Winter Farm Fun in Connecticut

Linda went to Enriched Stitch's fall retreat in Connecticut and has posted about the experience. The canvas they were all stitching is called :Winter Farm Fun."  It's one of Ewe and Eye's rustic rural scenes, stitched by Suzy Vallerie and taught by her and her fabulous shop team.
http://blog.njneedleartists.org/2014/10/24/shopping/

While there she discovered one of my secret weapons--light coverage stitches!
http://blog.njneedleartists.org/2014/10/25/winter-farm-fun-day-1/

http://blog.njneedleartists.org/2014/10/30/winter-farm-fun-day-2/

Here are a few more pictures from the Enriched Stitch blog.
http://astheneedleturns.com/retreat-2014-3/

If you'd like to see the finished model Suzy did and hear about some of the special touches, here's her blog posting about the design.
http://astheneedleturns.com/just-in-the-nick-of-time/

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In Stitches Does Halloween

In Stitches is the counted thread shop (with knitting and needlepoint) close to the entrance to Woodlawn Plantation. They offer a lot of counted and cross stitch patterns but they also have needlepoint, so I wasn't totally surprised when their Halloween blog posting featured two wonderful needlepoint patterns.  First there's Shelly Tribbey's skeleton in a top hat, perfect for the Halloween dandy!  I think finishing this in a little coffin would be perfect!
http://institchesshopblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-victoria-sampler-trunk-show-and-more.html

The photo of the Quilted Jack o' Lantern (fourth from the bottom) is a counted canvaswork classic from Pat Timpanaro of Neon Flamingo.  I hope this chart is still available.  It's a fun sampler of stitches for the fan of counted work.
http://www.neonflamingo.com/Designs/Jack.htm

Sometimes you can find great designs in the most unlikely places....

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© Copyright October 26, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Tips for Better Stem Stitches

I use stem stitch a lot. If you do, too, then you'll went to read Mary Corbet's tips for better stitch stitches. 
http://www.needlenthread.com/2014/10/12-tips-for-a-better-stem-stitch.html

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright October 16, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.