Ruler for Needlepoint

No, I've not crowned myself Queen of the NP World. I'm talking about a ruler, a measuring stick that Orna Willis found that allows you to measure your piece and learn the number of stitches along a side. It's a real wonder! Here are the details on the E-Z Count Needlepoint-Ruler.
http://ornadesign.blogspot.com/2011/10/why-wasnt-i-told.html

You can buy one from Orna's website and at other places, too.
http://ornadesign.com/v2/shop/notions/


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

Nominate Your Favorite Halloween Canvas

Whether we actually stitch Halloween themed needlepoint or not, we all have seen them everywhere. I know there's a canvas you secretly love, find hilarious, memorable, or just dream of stitching One Day.  I thought it would be fun to nominate our favorite Halloween canvases. Lots easier and quicker than actually stitching them!  Let me start with a nomination for the oddest Halloween canvas I've ever seen--the Yoga Witch from Bongo.
http://rittenhouseneedlepoint.com/index.php/canvas/holiday/halloween/yoga-witch.html

I find the Dashing Devil from Needle Deeva hilariously smug.  This is the full figure, not the candy corn shaped ornament in the Creeps series.
http://rittenhouseneedlepoint.com/index.php/canvas/holiday/halloween/dashing-devil.html


Melissa Shirley's "Pumpkin Pie" in her vintage postcard series for Halloween is a sweet and sentimental approach to the holiday.  All of the little girls in the series are darling but this one is my favorite.
http://rittenhouseneedlepoint.com/index.php/canvas/holiday/halloween/pumpkin-pie.html


If you like more modern, clean designs (and have teenagers or are one at heart), you'll love Stella and Dot from Mile High Princess.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/news-and-updates/things-we-love/

Well, enough about me.  What Halloween canvases have caught your eye?


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

Kamikaze Girls

Beloved and I are big movie watchers and recently stumbled across a cult film from Japan in which embroidery is central to the plot. It's called Kamikaze Girls in the United States and is subtitled. I can highly recommend it for both stitching and non-stitching audiences.  We rented the DVD through Netflix but you might find it via Amazon's movie offerings or other places.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416220/

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