The Background Touch

I like to stitch my backgrounds first, or nearly first, when I work on a painted canvas. I think they are so important that I like to have them out of the way so that the rest of the canvas rests lightly on what stitches and threads I've chosen. Their importance is emphasized by this posting at the Stitching Up a Storm in Alamo City blog.  What to see what Diana Bosworth did for other backgrounds in her Petei Santa stitch guides?  Visit the second link.
http://janew1102.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/02/english-pearly-santa.html

http://www.thefrenchknot.com/x-petei.htm

Many of the backgrounds are tent stitched but many aren't, even though there isn't much background behind the Santas to work with.  Diana's a genius, isn't she?

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.

Food for Thought

Occasionally bloggers write articles that aren't really about their stitching so much as they are food for thought.   Jane talks about the high prices Petei Santas are brining on eBay, and...
http://janew1102.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/01/petei-santas.html

...the Spinster Stitcher is content, while...
http://spinsterstitcher.blogspot.com/2013/01/baby-its-cold-outside.html

...Jean thinks about needlepoint, living alone, and possibilities.  Pour a cup of coffee and spend a little time thinking about these things with me, won't you?
http://lovingstitches.typepad.com/a-needlepoint-journal-abo/2013/01/sliding-doors.html

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