Melita Goes to Woodlawn

Melita has reported in from her road trip to see the Woodlawn exhibit.  Her report is fantastic!
http://melitastitches4fun.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/woodlawn-roadtrip-2014/

I think the large saint canvases by Joan she mentioned are Joan Eidman's being featured in Needlepoint Now magazine.  You can see a photograph on Joan's blog.
http://joaneidman.com/tnna/

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Kelly and Spider Webs

Kelly Clark talks about creating spider webs on her designs.
http://kellyclarkneedlepointhandbook.blogspot.com/2014/02/webs-i-have-woven.html

She has finished the background stitching and now the crazy quilting will begin!
http://kellyclarkneedlepointhandbook.blogspot.com/2014/03/background-stitches-all-completed-on.html

http://kellyclarkneedlepointhandbook.blogspot.com/2014/03/halloween-crazy-quilt-is-done.html

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright March 10, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Color Cards

One of the best tools anyone who has to mail order threads can own is a set of color cards for your favorite thread. I treasure my DMC color card and use it often when I need a certain color.  (All I have to do is tell the shop I want to mail order a pink silk floss as close to DMC #3713 as possible.  They will pull out their DMC color card and inspect their wares for a match.)  So I was thrilled to see very reasonably priced color cards for sale at Fireside Stitchery.
http://www.firesidestitchery.com/fs/threads/index.cfm?fuseaction=getThreadList&CategoryId=16

This got me hunting for more color cards.  Here's what I dug up.
http://store.apneedlearts.com/krmecoca.html

http://store.apneedlearts.com/cacosocothgu.html

http://store.apneedlearts.com/cacovathcoca.html

http://www.kreinik.com/shops/Kreinik-Silk-Thread-Color-Card.html

http://www.needlestack.com/WebStore/Accessories/ColorCards.html

http://www.threadneedlestreet.com/cardbody.htm

http://www.stitchers-paradise.com/threads/Kreinik.html

http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/AA_CordsThreadsSilk.html

By the way, EPiC yarn has an online color selector.  Kreinik also has online color cards as does Rainbow Gallery and Caron but these all are a bit chancy to choose colors from, so I am only listing the EPiC tool since it's brand new to me.
http://www.epicyarn.com/Pages_Yarn/ColourSelection.html

I'm sure other shops carry color cards.  I just ran out of time to hunt.  If you are a shop owner who has these in stock, please let me know in the Comments below or by emailing me at chillyhollow at hotmail dot com. I'll add your contact information or website or Facebook page to the list.

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