Cameras and Churches, Belts and eBook Covers

I bookmark things that I find interesting and post them to Blog eventually, but sometimes these things are not going to interest most needlepointers.  This is one of those posts.  If you  photograph your needlework (or want to) you will enjoy reading what Nordic Needle says about cameras and stitching in their latest newsletter.
http://www.nordicneedle.com/scotmail/scotmail.mvc?md=1308518540&ea=mccurrymail@gmail.com&gp=92bc2a0aaf

Janet Perry's pulled together several websites and Flickr pages on ecclesiastical needlework, specifically church kneelers which are traditionally done in tent stitches with wool for durability's sake.
http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/looking-at-needlepoint-church-kneelers

I am seeing lots of needlepoint belt or belt buckle canvases for sale these days.  Belt finishing is a specialty job if you have leather added but you can add ribbon and a ring closure to the belt yourself if you know about binding stitch.  Here's a video from M's Canvashouse (which does a LOT of finishing) about how binding stitch finishes the edge of belts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6kenW41SbQ

Speaking of finishing, I ran across this article about making your own eBook cover with a finished needlepoint canvas.  If you are handy with a sewing machine, this is something worth trying.
http://designneedlepointkits.com/2011/04/04/kindle-needlepoint-cover/

The writer had already made one Nook cover.  Here is the description of that project which lead to the link above as a simpler way to put the cover together.
http://designneedlepointkits.com/2011/02/04/e-reader-needlepoint-cover/

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