This weekend's Fiber Talk podcast interviews the four designers (Pat Hartman, Mary Knapp, Linda K. Reinmiller and Debbie Rowley) behind the Needle Arts Mystery Retreat.
http://wetalkfiber.com/2017/08/20/fiber-talk-with-the-needle-arts-mystery-retreat-designers/
Follow the links on the home page to visit the various designers' individual websites and to check out the Needle Arts Mystery Retreat itself.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Sunday, August 20, 2017
Looks Like Needlepoint To Me
Thanks to the Needlework Retailer, I have a link to a photo of a "sampler" stitched by Charlotte Bronte.
http://thelongvictorian.tumblr.com/post/163220626103/a-needlework-sampler-by-english-novelist-and-poet
Here is more about the Bronte Sisters' samplers.
http://kleurrijkbrontesisters.blogspot.com/2010/05/samplers-of-bronte-sisters.html
http://kleurrijkbrontesisters.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-would-bronte-sisters-sew.html
Actually, I doubt this needlepoint floral was actually stitched by Charlotte but I did find that it came from a collection that now belongs to Duke University.
https://www.eomega.org/article/baskin-feminist-library
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 26, 2017 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://thelongvictorian.tumblr.com/post/163220626103/a-needlework-sampler-by-english-novelist-and-poet
Here is more about the Bronte Sisters' samplers.
http://kleurrijkbrontesisters.blogspot.com/2010/05/samplers-of-bronte-sisters.html
http://kleurrijkbrontesisters.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-would-bronte-sisters-sew.html
Actually, I doubt this needlepoint floral was actually stitched by Charlotte but I did find that it came from a collection that now belongs to Duke University.
https://www.eomega.org/article/baskin-feminist-library
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 26, 2017 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.