Louise's Plays with Borders

Louise's Needlework is stitching these cute little seasonal pieces from The Artists Collection to decorate the shop interior and to play with the borders.  Clever idea to put these on a lamp filial!
http://louisesneedlework.blogspot.com/2014/11/i-have-started-these-monthly-little.html

Contact the shop for more information.
http://www.louisesneedlework.com/index.htm

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Trunk Show Models on View

Many times trunk shows include models that the designer loans a shop to show what their canvases look like stitched. It's rare to see photos of these, however, so I was excited to see that Pocket Full of Stitches has posted photographs of the models in their current Artists Collection show.
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-artists-collection-models.html

Aren't they fun?!

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HeartStrings Limited Edition Santas

Did you know that HeartStrings has released the last limited edition Santa in their series?  Pat Thoade wants to retire!  Did you know that Thread Garden is having an Artists Collection trunk show and has one of each of all of the limited edition folk art Santas for sale at the trunk show twenty percent off discount?  I couldn't get the link to the Limited Edition Santas on the Artists Collection to work but maybe it'll be working again by the time this publishes. Or maybe the link has been turned off as these designs disappear when they sell out....
http://www.artistscollection.net/Artists_Collection/HeartStrings_Gallery.html

These designs aren't on the Thread Garden website but you can email to inquire about the year's Santa you want.
http://thethreadgarden.com/Home.html

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Plant a Tree, Stitch a Pumpkin

Homestead Needle Arts urges you to stitch a forest with their monthly club of tree canvases from SHEAR Creations.
http://www.homesteadneedlearts.com/results.cfm?SubCategory=180

You can see individual photos of the trees at the Artists Collection website.  They are the distributors of SHEAR Creations.
http://www.artistscollection.net/Artists_Collection/Trees.html

If you prefer Halloween to Christmas when it comes to monthly clubs, check out the fun pumpkin ornaments from Cheryl Schaeffer that A Thread Garden offers.
http://thethreadgarden.com/Canvas_Shoppe/Pages/Boo_Whooo%21_Ornament_of_the_Month.html

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Lots of Monthly Club News

Chandail Circus Club

In the last month a great many shops have posted news about their new monthly clubs, or updated already revealed clubs with photos of stitched models.  I've collected all this information for your viewing pleasure (in no particular order) since I know these clubs are wildly popular.

If you are a fan of Kelly Clark's designs or just like Christmas, this Heritage Ornament club is just the thing for you.
http://www.needlepoint-knitting.com/kelly-clark-heritage-ornaments.htm

Needle Works has posted photos of all the stitched purse ornaments in their club.  Very cute!  I just wish the photos would enlarge.
http://theneedleworks.com/purses/

There are photos of the Kelly Clark pears club, too.
http://theneedleworks.com/pears/

The Circus has come to town at Chandail Needlework with a series of ornaments from Kirk & Hamilton.  Click on "Larger Size" under each photo and prepare to be amazed and amused.
http://www.chandailneedlework.com/series/CircusCircus.php

Ruth Schmuff is offering an Atomic Christmas ornament club for the retro 60s fans among us. These Eye Candy canvases are totally fun and totally unlike anything else.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2010/09/its-atomic-christmas.html

If you prefer setting up your own club and using threads from your stash, And More has a cute selection of hearts of the month.
http://www.artistscollection.net/Artists_Collection/Hearts_of_the_Month.html

Along the same line, Artists Collection has angels of the month canvases.
http://www.artistscollection.net/Artists_Collection/Angels.html

Pocket Full of Stitches has glimpses of their Christmas tree club canvases on their blog, and...
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2010/08/these-firs-really-are-fabulous.html

...they have updated their website page for their Haunted Night Letters club  finished stitched models, AND...
http://www.pfos.com/ChristmasClubs/Kelly%20Clarks%2012%20Days/PocketFullofStitchesHauntedNight.HTM

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboYvys159fRZ_JlBbSHnldL98_5vLK16DXgAJbVCP8fFJUuemie8kF31JjXCsozZBf_21E5WPCmsiIaQz6QwXMKrC2MQ82pQZUVqUDQ4ip8P4uslux0CsnHBF0Wb5ltTYA9L2DAoUNSj7/s1600/HauntedNight.jpg

...there are photos of their cupcake club canvases that look good enough to eat.
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2010/09/cupcakery.html

Finally, Pocket Full of Stitches is going to do something fun in conjunction with the seasonal tree stitch guides from Eye Candy that Needlepoint Now is going to publish starting with the September/October 2010 issue that is just now being mailed--they are kitting up each tree as the guide comes out in the magazine.  If you are stitching these trees and want PFOS to pull together thread kits for you, here are the details.
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2010/09/have-you-seen-most-recent-needlepoint.html

Here's a bit more about this issue from the editor of NP Now's blog.
http://nneditor.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/septoct-issue/

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Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides: Artists Collection

I've added a new entry to the CH Stitch Guides blog.  This time I'm writing about Artists Collection*, which represents three separate designers, all of whom offer stitch guides for some, many or all of their canvases.  You can visit my other blog by clicking here--
http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com/2010/08/collection-of-designs-with-guides.html

*Sorry, I mistakenly wrote A Collection of Designs. Palma caught it, so thank you very very much!

If you haven't voted on which Patt & Lee canvas I should stitch (see yesterday's entry for the choices), please either use the poll above or email your choice to me at chillyhollow at hotmaildotcom before you leave. Thanks!

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Halloween With Robin and Her Sisters

If you've ever watched an Amy Bunger DVD, visited her website, read Amy's e-newsletter, or taken a class in her store, you've probably seen Robin King's stitching.  Robin is the webmaster, DVD producer, and teacher in the shop.

If you've ever paid attention to Robin's designs posted on Amy's website, you might notice that they are almost all Halloween designs.  Robin, she loves Halloween!  And Robin loves her sisters. The photo above shows Midge on the left and Kathy on the right (and a stitched Robin pillow in the chair).  She loves them enough that she is about to finish a third witch pillow, one for each of the King Girls.  Robin clarifies that all the pillows live with her:   "The pillows are still in my possession.  I told them about how they were the inspiration for each pillow, but I don't think they saw the compliment.  Since I don't want to break up the Trio, I will be the Pillow Keeper."

Midge's witch is called Connie.  She has black and white ruffles around her pillow.  The design is from Mile High Princess from Artists Collection and the design is MHP-2209.

Here's a close up so you can see all the wonderful things Amy Bunger came up with for Robin to use on this design.  Note how the very diagonal background stitch looks great with this piece.  I've always avoided very diagonal backgrounds for most pieces but this one has me rethinking that policy.  Love the bat, by the way!

Kathy's witch is called Myrtle Boo Queen.  This Mile High Princess design (available from Artists Collection) is MHP-H13, and was the first witch in the series that Robin stitched.

Again, the diagonal background looks great.  I also love the green pointed shoes and the orange pumpkin and its dimensional stem.

Here's a close up so you can see just how much you envy Kathy.
















The very last pillow in the series is Robin's own witch portrait and she hasn't finished it yet but I talked her into showing it off for you as it is close to being done.

 Only the background and one of the bats remains unstitched.  This is Mile High Princess (Artists Collection) number MHP-2210.  Robin says this is from an Amy Bunger stitch guide she wrote in one of Amy's Cook Up classes.

I am sure you join me in thanking Robin for sharing these pieces for our Blog Halloween celebration today.  If you want to see more of Robin's stitching, browse the photos of finished pieces on Amy Bunger's website.  If anything Halloween comes up, it'll probably be Robin's!
http://www.amybunger.com/Finished_Gallery.html

If you are charmed enough to want to see more of the Mile High Princess witches, here is the website.
http://www.artistscollection.net/Artists_Collection/Halloween_Gallery.html

Have a stitching Halloween, everyone!


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