Monday, January 19, 2015

Life's a Circus at Virginia's House UPDATED

Virginia is happily stitching away on the Kirk and Hamilton (now Kirk and Bradley) circus animals.  She's got some nice tips on stitching fur and adding bling to designs you might be interested in.
http://stitchstyleblog.com/2015/01/kirk-and-bradley-circus-animals/

The set was a club at Chandail a few years back with guides from Emily Pannier.  I'm not sure it is still available but you can always ask the shop.
http://www.chandailneedlework.com/shop/Series/Circus-Circus/p/Circus-Circus--The-Works.htm

You can see better photos of the entire [unstitched] set here.
http://www.needlepoint.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=circus

UPDATE:  Virginia has posted more, this time of the ringmaster, plus information on where to find the set since it's been discontinued.  Thanks!
http://stitchstyleblog.com/2015/01/kirk-bradley-ring-master/

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Reflecting Your Own Interests (Mr. X Stitch on Arts, Crafts and Embroidery)

Thanks to Donna, I have a fun video for to you watch this morning. The speaker is Mr. X Stitch, who runs a fabulously wonderful (and occasionally odd and always weekly Not Safe For Work) site on all sorts of handwork.  In the video he talks about the commercial kits available in England, the arts versus crafts controversy, and how he came to be interested in cross stitch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr154jHDeLY&feature=youtu.be

"The threads might come on bobbins but the possibilities are endless."

http://www.mrxstitch.com

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Secret Stitchers

No, I'm not talking about a secret club where we meet in a back room to quietly stitch our brains out. Secret Stitchers is Susan C. Hudnall's new stitching business. Need to have something stitched? Talk to Susan!

Contact Susan via her Facebook page (second link) or use her new website.
http://www.secretstitchers.com

https://www.facebook.com/susan.c.hudnall

Good luck with the new business, Susan!

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright January 4, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.