The American Needlepoint Guild's Stitch of the Month project for 2012 is a sampler in a heart shape that you fill in with stitches, one each month.
http://www.needlepoint.org/Stitch.php
You choose your colors and embark on the adventure without knowing what stitches will be used or how the overall project will look beyond the colors. But not everyone likes hearts. What to do? Folks on the ANG email list decided to draw a cat shape and fill that in, but this customization relies on some drawing skill, or the ability to find a cat outline you can trace. If you like Halloween and are wondering how to do the project in a non-romantic way, Sheena's come to the rescue. She is doing this as a witch's hat!
http://sheenassweetstitches.com/stitch-of-the-month-turned-to-a-witchs-hat/2012/01/sample-post/
You can pick up the same threads and canvas Sheena ordered from The Scarlet Thread. They are willing to kit this for you, even though the threads and canvas are not listed on their site yet. UPDATE: Here's the direct link. Apparently they plan to send Sheena's hat outline with each order, which is a nice touch.
http://stores.intuitwebsites.com/ScarletThread/-strse-3325/Stitch-of-the-Month%2C/Detail.bok
The witch's hat outline is on Sheena's blog above. It's in the middle column about a third of the way down the page, Look for "Stitchy Files" and then click on the right PDF file to download the pattern which you then trace onto your own canvas. Then you too can join the SOTM project with witchy fun.
Very creative, Sheena!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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Monday, March 5, 2012
SOTM Goes Halloween UPDATED
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I really didn't need to see this. *sigh*
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Just a suggestion for those that may not want a heart or witches hat, a pumpkin -- that way it is not totally Halloween, but fall. I don't have one drawn, since I am not doing the SOTM at this time.
Thanks for the idea, Anon. Erica, sorry. I know how busy you are, but Sheena's witch hat is really cute.
I've been wanting to do SOTM but couldn't come up with an idea - thanks for sharing!
Sheena gets all the credit. I just blabbed about it everywhere. Hope you do a witch's hat, too, Lewmew.
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