A Visit to Ancient Egypt

Welcome to Ancient Egypt!  Ruth Schmuff has finished up her latest class, a statue of the goddess Bastet by Tapestry Fair, and posted photographs on her shop blog.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2013/04/jewels-fit-for-goddess.html

There is another photo at Stitcherie which can be enlarged to see the details of the bead woven collar, the crystal on the chest piece, or the pretty border at the bottom.
http://stitcherie.ning.com/photo/bastet-s-jewels/next?context=latest

The techniques Ruth used can be used for other Egyptian themed pieces.  How about adapting some of them to this lovely pair of goddesses from Boots Bailey?
http://www.canvasesbegone.com/8102/Boots+Bailey+Standing+Goddesses+needlepoint+hp+18+ct.html

The needle weaving Ruth did would work on this dede Odgen bracelet, too.  These are just the first canvases I found with Google's help.
http://www.canvasesbegone.com/5799/dede+Eye+of+Hora+Egyptian+Bracelet+needlepoint+hp+18+ct.html

And of course there's another Tapestry Fair Egyptian cat canvas which I will start stitching in a month or so.  How am I going to stitch it as well as Ruth did in a totally different style?!  The background and bottom border are essentially the same!  (Stay tuned on that one.)
http://tapestryfair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67

UPDATE:  Ruth's done!
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2013/05/national-bastet-day.html

Here is Ruth's next mystery piece--straight from the fertile brain of Sandra Vargas.  She's the Aquamarine Mermaid. Stay tuned on this one, too!
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2013/03/aquamarine.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

At the Chaparral

Lucky Stephanie is taking a class at the Chaparral in Houston. She kindly shared photographs of the inside of the shop on her blog plus some photographs of her Melissa Shirley Wild Women canvas. Come see!
http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2013/04/road-trip-to-chaparral.html

http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-of-chaparral.html

http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2013/04/wrapping-up.html

Here's the shop website in case you need contact information.  Clicking on "Series" or "Projects" will take you to some amazing stitching.
http://www.ndlpt.com

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Where I Want to Spend Easter....

Carolyn Hedge Baird has taken a tour of Barbara's Needlepoint, a fabulous shop (and home of the painted canvas designer Ann Hanson) in South Dakota that doesn't have a website, just a Facebook page.  It looks like the perfect place to spend Easter.  (Or Christmas or any durn day of the week, in fact!)  Carolyn has featured a lot of Ann's rabbit canvases here and promised a later blog posting about Ann's yearly limited edition Santa canvases.
http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2013/04/03/easter-at-barbaras-needlepoint/

In fact, I'll postpone posting this to Blog in the hopes that Carolyn does a write up on those Santas.  Stay tuned!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.