TNNA Report: Danji Ornaments

Stitch By Stitch has posted photos of some darling cat and mice Christmas ornaments from Danji.
http://stitchbystitchlarchmontny.blogspot.com/2012/01/all-way-from-phoenix.html


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TNNA Report: Followup

Rebecca Wood has updated her website to show her new designs now that TNNA is over.  Her home page has two slide shows of three brand new series (small cakes, a Nativity and Halloween ornaments).  To see some of the Reindeer Games ornaments, visit New Designs:  January 2012 in the pulldown menus under her header.  For those who missed it when I posted earlier, PFOS has posted photos of other new Rebecca Wood pieces, including some lovely stockings (I adore the baseball Christmas stockings!) and more Reindeer Games ornaments (second link).
http://www.rebeccawooddesigns.com/


http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2012/01/rebecca-wood.html

Ridgewood got to meet Sandra Gilmore!
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2012/01/gretchen-met-her-idol-while-we-were.html

Tisha found the perfect tote for the show.  It looks like the perfect tote for a lot of situations, actually.  The tutto.com website is down right now but if you look at their cached page, you can see a bit more.  To find a cached page of a website that's down, search for them using Google.  Once you get results, put your cursor over the grayed out double arrows to the right of the search result.  When a website appears on the right, click on it.  Not every page is cached, but this is a good way to find information if the regular site is unavailable.
http://stitchplaywithneedlepointtooltime.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-tote.html


What's the Point? has discovered neat finishing ribbons from Renaissance Ribbons which sells wholesale only.  Still, we can dream and then order through What's the Point?, right?
http://renaissanceribbons.com/

http://www.whatsthepoint.biz/

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Tips for An Elegant Thanksgiving

If you took Kelly Clark's class on her Elegant Thanksgiving series from The Needle Works in Austin, Linda's tips may help you with the amazing swag on the pieces.
http://splittheneedles.blogspot.com/2012/01/elegant-thanksgiving-update.html

http://splittheneedles.blogspot.com/2012/01/eat-your-vegetables.html

Here are details about the project.  The second link is to Kelly's blog where she is posting information and close up photos about each piece to help students.
http://theneedleworks.com/clubs/

http://kellyclarkneedlepointhandbook.blogspot.com/


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Monthly Club Update

From Barbara's Needlepoint, Sioux Falls, SD

Ridgewood Needlepoint is reporting they've signed up for a Kelly Clark monthly club called Tremendous Trees which will start "in the spring."  Since there are no photos on Kelly's website yet, we are lucky that Pocket Full of Stitches has posted some preliminary photographs.
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2011/12/kellys-trees.html

Chandail's Poison Bottles Club (Kirk and Hamilton) has photos of all the finished models now.  Just click on the little yellow text under the thumbnail photos.
http://www.chandailneedlework.com/series/Poison%20Bottles.php

What's the Point? is introducing two new clubs--one a Kathy Schenkel Mrs. Santa Prepares for Christmas club that goes with their previous Mr. Santa Prepares set, and the other is Labors of Love's Victorian Toys club.  Details on each club are here.
http://www.whatsthepoint.biz/

Needle Orts is continuing their club of Rebecca Wood's 4th of July pieces and their Twas the Night Before Christmas mini socks.  I don't know the designer for that one.  Sorry.
http://www.needleorts.com/upcoming_events.html

I hadn't seen their Flamingo ornament club before.  Or their Dolly Mommas. Hilarious!
http://www.needleorts.com/category_results.cfm?Category=17

http://needleorts.com/results.cfm?SubCategory=14

Needleworks has added photos of more finished models for their Kelly Clark monthly angel club to their blog.
http://www.stitchinginthetexashillcountry.com/the_needle_works/2012/01/happy-new-year-a-little-late.html

Beth's Needlepoint has added new models to their Brenda Stofft Santa's Wild Ride club.
http://www.bethsneedlepoint.com/Dot_ClubsExec.asp?idClubCategory=8

http://www.stitchinginthetexashillcountry.com/the_needle_works/2011/11/fleas-navidad.html

If you are a Do-It-Yourself type stitcher, Stitch Boutique of Boston has some fun Santa ornaments from The Collection which would make a lovely collection.
http://www.stitchboutiqueboston.com/canvases-christmas-c-2_47/

The final "club" I have to tell you about isn't a monthly club, it's an annual limited edition Santa from They don't have a website, but they have started posting photographs of finished Santas from previous years on their Facebook page.  If you have an account, you can see the photo albums here.  The photograph above is the 2012 Limited Edition Santa, which I believe was designed by Ann Hanson.  Here are links to other Santas.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.228741063826035.77121.100000704292923&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.101706963196113.3794.100000704292923&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.101435103223299.3193.100000704292923&type=3

If you love stitching Santas but want something that not every stitcher has, you should look into Ann Hansen's Santas.

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Back to Basics Class Openings

Stitch By Stitch in Larchmont, NY says there are still openings in their Tony Minieri Back to Basics 2 class. You must have taken his Basics 1 to enroll, however.  The dates are listed on their blog.
http://stitchbystitchlarchmontny.blogspot.com/2012/01/its-not-to-late-to-sign-up.html

It is these Back To Basics classes that Amy Bunger taped at her shop to turn into a three part DVD set, which I hope will be released at the January TNNA show.

By the way, Stitch By Stitch has a great gallery of finished pieces, all with classic and restrained finishing.  Click on the link at the bottom of this page to start the slideshow.
http://stitchbystitchneedlepoint.com/photogallery.html

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