Showing posts with label Hannukah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hannukah. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Free Dreidel and Menorah Charts

To celebrate Hanukkah, Ridgewood Needlepoint has posted charts for dreidel and menorah images to jazz up your stitching.  There are even Hebrew letters to add to the dreidels.

Happy Hanukkah to all those who celebrate.  Happy Tuesday to everyone else.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 11, 2023 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Holiday Decorating Ideas

Stitch by Stitch in Larchmont, NY has posted lots of holiday decorating ideas in their newest newsletter.  This makes it easy to come up with ideas for needlepoint decorations if you are in the mood or if you don't decorate for the holidays, it's a fun way to see what the people who do have come up with.  Either way, it's a great way to spend a little time with some superb eye candy!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 30, 2023 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Two JP Needlepoint Ornament Holiday Designs from Ridgewood Needlepoint

Stephanie and Adrienne at Ridgewood Needlepoint are tackling two JP Needlepoint ornament canvases and posting their stitches each Monday.  One ornament canvas is for Christmas and the other for Hanukkah.  It will be fun to see how these two designs come to life and educational if you have holiday ornaments of your own to stitch.

The first posting is Stephanie talking about the Hanukkah canvas and how the first two ornaments were stitched.  She reminds us that many canvases don't have enough space for fancy stitches, so they will emphasize using a variety of threads and embellishments as well as stitches on these pieces.

The second week's posting talks about the Christmas canvas and how ornaments 1 and 2 are stitched.  The threads list for six of the ornaments is included.

The third week's post covers ornaments three and four on the Hanukkah design.

Week four covers ornament three and four for the Christmas design.

Week five covers ornaments five and six on the Hanukkah design.

Week six is back to Adrienne's Christmas ornaments five and six.

Week seven is about the Hanukkah design's ornaments seven and eight.

Week eight covers the Christmas ornaments seven and eight.

Ornaments 9-12 for the Hanukkah design.

Ornaments 9-12 for the Christmas design.

Ornament 13 and the background are all that is left on the Hanukkah piece.

Here are ornaments 13-16 on the Christmas one.

The final four Christmas ornaments are described here.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 23, 2023 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Sunday, December 2, 2018

A Free Hanukkah and a Free Christmas Design

Susan Johnson of SJ Designs has posted a free Hannukkah design on her website as a gift to her stitching friends. 
http://sj-designs.net/sjdwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/HANUKKAH-RIBBONS-ORNAMENT.pdf?fbclid=IwAR08Nb4Fu63Ci8tw4wW5Sxr8MDbY4rBHLmHX0pGGSjUWs9mtoPBEHlBodjQ

There's a Christmas version, too!
http://sj-designs.net/very-very-merry-ornament-chart/?fbclid=IwAR2bPEuDcVyTpY7HE65R_4fjJQhquKFBsB7Y1g1rVR4uG8ulxx0KxPgbKHA

Thanks, Susan!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 9, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Happy Hannakuh

Menorah One

Doris of Needlepoint Gallery & More just sent me wonderful photographs of finishing she did for a customer.  She wanted to know if I could help identify the designer for her as her customer did such a fabulous job --check out those beaded flames!-- other customers want to order this Menorah design, too.  With a little help from the nice folks at Facebook's Needlepoint Nation, we found the designer--Princess and Me!
http://princessandme.com/judaica


Menorah Two


Here's the link to Doris' shop, by the way.  Thanks for sharing the wonderful finishing and the fabulous stitching, Doris!
http://www.theneedlepointgallery.com

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 3, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Canvases for Hannakuh

As tonight is the first night of Hannakuh I thought I'd post links to some wonderful Judiaca. Ridgewood has a lovely selection of finished and unstitched pieces for you to enjoy...
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2015/12/happy-hanukkah.html

...plus Vicky has others to browse as you select something to stitch for next year.
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/first-night-of-hanukkah-2/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 6, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Friday, January 9, 2015

Susan's Gift

SJ Designs' "18th Century Sampler"

There have been quite a few free counted canvaswork designs released in December so I'm just now getting around to sharing them all. This one is from Susan Johnson at SJ Designs, home of great beads and great counted designs. It is a pretty interlaced ribbon design that comes both in Christmas and Hannukah colors.
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=35aa40000a83a7d7f36608669&id=c1647c4a52&e=6e728c7232

Fans of counted work (or beads) should explore Susan's site. I order from her periodically and can vouch for her great customer service, which is only exceeded by the quality of the beads she sells.

No, I don't buy her charts (I can't count to three consistently) but her "18th Century Sampler" is going to test my resolve when it comes out this winter.

Thank you, Susan!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright January 2, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Have Yourself a Needlepoint Christmas!

Finishers are working late these days, trying to get everything made up for Christmas. I am going to collect all the gorgeous photos the shops are posting here so you can spend Christmas Eve enjoying all the lovely pieces that are out there somewhere, embellishing our Needlepoint Christmas. 

So put on the Christmas music, pour yourself your favorite beverage, and dream!

A Collection of Designs Trunk Show Models
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-collection-of-designs.html

BeStitched
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/finished-fridays-giant-christmas-stocking/

EyeCandy
http://eyecandyneedleart.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-finishing.html

Labors of Love's Kindergarten Nativity (stitch guides by David McCaskill come with the canvases, finishing by Cheryl Fulkerson) - with the Manger Backdrop still to be finished
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205745515823586&set=gm.767971463280014&type=1&theater

Pocket Full of Stitches
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2014/12/finished.html

Ridgewood Needlepoint
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2014/11/finishing-friday_14.html

http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2014/12/reindeer-carrots.html

Stephanie's Ornaments
http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2014/12/no-stitching.html

http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2014/12/more-decorations.html

Suzanne's Santa
http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2014/12/tis-season-to-start-gettin-jolly.html

Threedles Ornaments
http://threadmedley.wordpress.com/2014/11/29/threedles-2012-ornaments-all-finished/

By the way, if you don't celebrate Christmas, enjoy Rochelle's lovely Hannukah pieces.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203956201117985&set=pcb.766665533410607&type=1&theater

If you celebrate Christmas and you like classic style, you'll love these stockings Kristen stitched and finished.
http://knitionary.blogspot.com/2011/12/needlepoint-stockings.html


And if you don't celebrate Christmas, or you are just sick of the holidays and winter in general, here is Linda's finished piece, just for you.
http://splittheneedles.blogspot.com/2014/12/spring-is-right-around-corner.html


Merry, merry!


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 14, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Louise's Needlework Sends Holiday Greetings

Louise's Needlework sends holiday greetings in this charming YouTube video. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQpuBZpz8to&feature=youtu.be

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

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The Festival of Lights

The Nimble Needle in New Jersey is celebrating the start of Hanukkah with this posting about the Festival of Lights canvases and other related items they stock.
http://thenimbleneedle.blogspot.com/2014/12/more-winter-holiday-stitching-chanukah.html

To all my friends and family who are Jewish--Happy Hannukkah!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 15, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Matchbooks and Pickles--Christmas Stitching

A lot of folks stitch decorations for the holidays but today I have something totally different in holiday needlework. First, Diane talks about stitching pickle ornaments and their meaning.  Even though pickles only appear as appetizers on my holiday table, it was a fun read.
http://www.dianestakingtimeouttoneedlepoint.com/2013/11/theres-pickle-in-my-christmas-tree.html

Then Renee talks about matchbook covers for Hanukkah, which of course has nine candles in the menorah to light.  I think it is a clever way of decorating a useful and important object used in the celebration.
http://needlepointofview.com/2013/10/31/handmade-holiday-gift-ideas/

UPDATE:  Unchiffonfonfon does matchbook finishing, just in case you need some.


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.

Sunday, March 31, 2013

New and Fun

This morning I have a round-up of new or fun items I've seen while cruising the World Wide Web each morning.  Randi's stocking some fascinating new frame weight canvases for her shop.   Never heard of frame weights?  Randi explains why a stitcher might want one in their stitching nest very well. The second link is to Randi's shop website, in case you have more questions or want to order.
http://twisinc.blogspot.com/2013/03/more-new-canvases.html

http://www.twisinc.com

I've never seen a Hanukkah pillow before.  What a great idea!
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2013/03/ruth-is-all-set-for-hanukkah-with-this.html

Threadaholic alert!  Vicky's posted great photos of the new colors of thread from Rainbow Gallery.  There's Silk Lame Braid, Petite Silk Lame Braid, Fyre Werks, and Neon Rays Plus (including their new glow in the dark orange).
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/new-threads-from-rainbow-gallery/

I've never seen earmuff canvases before.  The finishing is superb!  Of course you can make a double sided ornament if you don't want earmuff style finishing, but this is a very different and fun way to make up ornaments.
http://astheneedleturns.com/mini-earmuffs/

By the way, the earmuff canvases are from Linda Lahm Designs.  Don't miss Rudolph in earmuffs!
http://www.whatsthepoint.biz/lindasearmuffpics.htm

On a slightly different topic, Orna Willis is proudly showing off finished projects from her students.  I have to say, things look great!  Nothing makes you see a charted piece with fresh eyes than seeing it stitched, often in different colors from the original.
http://ornadesign.blogspot.com/2013/03/bursting-with-pride.html

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.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

First Night

No matter how you spell "Hannukah" it is a special time of year for Jews starting today. Vicky talks about the religious tradition on her blog, reminding me that us Christians aren't the only one with special holidays in December.
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/first-night-of-hannukah/

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