Susan Portra Class Announcement

East Coast Stitchers Alert!  Susan Portra is coming to Connecticut to teach in April. Here's the scoop so you can mark your calendars.  Taking a class from Susan is one of my greatest stitching wishes.
http://astheneedleturns.com/susan-portra-is-coming/

http://www.susanportra.com/page/page/8750914.htm

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Mary Loves Scotch Tape

Here's why she loves it, and why you should have a roll of tape in your stitching toolbox. 
http://www.needlenthread.com/2013/12/embroidery-scotch-tape-a-match-made-in-heaven.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.

Traveling Threads: Avoid Seeing Them on the Front UPDATED

If you do a lot of needlepoint, eventually you will have a situation where the threads on the back side show through to the front. Joni Stevenson shows you how to hide a traveling thread on the back of a canvas that runs from one spot to the next.  
http://creative-stitch.blogspot.com/2013/11/hiding-travel-threads.html

I have my fingers crossed she'll tackle other situations in which the thread on the back side shows up on the front.

Hurrah!  Joni has added new information, this time on hiding traveling threads in compensated edges.
http://creative-stitch.blogspot.com/2013/12/keep-compensated-edges-neat-and-clean.html

Next, she discusses hiding traveling threads in large cross stitches.
http://creative-stitch.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-large-cross-stitch-and-hiding.html

http://creative-stitch.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-large-cross-stitch-and-hiding.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.