TNNA Baltimore: Friday Report UPDATED

Folks are starting to report about the first day of the Baltimore show.  Quail Run ran into Jo I. Christensen, the author of The Needlepoint Book, and discovered she is writing a new book!
http://sonorandesertstitching.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-visit-from-jo-ippolito-christensen.html

Colleen of The Needle Works in Austin has news, too.  Brenda Stofft has a new website!  Follow the link to explore it.  I expect a full report from you guys.  I won't get a chance to look at it until tonight.
http://www.stitchinginthetexashillcountry.com/the_needle_works/2012/09/how-exciting-is-this.html

Robin reports in about Friday at TNNA.  Photos are promised tomorrow. How about sending us some samples of those crab cakes, Robin?
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2012/09/baltimoretnna-day-1-recap.html

UPDATE:  Jo Christensen is everywhere, well, at the Needle Deeva's room anyway.
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/09/08/its-showtime/

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Thread Storage: Not For Sissies

We all face the problem of how to store our stash of threads, canvases, stitching books and tools, but very few of us are trying to store things in an RV!  Julie's up to the challenge, though.  You'll enjoy her very creative way of storing threads and her words of wisdom about how we decide what to keep and what to discard in life.
http://theshopsampler.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/thread-storage-is-not-for-sissies/

http://theshopsampler.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/orts-2/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Soul Theft

Janet Granger, who creates miniature embroidery kits for dollhouse collectors, talks about something unusual today--the theft of our needlework.  She's right, we should cherish our stitching while we have it.  Losing it is a theft of our souls in a way.  I can't imagine how the folks who lost their stitching and their homes to wildfires out West this season feel.
http://janetgranger.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/stolen-embroidery/

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