Sins, Signs and a Newsletter and Trunk Show

Ridgewood is having a Kathy Schenkel (KS Designs) trunk show. On today's blog entry they show off standup designs meant to be topped by a stuffed animal. I've seen the little mini stockings that come with a stuffed animal to insert into the stocking but I didn't know that KS Designs had standups that were topped by such things. Neat idea!  If you want to click on the header of this blog, there's another photo of some of the trunk show canvases on display in the shop, or you can browse the designer website (second link) to see more of what Kathy Schenkel has to offer.  The last page of the What's New section on the designer website has one word canvases, which are becoming very popular.
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2011/01/large-stand-ups.html

http://www.kathyschenkel.com/

By coincidence yesterday Janet Perry posted about the free charted designs for the Seven Deadly sins while...
http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/deadly-sins-free-charts

...Pocket Full of Stitches shows off many of the And More one word pillow designs.  These have been very very popular and are now morphing into two word pillows with various short slogans.  This article has a link to the And More website where you can see all the new designs.
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-and-more-designs.html

Have you seen what Ruth Schmuff and Amy Bunger do with these?
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2010/12/happy-holidays.html

http://www.amybunger.com/f/Amy_s_e-newsletter_March_2010.pdf

http://www.amybunger.com/albums/album_image/6262614/5533004.htm

Want to see some of the new Maggie designs from the January TNNA show?  The theme seems to be animal portraits, flowers, and  wonderful Art Deco restaurant and advertising posters.
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-maggie-designs.html

If you prefer charted designs, enjoy Linda Reinmiller's newest piece which you can watch develop here.  It's a new one for her Walk series.
http://lkreinmiller.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-new-design.html

Finally, Chandail has their latest newsletter up on their website.  If you are a monthly club fan, you'll want to see the models for their ribbon candy designs and for the bell shaped Santas.
http://chandailneedlework.com/news/pdf/2011Newsletter.pdf

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

Rearranging the Furniture

I'm rearranging the furniture here at Blog this morning. I get bored with the same old look and when you open a surprise package you get in the mail and find the little Kathy Schenkel stocking shown on the right, well, it's time for a new header to welcome visitors to The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure!

This darling treat, customized for me, was a present from Judie Solomon of Thistle Needleworks in Connecticut. You may remember that I interviewed Judie here a few weeks back. Judie graciously sent me photos of some of her stitching, including little KS Designs mini stockings she'd stitched for her kids. I jokingly asked to be adopted and Judie took me up on it!

There are many more little KS Designs mini stocks that come with felt animals and other things like my hospitality pineapple. You can see some of them on Judie's needlepoint site--
http://store.apneedlearts.com/miwdo.html

Thank you again, Judie. It was a special treat and it is beautifully stitched. Wish you guys could see the tiny details. I stitch a lot for other folks but rarely receive a needlepoint piece made just for me. I appreciate it!

And many thanks to Kathy Schenkel for allowing me to use her hospitality stocking as a header to welcome folks to Blog.

Jane/Chilly Hollow
Archived Yahoo 360 postings at http://profiles.yahoo.com/chillyhollow

Kristen from Carolina

I got a note via the Yahoo 360 system from Kristen asking for help identifying the stand up Santa in this portrait of Sue Jennings I took at Woodlawn. Since the default when you send a message this way is that anyone getting such a message can't reply, I'm posting my answer here so Kristen will see it.

I am not sure if she means the Santa on the far right (KS Designs) or the Santa head (Shelly Tribbey) on the pole, but here are the two websites for Kristen to browse and find the canvases.

Kristen, the right hand corner Santa you can barely see in the image most resembles the Naturalist Santa here but without the stuffed animal or the tree. Go to Gallery, then browse the Christmas and Stand Up sections plus What's New for a good look at many Kathy Schenkel designs.
http://www.kathyschenkel.com/Gallery/Christmas/13/Large-Stand-up-Santas/26.html

I think the Washington, D.C. Shelly Tribbey Santa face is a limited edition. Check with shops in the D.C. area to see if you can find it. Shelly's website has a lot of similar Santa heads and can probably point you to a place to pick up the D.C. Santa.
http://www.shellytribbey.com/christmas/santas/index.html

If Sue sees this, she'll let me know exactly who the designers and which canvases these are. By the way, the patriotic angel stand up on the left is from Mile High Princess (distributed by The Artists Collection). Here are their latest patriotic designs.
http://www.a-z-needlepoint.com/products-s/artistscoll-mhp2213.shtml

http://www.needlenookoflajolla.com/designers/artist_collection/index.html

The latest Mile High Princess canvases can be browsed here.
http://www.artistscollection.net/Artists_Collection/Design_Gallery.html

Thanks for your kind words about Blog, Kristen. Hope this is what you needed!


Jane/Chilly Hollow
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