Trunk Shows, Sales and Bargains UPDATED

Who doesn't love a sale? Painted canvases (my first love) are expensive, so it's always nice to know where sales and trunk shows are, particularly since mail order from the online shops is so easy. If you need a new canvas to add to your collection, here are some of the most recent bargain spots I've heard of.

Fireside is having a twenty percent off sale on a few selected Julia's Needleworks canvases.  If you order a stitch guide and threads with the canvas, the guide is free and the threads are also twenty percent off.  Julia's distributes designs from JHL, Julia, Bill Davis, Beverley Jane, and Jan Ford.  Here's where you browse--If you are a grad of the University of Virginia, don't miss the UVA Rotunda box under 3-D!
http://www.firesidestitchery.com/fs/HandPaintedCanvas/index.cfm?fuseaction=GetSalesAndSpecials&saleId=131&saleTypeId=2

Canvases Be Gone is having a one day Memorial Day sale (good only 5/28).  Anything you order is fifteen percent off if you use the code SPC50 at checkout.  Since the Floral/Fruits/Plants category is already on sale at twenty percent off, if you buy from here you get a total of thirty-five percent off.
http://www.canvasesbegone.com/

Sheena says that Joann's Fabrics has storage containers on sale.  She says a lot of other fun things on her blog but this is the pertinent article for ideas about skein and Splendor silk card storage.
http://sheenassweetstitches.com/kitty-palooza/2012/01/sample-post/

Needle Bug in Montgomery, AL is having an After Memorial Day sale.  I don't have any details but if you are in that area, drop by and see.
http://theneedlebug.com/

Pocket Full of Stitches has their new trunk show in-house.  This time they are featuring The Princess and Me, a company that specializes in small ornaments, all of which come with a stitch guide.  Their designs are lighthearted and fun to stitch, especially if you have a large stash of threads to work from.  Here are the links from PFOS, which I expect to update daily for a while as that is PFOS' way--new photos every day for a week.
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2012/05/princess-me-trunk-show.html

http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2012/05/princess-and-me-trunk-show-day-2.html

http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2012/05/princess-me-trunk-show-day-3.html

http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2012/06/princess-me-trunk-show-day-4.html


http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2012/06/princess-me-trunk-show-day-5.html

http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2012/06/princess-me-trunk-show-models.html

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

NP Tool Time Discovers Useful New Tool

Tisha at Needlepoint Tool Time is continuing her quest for the perfect tools for stitchers.  She's unearthed a heavy duty double-sided tape that will hold heavier pieces securely in place in things like box tops.  A needlepoint canvas covered in beads is very heavy, much heavier than you would expect, so keep this tip in mind if you put a lot of beads on a canvas.

http://stitchplaywithneedlepointtooltime.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-tool.html

Wonder what great new tool Tisha found over the Memorial Day weekend?


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

Prismatic Quartet Summary

Ada Hayden of Eye Candy Needleart has posted a summary of the entire Prismatic Quartet stitch guide that has been published in the last four Needlepoint Now magazines on her blog.  If you are stitching this, you might find this very helpful.  If you didn't, you'll enjoy seeing great photos of the entire piece, section by section.
http://eyecandyneedleart.blogspot.com/2012/05/prismatic-quartet-part-four.html


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

The Bigger the Better?

If the dinky little magnets I prefer are just too small for you (or if you want a magnet to use inside your pocketbook to hang keys), you will want to see the rhinestone covered beauties that Needle Bug has in stock.  I think these are generally 2-3 inches across.
http://theneedlebug.com/2012/05/movie-night-magnets/

http://theneedlebug.com/2012/05/more-images-of-big-mags/


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