Happy Birthday to Waste Knot

Please join me in shouting Happy Birthday to Waste Knot Needlepoint.  The shop is celebrating its fifth birthday!
http://www.wasteknotneedlepoint.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.

Barbara Bergsten Goes to School

Barbara Bergsten's colorful designs are perfect for beginning stitchers. Two different shops are offering beginner classes using her canvases.  In Stitches (Atlanta) is using one of Barbara's samplers,
http://createneedlepoint.typepad.com/create_needlepoint/2013/05/needllepoint-class.html

...while Po's Point is offering a kid's camp for a week using Barbara's complex palm tree as a learning tool.  The beauty of Barbara's canvases is that more advanced stitchers can have just as much fun as a beginner with them. which means you can take a friend to class and both enjoy stitching away.
http://createneedlepoint.typepad.com/create_needlepoint/2013/05/more-needlepoint-classes.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.

Just Add Magnets

Needle in a Haystack has profiled a nice new item from Access Commodities--needle tins. Add a small magnet or two and you'll never lose a needle in your suitcase or travel tote again!
http://needlestack.typepad.com/whats_new/2013/04/needle-tins-from-access-commodities.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.