Make Your Own Perle Type Threads

Ever not be able to find the silk perle or perle cotton in the color you need?  Not to worry, Linda K. Reinmiller has a tutorial on how to make your own perle cotton from cotton floss (or silks) in any diameter you need.  And you can even make a metallic!

http://www.lkreinmiller.com/uploads/8/4/7/1/8471259/makingperlecoton.pdf

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Fiber Talk Interviews the Designers Behind the Needle Arts Mystery Retreat

This weekend's Fiber Talk podcast interviews the four designers (Pat Hartman, Mary Knapp, Linda K. Reinmiller and Debbie Rowley) behind the Needle Arts Mystery Retreat.
http://wetalkfiber.com/2017/08/20/fiber-talk-with-the-needle-arts-mystery-retreat-designers/

Follow the links on the home page to visit the various designers' individual websites and to check out the Needle Arts Mystery Retreat itself.

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Free Excel Thread Spreadsheets

Susan Thompson has created a series of thread spreadsheets in Excel which Linda K. Reinmuller posted on her website, adding other spreadsheets of her own devising. If you have Excel on your computer, you can download these and use them to keep a list of what you have in your stash of threads.  Many thanks, ladies!
http://www.lkreinmiller.com/thread-inventories.html

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© Copyright February 28, 2017 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

X-Stitch App for Inventory Control

Linda K. Reinmuller just posted this to the ANG email list in response to a question about thread inventory apps.  I am reprinting it here with Linda's permission.  For those of you who don't know Linda, she's a wonderful counted canvaswork designer with a special interest in computer design and charting programs.  Her blog (link on her website) has a lovely list of available stitch charting programs at the bottom of the page, by the way.

Thanks, Linda!

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I just got X-Stitch App by PerformTech Ltd. It is $2.99.  

[Jane:  Here's the links to the app on the iTunes store and the Google Play store.]
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/x-stitch-app/id906882968?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.performtec.XStitch&hl=en

It has a lot of thread manufacturers listed, and from what I can tell also lists all the threads in that manufacturers colors, although I haven't checked every single one. The promo info claims it has 6000 thread selections that can be added.

It can also be used to add charts and linens to inventory. From looking at it, this can be adapted to canvas.

I have no affiliation with this other than being a techno-geek who tries to keep up with all the fabulous ways I can use technology to enhance my stitching.

Spreadsheets are straight forward, but it is always fun to have a new app to play with, and this one does appear to be very user friendly.

Linda Reinmiller
http://www.lkreinmiller.com
http://www.lkreinmiller-author.com
http://www.amazon.com/author/lkreinmiller 


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© Copyright January 26, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Mysterious Retreat UPDATED

If you like going places to stitch--particularly if you are a fan of counted canvaswork--and you also like mystery pieces where you don't know how things will turn out, then you need to check out Liz's progress on the 2012 Mystery Retreat design she is working.   Click on the small thumbnail to see how beautiful this is.
http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/2012-mystery-retreat-progress-5.html

Sorry, this design isn't available anywhere unless you went on the retreat or talk someone who did into parting with their instructions--or unless it is offered in a cyberclass, which does happen occasionally.   These retreats are held by Linda K. Reinmiller, Debbie Rowley, Pat Hartman and Mary Knapp.  (The latter two ladies make up Creative Reflections.)  They create the design together and then put on the retreat.  Stitchers who go pick from several available color ways but otherwise, everything is Top Secret until you arrive and start stitching.  This year's retreat is July 16-18 in Phoenix and registration is closed (although you might still get in if someone cancels).
http://needleartsmysteryretreat.com

You can keep up with the latest on the 2015 Mystery Retreat on Facebook, too.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Needle-Arts-Mystery-Retreat-LLC/126832707361178

It's a fun way to get together with fellow enthusiasts and stitch something amazing.

By the way, if you aren't familiar with these designers, check out the Counted Canvaswork Designers tab here on Blog to find their websites.

UPDATE:  Here is the 2015 retreat design.
https://www.facebook.com/126832707361178/photos/a.149339065110542.30487.126832707361178/1000804909963949/?type=1&theater

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© Copyright June 5,  2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Thread Inventory Spreadsheets

Three different folks have thread inventories online for stitchers to use to keep track of what threads they have in their person stashes.  The first site is a collaboration between Linda K. Reinmiller and Susan Johnson.  Linda has a series of thread brand inventory spreadsheets in Excel plus links to Susan's Google Documents spreadsheets on her teaching website.  Here is where you can find it. Note that Linda is constantly working on updating and adding information.  When new lists or updated lists are available, she posts a notice on the ANG email list.
http://www.lkreinmiller.com/thread-inventories.html

The last set of inventory sheets are courtesy of Needle Artworks which has maintained this since the late Jennifer Ashley Taylor set up the site until now under Ruth Schmuff's new ownership.  The pages are meant to be printed out and kept in a notebook.
http://www.needleartworks.com/thread/cmpnylist.htm

Many thanks to these wonderful people who help us keep up with the threads we have put away for the next great project!


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Linda Calls This Madness

I call it genius.  What do you think?
http://lkreinmiller.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-newest-madness.html

Linda K. Reinmiller will be teaching this later in the year.

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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

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