Showing posts with label DJ Designs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DJ Designs. Show all posts

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Breaking News: Dale Lenci Is Retiring in June

Dale Lenci, owner of Luv 2 Stitch in San Mateo, CA and the designer behind DJ Designs, is going to retire the end of June, 2022!


His fun shop newsletters and his elegant designs will be much missed, but we hope he has a wonderful retirement.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright March 24, 2022 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Monday, June 3, 2019

The Curious Cowgirl Goes on a Needlepoint Retreat

Mary the Curious Cowgirl went on a needlepoint retreat.  She and her stitching buddies choose Patricia Sone and the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree ornament from DJ Designs was their project.  The retreat itself was at Annie and Company in Manhattan.  They also visited Rita's Needlepoint (which has moved recently and is under new ownership, by the way).
https://thecuriouscowgirl.com/featured-post/needlepoint-canvas/?fbclid=IwAR0B18TXWiXd_xRR2utqM6Vj8fbDmUJ7BSDXYZc7d5Ic6zYImlCs-I-xypQ

Looks like another retreat is in the works for next year….

Here's a profile of Patricia.
https://thecuriouscowgirl.com/personalities/patricia-sone-needlepoint-artist-teacher/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright April 19, 2019 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Luv2Stitch Profiles Rhonda

Luv 2 Stitch has been working on their shop website and I noticed they added a profile of their shop manager, Rhonda Pellegrini.  It's a nice way to meet the faces behind the counter.
https://luv2stitch.com/about-our-needlepoint-store/

Have fun exploring their website, particularly if you aren't close enough to San Mateo, California to visit.  I'm enjoying their gallery of finished pieces right now.
https://luv2stitch.com/needlepoint-showcase/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright April 4, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Friday, December 1, 2017

Tale of a Stocking

Enriched Stitch has the tale of a special Christmas stocking to tell this morning.  You are going to love this!
http://astheneedleturns.com/10454-2/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright October 10, 2017 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Friday, July 10, 2015

Julia's YouTube Channel

Julia's YouTube channel has lots of videos of needlepoint.   You can admire DJ Design's New Orleans stocking, two videos of two versions of Kathy Schenkel Designs' little Nativity set (one finished and one with the stitching underway), and an interesting video of frog and turtle beanbag canvases showing them unstitched and made up.  It's a fun way to see finished and unfinished pieces. Thanks, Julia!
https://www.youtube.com/user/homespon/videos

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright June 25,  2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Thursday, January 15, 2015

My Personal Favorites from TNNA Winter 2015 Part Three

From Elizabeth Turner Collection's Vintage Fashion Series

As promised, I have a few more favorites from the TNNA Market that just ended.  I promise not to add any more owl canvases to the list, but I did notice another new trend at Market--dress forms showing off vintage fashions.  The red Chinese cheongsam above is from Elizabeth Turner.  It is one of quite a few fashion pieces, all displayed on a dress form with a plain background.

Lani's Fashion

Lani has also created similar pieces, most of which seem to be in a 1950s style. Many have a similar purse canvas, too, in case you want a framed set.  Lani's dresses are also on dress forms but she has patterned backgrounds and a border around hers.  Same theme--different interpretation.

Melissa Prince also does Fashion


When I think of fashion, I think of classic movie stars like Audrey Hepburn.    If you are movie-mad, this smaller and simpler piece is from Melissa Prince.  Small and simple doesn't mean unsophisticated, though.  Breakfast at Tiffany's, anyone?


Elizabeth Turner's Geisha

If you like fashion from the Japanese perspective, this Elizabeth Turner canvas spotted by Vicky DeAngelis might be right up your alley.


Lynne Andrew's Wild Animal Santa (Painted Pony)

If you love stitching Santas, this new one from Lynne Andrew/Painted Pony might catch your eye like it did mine.  Painted Pony has at least five other Santas in various colors and styles from Lynne's talented paintbrush but this one was my favorite with its woodland animal theme.  Lynne also does some wonderful primitive farm scenes that fans of Cooper Oaks and Ewe and Eye will enjoy.


DJ Designs in the Mayan Jungle

When it comes to wild animals, my favorite canvas is from DJ Designs.  The real leopard is echoed by a Mayan-style one in the background.


Elizabeth Turner's Foo Dog

I'm going to close with one more stylized animal--a Chinese foo dog.  This canvas is from Elizabeth Turner.  I love the colors and the lines.  This is the sort of thing I'd love to stitch, assuming I could give up sleeping!

This brings to a close my review of the canvases I particularly liked from the many, many new ones that have premiered at the TNNA Winter show in Phoenix.  You'll notice I didn't include links to any websites.  That's because these are so new that they aren't readily available yet.  Even the designer websites aren't updated with photos of them yet in many cases.  Many shops will have placed orders that will start appearing this spring, so stay tuned at a shop near you.

Thanks for patiently letting me show off my favorites.  Now, what were yours?

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright January 13, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Friday, August 22, 2014

Stitching the Moon and Stars

Colleen of The Needle Works in Austin, Texas is on vacation but she has still posted a stitch diagram perfect for a light coverage moon or stars in the night sky of your latest piece.   She mixes eyelets and Smryna Crosses and other stitches to create a sort of moon crater effect for your full moon.  Individually some of these stitches would make for nice small stars, too.
http://www.stitchinginthetexashillcountry.com/the_needle_works/2014/08/august-15.html

Do you have trouble visualizing canvases where this would work?  This Ewe and Eye piece with the huge harvest moon in the sky is a good place to use all the various stitches Colleen has diagrammed for us.
http://store.needlenook.com/Ewe-Eye-Harvest-Moon-p30224.html

DJ Designs has a wonderful full moon over San Francisco piece where the individual stitches could be the stars while some of the larger ones could create texture and craters on the moon itself.
http://store.needlenook.com/DJ-Designs-San-Francisco-Moon-p30877.html

SharonG's Moon Shine (also available on 18 count) could use some star sparkle on the blue curved wave shape, don't you think?
http://store.needlenook.com/Sharon-G-Moon-Shine-13M-p31202.html

Hope you have a canvas in your stash where you can use this.  If not, guess you'll have to buy one, right?

Hugs from your Master Enabler....

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 17, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Monday, November 4, 2013

Catman and the Lab with a Ball

Today I have a wonderful super hero canvas from Needlepaints to share with you.  Introducing...CAT MAN!  LOL
http://www.needlepaint.com/blog/2013/10/26/friday-favorites-needlepoint-super-heroes-dogs-and-custom-belts/

That canvas cracks me up, but in case you are not a cat person, I have an equally wonderful dog canvas.  This is a canvas from DJ Designs, with a stitch guide from Carolyn Hedge Baird. Click on the photo (which isn't displaying in full for some reason) to see the lab and his tennis ball.  Amazing stitching from The Young Needlepointer, don't you think?
http://theyoungneedlepointer.blogspot.com/2013/10/camp-allen.html

If you don't like dogs OR cats, how about a sheep?  Scroll down a little further to see one of Rebecca Wood's sheep calendar series -- the sheep in a bikini.

Each of the above is wonderful fun.  I hope you enjoyed the animal parade this morning.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Bow Wow

Cape Cod Dogs they don't chase cars they like to pick up girls in bars!


Lewmew mentioned in the Comments section that she loves dog canvases and is looking for a blogger who talks about their dogs and dog designs both. I don't know of anyone who shows off a lot of dog canvases, but several bloggers I know have dogs and mention them occasionally, just not as often as Lewmew would like.  Sorry!  I can tell you about dog canvases and designers who have some spectacular ones, however.  If you like realistic dog canvases, Barbara Russell and Tapestry Tent are the places to start.  Here is Barbara's website.  Click on any thumbnail to see the entire canvas.
http://barbararusselldesigns.com/browse.html

I found the most Tapestry Tent dog canvases on The Needlepointer's website, but it takes a little work to get to them.  Go to the link below and choose Tapestry Tent from the list on the left side of the page.  Then use the pull down menu in the middle right under Tapestry Tent's name to choose Dogs.  You'll get two pages of delightful canvases.
http://www.theneedlepointer.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=71

Amanda Lawford also has some great detailed realistic dog pieces from Constance Coleman, just not as many as the first two designers.   Here's where you can see them.  Just put your mouse on top of a thumbnail and the entire design will appear.
http://www.amandalawford.com/products/coleman1.html


There are other designers with an occasional wonderful dog canvas here and there.  Top Drawer has a page of dog and cat designs that gives a wide range of styles.
http://www.topdrawer-needlepoint.com/canvases/index.cgi?Field=category&Key=Cats-and-Dogs&Sort=title&disp=thumbs&ptitle=Cats%20and%20Dogs

If humorous canine canvases are what you want, Maggie is the place to start.  Her dog canvases are in two locations.  Choose "Cats and Dogs" from the Category pull down menu.  Once you are done there, return to this page and click on "Our Faithful Friends" at the bottom of the page.
http://www.maggieco.com/html/main_table.html

If you want stylized dog canvases, I love the Paper Russells ones that DJ Designs distributes.
http://www.designsdj.com/paperrussells.html

I have to admit my very favorite dog canvases are from Shorebird Studio.  They are not totally realistic but they are all elegance.  Click on "New in 2012" on the left side of the page to see the new poodle design, then click on "Pet Portraits" to see both custom pieces and Katie Molineux's terrific dog ornaments.
http://shorebirdstudio.com/

By the way, my Cape Cod Dogs purse above is an Elizabeth Mumford painting translated into needlepoint by Needlepoint of Back Bay.
http://www.needlepointofbackbay.com/product_pages/Elizabeth-Mumford.htm

I know I've forgotten great canvases, so why not help me out by mentioning your favorite dog canvas in the Comments below?


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

DJ Designs Trunk Show

The Bristly Thistle has their DJ Designs trunk show up on their website now. It's a good chance to see their latest designs which aren't on the DJ Designs website yet, plus the canvases are twenty percent off, with free shipping if one orders more than $100 worth of goods.  Can't beat that!
http://www.bristlythistle.com/djtrunk.html


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Jelly Beans and Men at Work UPDATED

Jelly Bean Stock's Delightful Devil
Ridgewood Needlepoint has a little more TNNA to share with us:  photos of Dale (DJ Designs) and Raymond (Raymond Crawford) chatting when the mad rush of the trade show is over.  I love seeing our favorite designers in person!
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-from-tnna.html

My spies have alerted me to a new NP company that was at the trade show--Jelly Bean Stock.  Here is their website.  You'll love the old fashioned movie poster-like Halloween designs, the devil masks among the Venetian Masks (see above photo), and the peacocks and the Let It Snow sign in chilly blues and icy whites.  They have some other nice things, too, but those are the ones that caught my eye.  What's your favorite? Is it like the flavors of jelly beans, you have too many favorites to decide on just one?
http://jellybeanstock.com/index.html

Thanks for the tip, Pat, and the extra photos, Elaine!

UPDATE:  Pat came through again with the Jelly Bean Stock artist's blog which has many nice photos of the original art designed for NP canvas.
http://anniescurrentpaintings.blogspot.com/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com Archived Yahoo 360 postings at http://profiles.yahoo.com/chillyhollow

Thursday, February 19, 2009

More New Items


DJ Designs has updated their website with new canvases. Because they represent a number of designers, there are many different themes and patterns to choose from.
http://www.designsdj.com/preview2009.html

If you live in Washington, D.C., you'll want to see the DJ Designs custom D.C. stocking created exclusively for The Point of It All. It has many Washington landmarks with snow and Christmas trees and a silhouette of Santa with his reindeer in the sky above.
http://blog.thepointofitallonline.com/2009/02/dj-designs-trunk-show-exclusive-canvas.html

If you like to use pins to mark your canvas, have I got a treat for you! Bees, cakes, birdhouses (see above), all sorts of items decorate these pin sets. While you are there, you might click on Buttons on the left side of the page and see the detailed buttons they have on offer.
http://www.thethreadbasket.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=61_92

That's enough for now. Time for coffee!

Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow

Thursday, January 22, 2009

More New Stuff

New painted canvases from DJ Designs.
http://www.designsdj.com/preview2009.html

MAP Designs.
http://www.mapdesignsneedleworks.com/mapdesignhandpaintneedlepointnew.html

Raymond Crawford
http://www.raymondcrawford.com/designs/whatsnew/index.html

Kathy Schenkel
http://www.kathyschenkel.com/new/0.html

I'll post more as I find out about more new things on display.

Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow