Nippon Textures is Underway!

Anne Stradal has started blog-stitching the companion piece to Three Women and a Peach. This design is called Nippon Textures and is also from Squiggee. It is a 7 inch diameter circle on 18 count, which is the same size and canvas count as the piece I just finished stitching.

You can follow along by reading Anne's blog, The Cape Stitcher.
http://thecapestitcher.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-year-new-project.html

Anne's style is much more traditional than mine. She is likely to use much more tent stitch and to use different threads than I did, so this is going to be fun!

We can always learn from each other, so I hope to get lots of ideas from Anne's stitching.

Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow

Companion Piece to Three Women and a Peach UPDATED

I've discovered from reading Judy Harper's blog that Squiggee has a new round Asian piece that is a companion piece to Three Women and a Peach. It is called "Nippon Textures." I assume it is also seven inches in diameter on 18 count canvas but it's not on the Squiggee website yet for me to check.

http://fairy-crafts.blogspot.com/2008/12/nippon-textures-more-gail-hendrix.html

I love the way the clothing patterns move the eye around this piece. I understand that Anne Strahal will be blog-stitching this. I'll let you know when she starts it so you can watch it unfold as well.

UPDATE: Anne has started stitching! Here's the first posting about this piece on her blog, The Cape Stitcher.
http://thecapestitcher.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-year-new-project.html

Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow