to their store.  The little slatback floral chairs are new to me also.  Remember, they change the front page of their catalog frequently so if you are slow in checking the link, these may be somewhere else.
http://www.theneedleworks.com/catalog/

AP Needle Arts is having a Petei Santa trunk show.  There are a ton of little Santas on sale there.
http://store.apneedlearts.com/trunkshows.html

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Frosty Pants

I have almost finished beading my SharonG tap pants.  Don't they look nice?  In person the canvas looks as if it is coated in ice.  This technique takes a lot of beads.  See the right leg?  I worked it from the bottom of the leg up to the black spot when the leg bends using one tube of Sundance beads. That is a little less than 2 square inches of 18 count canvas.  I estimate that this small canvas (4 inches high and 5 across at the widest point) will take 4 tubes of Sundance beads.  The bra will take another tube and perhaps a bit more.  All these beads are certainly increasing the weight of the canvas, too.

The scan above shows bare spots but I think the beads were just moved aside by my hand pressing down on the canvas to take as good a scan as possible.  The bare areas weren't there when I looked at the canvas just now.

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Stars Progress (or Lack Thereof)

The photo shows how little I have done on Tony Minieri's Stars.  I spent a lot of time outlining the canvas, counting, recounting and sorting threads, especially since finding "shades" of black is going to mean going with textures and finishes instead of working with black, charcoal and gray (which I thought about but discarded).  However, the tip to work your sashing as you go to prevent undo wear on it as you work the star squares means I probably will start working the first star before I get much more border and sashing done.

We'll see.  I am running out of beads on the SharonG lingerie project and will have to order more.  That means I'll be picking this design up shortly.

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