How to Use a Laying Tool

If you need a refresher on how to use a laying tool, or if you have never used one and are curious about them, you need to spend a little time at Joni Stevenson's blog.  There are definitely tricks to getting the best results from laying tools!
http://creative-stitch.blogspot.com/2012/08/laying-threads.html

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

Needle Paint and the Old Fashioned Santa

Needle Paint shows off one of their Vintage Santa canvases and provides a link to their Etsy shop.  Needle Paint started out as a photo to needlepoint service but they offer much more now and at a lower price than a hand painted canvas.  It's fun to look at their Etsy canvases and wonder how some of my favorite family photos would look transferred to needlepoint....
http://designneedlepointkits.com/2012/09/03/vintage-christmas-needlepoint-kit/

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