Newsletters and Clubs

The Needle House has a new newsletter up for your reading pleasure.  This is the direct link to the PDF file.
http://www.theneedlehouse.com/jm/images/newsletters/spring_2012_web.pdf

River Silks has their newsletter ready, too, with a link to instructions for making pleated flowers and a caterpillar from their ribbons.
http://www.riversilks.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Newsletter14.pdf

If you want to see their largest 13mm silk ribbons in use on needlepoint, check out what Robin King is doing on her Sunflower piece.  She has a nice ribbon storage system going as well.
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2012/03/sunflower-and-berries-nd-309-part-four.html

Needlepoint Ltd. has their Garland Clubs on one page of their website.  These are all made up of small ornaments from Kathy Schenkel, which are supposed to be strung on a line and hung together.  I've seen the Nativity stars in person and they are both cute and small.  I can see an organized stitcher getting all of them stitched in a year for seasonal decorations that are charming and fun to stitch.  Follow all the links to see the models and unstitched canvases, plus various ways of finishing them for decorations.
http://www.needlepointsltd.com/garland_club.html


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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