Australian Treats for the Counted Canvasworker

Carol Young has released another of her teaching pieces as a chart. You can see the original and an alternative colorways at the Scarlet Thread blog.
http://stitchything.blogspot.com/2011/09/gem-from-down-under.html


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

How to Outline/How to Do Nobuko Stitch

Paula at BeStitched has produced two videos explaining various ways of outlining areas of a painted canvas to help emphasize or provide definition there.  Covered are wrapped backstitch and wrapped chain stitch, with demonstrations of each stitch and examples of what works on various canvases.  Kreinik's Hot Wire and DMC's memory thread are also mentioned.  The second video is almost a repeat of the first so you don't have to watch both.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/news-and-updates/outlining-demonstration-videos-by-paula-schmidt/

They've also done a video demonstrating Nobuko Stitch with examples of how to use it best.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/news-and-updates/nobuko-stitch-video/

Here's another take, with brighter colors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqsoO9oUyZs&feature=share

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com