Why There Aren't More Online Needlepoint Shops UPDATED

If you ever wondered why your favorite shop doesn't have an online store, the owner of Exclamation Point explains the challenges. 
http://exclamationpoint.org/wordpress/?p=82

UPDATE:  I used to come up with cataloguing schemes for a living.  It does stretch your brain!
http://exclamationpoint.org/wordpress/?p=86

We are eagerly awaiting the Grand Opening, Melanie!
http://exclamationpoint.org

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Back in Time to the 1840s

Deborah just turned up this wonderful video about a piece of needlepoint dating from the 1840s, creating by a little girl in a Baltimore Catholic girls school exclusively for African-American girls.  Looking back in time we tend to think blacks in this country were all slaves before the Civil War, but the reality was much more complex.  This little girl was obviously from a prosperous family who wanted their daughter to have the best education possible, including mastery of her needle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMMiyR2Pb98&feature=youtu.be

The piece is part of the Bayou Bend Collection and Garden, which is part of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas.

Thanks for the great find, Deborah!

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Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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More Russian Santa News

Forever Green Russian Santa

Those of you who admired Carolyn Taggart's Forever Green Santa (above) from the Leigh Russian Santa series will now be able to pick up Carolyn's stitch guide for this beauty!  Carolyn has written a thirteen page guide full of diagrams with a full color photo of the finished design to help you understand what to do.  Each stitch suggestion has a terrific graph, there is a full photograph of the completed Santa, and a supply list of threads and other items Carolyn used.  Price of the PDF version is $20. Price of printed version sent by snail mail is $25 plus $8 extra for postage/shipping and handling.

To order, contact Carolyn Taggart through her Facebook page.  If you don't do Facebook, send me your email address and I'll message it to Carolyn via Facebook.  I am at chilly hollow at hotmaildotcom.
https://www.facebook.com/carolyn.taggart.5?fref=ts

By the way, Vicky DeAngelis is working on her Holly Hills Santa.  Here is the latest.  Those reds and golds are gorgeous!
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/leighs-red-russian-santa/

Becki at Enriched Stitch is working on her Golden Maiden, too.  Again, the colors are beautiful!
http://astheneedleturns.com/exclusive-golden-maiden-progress/

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Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright April 19, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.