It must be spring already because The Needle House's annual bunny canvas show starts tomorrow, March 3. For a week, every Easter, egg, chick or rabbit design you can imagine is in stock and for sale at 15 percent off. The selection is best tomorrow so if you are in the Houston area, stop by. If not, they do mail order!
http://www.theneedlehouse.com/jm/
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
Friday, March 2, 2012
The Teacher Speaks
I have some good news--Joni Stevenson has started a blog!
http://creative-stitch.blogspot.com/
Joni is a teacher and certified judge of needlepoint. In other words, she's forgotten more than I ever knew, but luckily she is willing to share that knowledge. Her first blog entry explains stitch compensation. It's a Must Read for anyone who has trouble truncating a stitch when they reach the edge of an area. The second article is about starting/ending threads when doing light coverage stitching and it is full of helpful information. There are going to be at least two more entries that illustrate how to start/stop each step of a complex light coverage stitch so that the threads on the back don't show. Very useful information!
If these are not topics that interest you, her website shows off her classes and also has a page about the Stitching for Autism fundraiser. Regardless I expect to learn a lit visiting with Joni and I've bookmarked her site for regular visits.
http://www.jonisdesigns.com/Home_Page.html
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
http://creative-stitch.blogspot.com/
Joni is a teacher and certified judge of needlepoint. In other words, she's forgotten more than I ever knew, but luckily she is willing to share that knowledge. Her first blog entry explains stitch compensation. It's a Must Read for anyone who has trouble truncating a stitch when they reach the edge of an area. The second article is about starting/ending threads when doing light coverage stitching and it is full of helpful information. There are going to be at least two more entries that illustrate how to start/stop each step of a complex light coverage stitch so that the threads on the back don't show. Very useful information!
If these are not topics that interest you, her website shows off her classes and also has a page about the Stitching for Autism fundraiser. Regardless I expect to learn a lit visiting with Joni and I've bookmarked her site for regular visits.
http://www.jonisdesigns.com/Home_Page.html
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
New Scissors Protectors
Labels:
Carol's Counted Canvaswork,
scissors
Carol's found a new way to protect the tips of her scissors. She's recycling medical scissors protectors. Time to beg anyone in the medical profession you know to check their supply closets for things they would ordinarily throw out to see if you can recycle them! Carol's in Australia, however, so the brand name she mentions may not be available elsewhere.
http://carolscountedcanvasworkneedleworks.blogspot.com/2012/02/small-steps-in-right-direction.html
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
http://carolscountedcanvasworkneedleworks.blogspot.com/2012/02/small-steps-in-right-direction.html
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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