A comment Jeannine of BeStitched made about how lovely the cat topiary garden design is reminded me that I haven't mentioned dede Odgen's three other topiary garden designs. All are set in the same garden my cat topiary garden piece shows. First, here is the whimsical three panel rabbit angel piece. Doesn't that background look familiar?
http://www.canvasesbegone.com/5999/dede+Bunny+Angels+3+Panel+Screen+needlepoint+hp+18+ct.html
There are also two non-traditional Christmas stockings that feature rabbits in Renaissance costume in the topiary garden. One stocking features female rabbits.
http://www.dedesneedleworks.com/photo.html?src=photos/stockings/18046.jpg
The other features male rabbits. They would make a dynamite Christmas set, wouldn't they? Even if you aren't really a Christmas stocking person or up for stitching a three piece set, you can enjoy the lovely topiary garden series dede created.
http://www.dedesneedleworks.com/photo.html?src=photos/stockings/18047.jpg
There may be other topiary garden pieces (if so, please let me know so I can post more links or photos here) but these are the only ones I know about. Of course many designers use the same background in several pieces, but it makes me particularly happy to know just what lies behind the locked gate of my cat topiary garden.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
New from Susan Roberts
Labels:
2011,
Columbus,
Liz,
Susan Roberts,
Tapestry Tent,
TNNA
Thanks to Theresa at Homestead Needle Arts, I know that Susan Roberts Needlepoint has updated their website with the new 2011 designs. My favorites are the round Tapestry Tent Nativity ornaments but there is a lot of different items for us to all enjoy.
http://www.susanrobertsneedlepoint.com/files/2011_AllNewItems_0619.pdf
Thanks for the heads-up, Theresa!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
http://www.susanrobertsneedlepoint.com/files/2011_AllNewItems_0619.pdf
Thanks for the heads-up, Theresa!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
Cameras and Churches, Belts and eBook Covers
Labels:
belts,
eBooks,
ecclesiastical embroidery,
finishing,
Janet Perry,
photographs,
photography,
videos
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/
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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/
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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