New Shop in New Orleans - Yeah! UPDATED

All you stitching tourists and locals, take note--there's a new shop in New Orleans! Thanks for the tip, Katherine.
http://www.needleworkvault.com/index.htm

UPDATE:  Thanks to Chris, I know the above link isn't working right now.  If you go to www.needleworkvault.com, you get a message that this is the future home of Needlework Vault.  Sorry, I do Blog postings as much as 2-3 weeks ahead of time, so I didn't realize this was a work-in-progress.   Instead, why not visit Boots and Beads, which is where I learned about the new shop?  It's almost as good as seeing the bare bones website right now.
http://bootsandbeads.blogspot.com/2012/07/needlepoint-vault.html

Stephanie told us about Boots and Beads and Chris about the problem with the shop link I read about there.  Where would I be without my spies and helpers?!  Blog thanks you all!!!!

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

Easy-Count Guideline

A friend who is working a large complex portrait in cross stitch mentioned she is trying the Easy-Count Guideline to make keeping track of areas easier.  Since this seems of interest to all my friends who do counted thread projects from charts, I looked into what this is (link one) and how it works (link two's video).
http://crossstitch.about.com/od/optionaltools/p/rseasycountguid.htm

http://www.rseasycount.com/


I haven't used this myself but the next time I lose my mind and decide to work a counted project with a lot of detail, I will.  Thanks for the tip, Wendy!


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