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| He's Really Into Needlepoint |
Michael Boren, David McCaskill and Tony Minieri are all superb stitchers, designers and teachers who charm us with their talents and inspire us all to be better needlepointers. There are gentlemen stitchers who don't teach such as Dr. Donn Hunter who lost his true Valentine in 2008 but who stitches on, inspiring me to get better and better with each piece. Of course there is Jeff Kulick whose award-winning talent astounds me each year at Woodlawn with each new original design. I will never forget the late Ray Dockstader, either. I will miss him at Woodlawn each year I visit now that he's gone.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2009/05/gone-but-not-forgotten-ray-dockstader.html
Then there are the wonderful Kirk & Hamilton guys and of course Raymond Crawford. And who can forget Doug Kreinik or the gentlemen at Rainbow Gallery whose threads make us so happy?
And there's the young man in the top photo (from a literacy poster from the State Library of Iowa) who reminds us that stitchers come in all sizes and shapes. Let's not overlook the unexpected stitcher who is hidden in that large man (or the little boy) you see at the counter at your shop. Today they are our fellow stitchers and my Valentines.
http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/t-z/tell-library-story/Props/posters/he-is-into-needlepoint.pdf/view
If you wish to celebrate a male stitcher you know, please add him in the comments below.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
5 comments:
A team of cardiologists in Tallahassee prescribed needlepoint and knitting for patients of both sexes because of the rhythmic and therapeutic action of stitching. I had a lovely friend and customer, Brantley Burns, I think - for whom I designed many pieces, including a vest and some wall hangings. He was a rancher, and would go out into the pasture in his truck, throw hay out, and then sit in the back and stitch and watch his cows eat.
Vicky writes: "There is Jim Wurth and John Waddell; both of which are designers
then there is Frank of HP Designs and Dale of DJ Designs who are the men behind these wonderful canvases that they bringh to life for us to stitch. Dale also stitches!
then there is George! a great friend who is so in love with life and stitching! we stitch together every other month in a group of about 10 of us. We have absolutely the best time ever. You will find allot of his work on Stitcherie."
And there is my son who does wonderful work. Right now he is more into robots and computers than stitching, but I am hoping he will have something done to enter into the Fiber Forum in Albuquerque this year.
Applause!
Great Tony from Fireside. Does amazing pieces besides being a sweet, sweet man
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