Swirled Heart in Gold and White (Rozelle Hirschfelt)

ANG's Cyberpointers Chapter is working on Rozelle Hirschfeld's "Swirled Heart in Gold and White."  Brenda stuck with the original gold and white colors.

https://brendasneedlepointstudio.blogspot.com/2025/04/heart-swirled-in-gold-and-white-42525.html

https://brendasneedlepointstudio.blogspot.com/2025/05/heart-swirled-in-gold-and-white-updated.html

https://brendasneedlepointstudio.blogspot.com/2025/05/heart-swirled-in-gold-and-white-updated_0679855437.html

https://brendasneedlepointstudio.blogspot.com/2025/05/heart-swirled-in-gold-and-white-updated_15.html

https://brendasneedlepointstudio.blogspot.com/2025/05/heart-swirled-in-gold-and-white-updated_056096561.html

https://brendasneedlepointstudio.blogspot.com/2025/05/heart-swirled-in-gold-and-white-updated_01483844425.html

If you aren't familiar with Cyberpointers, you can read about them here--

https://www.cyberpointers.org/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

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Landscape Features and Tar River Trail (Gail Stafford)

Melita is taking a Cyberpointers online class with Gail Stafford entitled "Landscape Features:  A Notebook Class."

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/04/29/ang-cyberpointers-chapter-online-workshop-is-landscape-features-a-notebook-class-kit-by-gail-stafford/

It's interesting to see Melita's progress and hear how Gail designed various tree limbs and trunks.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/06/05/trees-and-leaves-from-landscape-features-a-notebook-class-by-gail-stafford/

Now we are doing bushes and water.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/06/12/water-distant-trees-and-bushes-from-landscape-features-a-notebook-class-by-gail-stafford/

Next Melita tackled grasses, straw and mulch.  Her observations of what worked and what didn't are interesting.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/06/27/grasses-and-more-from-landscape-features-a-notebook-class-by-gail-stafford/

Melita is also going to finish a Gail Stafford class called "Tar River Trail."  It looks beautiful to me.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/06/30/next-on-the-horizon-after-landscapes-is-tar-river-trails/

Melita's added tree trunks.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/07/22/wandering-along-tar-river-trail/

She had trouble deciding when to stop but by the end she had a fall piece that looks very like our woods in early October.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/08/24/reached-the-end-of-tar-river-trail/

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2024/12/27/stitches-in-sterling-by-nancy-cucci-tar-river-trail-by-gail-stafford-both-framed/

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© Copyright April 30, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A Tribute to Jean Hilton

Mary Agnes showed off some Jean Hilton designs she worked for shop classes on her blog.  MA owns Needle Nicely in Vero Beach, FL where the sun is currently shining and the ocean breezes are mild--think I am sick of Winter?  LOL
http://needlenicely.blogspot.com/2015/02/more-stitched-jean-hilton-designs.html

This got me thinking about the late Jean Hilton, who was one of the major influences of needlepoint in the 20th Century and beyond.  Here are two of her pieces she stitched herself.  I first saw one of Jean's designs exhibited in the early 1990s in a needlework show and was astounded.  I'd never seen anything like it.  She was a true original.
http://www.stitchamaze.com/gallery-guest/jeanhilton.aspx

Luckily even though Jean is gone now, Stitches From the Heart owns the rights to her charts and books.  You can browse the incredible variety here.  If you've got the time, I suggest you watch the slideshow.
http://stitches-heart.com/jean-hilton-designs/

Stitchers Paradise in Miami also has a large selection of Jean's work.
http://www.stitchers-paradise.com/Canvas_Embroidery/JHI/JeanHiltonMain.html

If you are in a thrifty mood, Rainbow Gallery has some small free Hilton designs.  Shop your stash and see what lovely patterns you can create with your own colors!
http://www.rainbowgallery.com/freechartdownloads.cfm?ID=12

CyberPointers has posted a great page on "Hilton" stitches.  Many of the links are dead now that Ro Pace no longer has a website but the remaining ones have plenty of tips for stitching the complex string art type stitches Jean loved and created.
http://www.cyberpointers.org/?p=2436

Pat Miller has started to work my favorite design from Jean--the Visions of Sugerplums stocking.
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/search/label/Visions%20of%20Sugarplums%20by%20Jean%20Hilton

Here is how it looks finished.
http://www.needlepoint.org/WhatIs/1998/Correz.php

http://www.needlepoint.org/WhatIs/1999/sugarplums.php

My personal favorite stitch Jean created is the Chilly Hollow Stitch (bet you can guess why!).  This stitch has endless variations--you can use it to hold shisha mirrors, fill the center with beads or make bullions out of overdyed Kreinik which is a FABULOUS look, you can make a starburst or triangle from it, etc.  Have fun experimenting.  The first link is Jean's base stitch diagrammed by Carole Lake.  The second is Ro Pace's diamond shaped variation.
http://www.needlepoint.org/StitchOfTheMonth/2002/Mar.php

http://www.needlepoint.org/StitchOfTheMonth/2011/may.php

Of course every geometric pattern designer today (Michael Boren, Ro Pace, Orna Willis and Jim Wurth are great examples) owes Jean a great debt.  She knew and encouraged many of them.  They are Jean's design kids just like we are her stitching buddies.  She wouldn't have it any other way.

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© Copyright February 19, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Finishing Friday: The Masculine Side

This morning's finishing starts out with a lovely Sudberry box decorated with one of Jan Fitzpatrick's Thread Medley designs, stitched through Cyberpointers.  It was stitched by Liz for her husband, who surely will adore it.
http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/young-mans-fancy-finished.html

Here is the Thread Medley website, full of fun charts to explore.
http://www.threadmedley.com/Thread_Medley/Welcome.html

Whimsy and Grace showed a lovely pumpkin leather purse at Market.  Here are several great photos, courtesy of the Needlepointing in Your Nest Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=699060630138559&set=a.695333217177967.1073741862.141607859217175&type=3&theater

Sue has stitched another Gaughi doll.  This one is Val for Valentine's Day.
http://sudukc.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/first-entry-of-2014-playing-catch-up-already/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Cyberpointers Announces New Project

Cyberpointers has announced a new counted canvaswork project to begin in January.   It is a quilt square type design which you can see on Jan's blog.
http://threadmedley.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/cyberpointers-chapter-of-ang/

Cyberpointers is the online chapter of ANG meant for folks who can't get to regular chapter meetings.    Follow the links if you want to learn more.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Skype It with Enriched Stitch

Enriched Stitch is getting quite a lot of Skype practice under their belt as they offer both classes and shop tours via this Internet communication program.  Here is the Maggie peacock canvas they are teaching.
http://astheneedleturns.com/maggie-by-aggie/

They also allow folks to tour the store long distance via Skype.  What fun!
http://astheneedleturns.com/skype-virtual-tour/

Skype essentially is a phone and video phone service that for a small fee each month allows you to make phone and video calls.  Both ends of the video call need the software plus a microphone and camera in the computer but you can make regular phone calls via the Internet with Skype without the recipient having the service (although I don't have good luck making free 1-800 number calls via Skype).  You just need a microphone in your computer or headset for that.

Isn't it great being a 21st Century stitcher?!

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The Helen Ashland House Challenge

ANG's cyber chapter is mostly focused on charted or counted work, which is natural given that their members meet online only. It's a bit hard to do painted canvases together, and of course painted canvases are more expensive than chart packages.  It's still fun to hear about what they get up to.  I think you'll enjoy seeing the house challenge that Melita finished and describes on her blog.
http://melitastitches4fun.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/the-helen-ashland-house-an-ang-cyberpointers-project/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

New Things to Ponder

There are all sorts of things for you to ponder as you make your list of Must Have items for Santa.  Laura Perin is going to do her Harvest Time cyberclass again!
http://two-handedstitcher.blogspot.com/2012/09/harvest-time.html

The latest Needlepoint Now is out!  If yours hasn't arrived yet (mine hasn't--BIG POUT) you can at least glimpse the fun in store at PFOS's blog.
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2012/09/needlepoint-now-septemberoctober.html

Speaking of cyberclasses, Cyperpointers (the online chapter of ANG) has released their popular Ruby Ribbons fundraiser.  You can order an eBook or CD version here.
http://www.cyberpointers.org/?p=1063

Need a new laying tool?  Quail Run has found some fun acrylic ones with easy-to-hold wooden handles.
http://sonorandesertstitching.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-laying-tools.html

Fireside Stitchery has lovely laying tools they make.  Here's a good photograph.
http://nystitchingsisters.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-laying-tool.html

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Liz and the Mad Miters

Sounds like a rock band, doesn't it?  Mad Miters is actually the name of a bargello cyberclass Liz Morrow is going to teach for Cyberpointers, the online chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild.  Liz's little article shows Mad Miters and has a link to information about the class.
http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/mad-miters-again-again.html

It's my understanding that you don't have to be a member of ANG or of their Cyberpointers Chapter to take the class, but your class fee is smaller if you belong to ANG and smaller still if you are a Cyberpointers member.
http://www.cyberpointers.org/?page_id=737


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Mad Miters Cyberclass Registration UPDATED

Cyberpointers is doing a bargello cyberclass this summer and registration starts April 1.
The class is taught by Liz Morrow, using her Mad Miters design.  Liz just showed off two versions of Mad Miters on her blog.  Neat!

http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/more-mad-miters.html

If you are a bargello fan, to take the class you must be a member of Cyberpointers, which is ANG's online chapter for those who don't have a local chapter or who can't make the meeting times. Here are the details.
http://www.cyberpointers.org/

UPDATE:  Liz tells me you do not need to be a member of Cyberpointers, or of ANG, to take the class. But there is a price difference. Cyberpointers member gets best price, then ANG member who isn’t member of CP, then non-members.  Just thought you'd like to know!

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Bargello Madness

Liz just showed off her latest piece, Miter Madness, on her blog. This is going to be a cyberclass for ANG's Cyberpointers chapter! In case you didn't know, Cyberpointers is the chapter for folks who can't get to local chapter meetings. Congratulations, Liz. This is a wonderful piece and folks are going to have great fun with it.  You can follow the link to find out more about the class and Cyberpointers.
http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/mad-miters-finished.html




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New Stitch Guide Information

I have so much going on in my life I forgot to mention I've updated the Chilly Hollow Stitch Guide blog with two new articles.
http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com/

The Feb. 27, 2011 article links to an article Robin King wrote about how she creates her stitch guides.  The Feb. 22 article is about the stitch guide information Janet Perry is providing Cyberpointers at their March meeting.  Just follow the above link to read more.

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Tidbits

I have several tidbits of knowledge to pass along this morning.  First, the Cyberpointers Chapter of ANG has a new class available that mixes beading and blackwork--Copper River Canyon by Mary K. Campbell.  You can learn more (and see two alternate colorways) here.
http://cyberpointers.org/copper.html

To take the class you have to be a member of the Cyberpointers, which costs $18 a year in dues.  Here's the link to the sign up form for Copper River Canyon.  If you want to join Cyberpointers, click on Join, also at this page.
http://cyberpointers.org/copper-form.html

Remember O'jishi, the Noh Theatre mask I just finished?  Thanks to Leigh Richardson, I've got a photo of another stitched mask from the Japanese mask series to show you.  It was stitched all in silk ribbon by the late Paul Krynicki of River Silks.
http://www.riversilks.com/Site/Site6/FINISHED_SILK_RIBBON_PROJECTS.html#37

Here is the series of painted canvases so you can see the Before and After.  Isn't this an amazing interpretation of Karura, the legendary bird?!
http://www.leighdesigns.com/Grp467x.html

Finally, while looking for something else, I noticed that Ro Pace has a new look to her website. It sets off her amazing geometric patterns very well.
http://www.designsbyro.com/needlepoint_designs_by_ro/Welcome_2.html

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