Manuel Salas Introduces Yolanda

Tapestry Fair has translated another of Manuel Salas' Day of the Dead ladies into needlepoint. Let me introduce Yolanda!
http://tapestryfair.blogspot.com/2013/09/meet-yolanda.html

Her favorite color is orange and she just loves peppers.  I can't decide whether the streamers on either side of her shoulders are peppers or braided ribbons to look like them.  She is as different as can be from her slightly older sister La Dama Elegante.
http://tapestryfair.blogspot.com/2013/05/more-halloween-from-manuel-salas.html

I mention Elegante as BeStitched is planning a class on her.  You can see progress photos on their Facebook page.  Use the navigation arrows to see two other closeups.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=521851727883760&set=pcb.521852081217058&type=1&theater

If you are curious about the rest of Manuel's daughters, you can see them here.
http://tapestryfair.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=1

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.

What To Do When You Can't Wing It

Monica is not the sort of person who is comfortable just eyeballing her canvas and adding beads where they were originally painted in on her canvas.  Instead, she has come up with a clever way of using a color copy of her unstitched canvas to place items in areas where the painted spots have been covered by stitching.   Monica, I think you've just won this week's Smart Cookie Award!
http://lazydaisyneedlework.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-finish.html

The canvas is by Ewe and Eye, and the wonderful stitch guide written by Terry Christopher Costillo of 2 the Point.
http://www.topoint.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.