Fiber Talk with Carole Lake

Fiber Talk interviewed Carole Lake on their most recent podcast.  You don't want to miss this! Carole talks about the origins of her Anasazi series of designs, how she started stitching and then teaching, the story of her partnership with Michael Boren, the Wall of Shame, and much more.
http://wetalkfiber.com/2018/06/17/fiber-talk-with-carole-lake/

Here's the direct link to Carole's website.   Don't miss the Free Patterns section for a little free fun.
http://stitchplay.com/carole-lake-designs/

P.S.  Thanks for the nice words about Needlepoint Nation, folks!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright June 17, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A Bit More about Painted Canvas Embellishment: An Idea Book

I happened to be talking to Sally London of Rainbow Gallery this morning and discovered she's actually read Carole Lake's and Michael Boren's new book (photo on left).

Naturally I asked Sally what she thought.   "I have the #1 book right from the printer out of the box yesterday, and read it last night. It is an excellent book giving ideas and encouraging new stitchers to make that first painted canvas purchase. Tons of info on threads of all types plus stitches categorized by which area they would best be suited for your canvas. Just a personal note about this book, I love the way Carole and Michael have written this, not too wordy--not too technical, you can see that they have a passion about this, and for the average garden variety stitcher it will be a fantastic tool."

She might be a little prejudiced as Rainbow Gallery distributes the book but knowing Carole and Michael, I doubt that plays much into Sally's mini review.  They are pretty smart about needlepoint. threads and painted canvases.  Plus, Sally read it in one night!  That alone tells me I need this book.

By the way, I was curious about the cover.  I think the photo is from StitchPlay's Flyaways design.  What do you think?
http://www.stitchplay.com/classes.html

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Father Frost Class

The newest Shining Needle Society class is a beauty--Carole Lake's Father Frost. The original Father Frost was icy blue, but her parter in crime, uh, teaching has chosen four other colorways so you can deviate from the original if you so choose.  Here is the class information, and ...
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/46618682/SNSAnnouncement_for_FatherFrost.pdf

...here are the photos of all the Fathers.
http://stitchplay.com

I don't envy those who are taking the class and have to choose what color to go with!

P.S.  If you need a needle magnet for your Father Frost piece, how about one of the new Fob Friends snowflakes?
http://fobfriends.blogspot.com/2013/01/snowflake-update.html

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