The latest newsletter for Amy's Golden Strand is up on her site now and it is all about the nutcracker! Amy became famous for her treatment of the Danji nutcrackers, each of which is an amazing character with unusual stitches and backgrounds out of Amy's imagination.
http://www.amybunger.com/f/1212.pdf
I have to admit I don't like nutcrackers. All those teeth creep me out, but I do own one of Amy's nutcrackers. Robin Hood, Amy's guide and I think all the threads live somewhere in my stash. If you are interested, email me and we'll figure out a deal so he can come live with you since I know I'll never stitch this. I'm at chillyhollow at hotmail dot com.
In honor of nutcrackers, today's Canvas of the Day is one of the more unusual nutcrackers I've seen--Susan Roberts' Astronaut Nutcracker. Go NASA!
http://www.firesidestitchery.com/fs/handPaintedCanvas/index.cfm?fuseaction=hpCanvasSearch
Thanks for the nutcracker show and tell, Amy. That was fun!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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