Breaking News: Sue Jennings Has Headed to the Big Stitching Party Upstairs

Sue Jennings at the Woodlawn Exhibit

I learned a day or two ago that Sue Jennings, the owner of my former favorite shop, Needlewoman East, has died.  It's the end of an era.  I miss the shop, of course, but Sue was the light of the shop, always helpful and funny and kind.  

Have fun in Heaven, Sue.  I'm sure St. Peter and the other saints are doubled over with laughter now that you are there.

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Lots and Lots Of Things

Lots is happening on the Internet this week.  First of all, I've updated the Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides blog with an article about Brenda Hart and her guides.
http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com/2011/01/brenda-hart-stitch-guides.html

Nordic Needle has put their yearly catalog online in PDF format!
http://www.nordicneedle.com/catalogs/j11.pdf

Needle in a Haystack is adding the new Rainbow Gallery colors to their website.  Expect photos soon.  Some photos of the new things are on the RG website (second link).
http://needlestack.typepad.com/whats_new/2011/01/new-rainbow-gallery-thread-colors-released.html

http://www.rainbowgallery.com/whatsnew.cfm

Kreinik has written about their new Hot Wire thread--wired metallic!  Make sure you read Sue Jenning's tip on using this thread.
http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2011/01/out-of-box-adding-dimension-with-hot.html

Finally, here are two book reviews.  Mary Corbet talks about the new book on crewel embroidery from the Royal School of Needlework and...
http://www.needlenthread.com/2011/01/book-review-rsn-essential-stitch-guide-for-crewelwork.html

...Janet Perry reviews Summer Truswell's new book which is in the Kindle format.
http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/the-stitch-starts-here-book-review

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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!


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