Breaking News: Wellesley Needlepoint is for Sale

The Wellesley Needlepoint Collection store is for sale!  Cindy Matthews just announced that she is thinking about retiring in the latest shop newsletter.  If you are interested in talking to her about buying the store, contact Cindy at TWNCFuture@gmail.com or call 781-235-2477.  Here's the shop website.

https://www.wellesleyneedlepoint.com

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Wellesley Needlepoint's Learning Center

Wellesley Needlepoint has added a page called the Learning Center to their website.   Right now there are free videos, including a two-part introduction to needlepoint and a video about basketweave.  Later on the shop will add videos that are part of online workshops.  You will have to belong to the class to get access to those.
https://www.wellesleyneedlepoint.com/learning/

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Breaking News: Wellesley Needlepoint's New Online Store

Wellesley Needlepoint just announced their online shop is open for business.  As they are the distributor for Annie Lane,  Julie Paukert, Sea Breeze and The Wellesley Needlepoint Collection, this is very good news!  This is also a good place to shop for Boston and Cape Cod-theemed canvases.
https://www.wellesleyneedlepoint.com/shop/

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Vicky Goes to Wellesley, MA

Vicky is in Massachusetts, teaching at Wellesley Needlepoint. Luckily she is willing to report on the trip with glimpses of the shop and some of the nice folks she met while on the East Coast. 
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/a-little-bit-of-wellesley/

http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/a-funny-thing-happened/

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Pick Your Motif Belt

Here's a great idea for a semi-custom belt using Boston themes--a pick your own motif board. Wellesley Needlepoint creates a lot of belts with Boston themes and allows folks to pick from a series of small motifs to make a belt that isn't quite custom but has the themes the customer wants presented in a way that will show the customer exactly what they are going to get. Wellesley wins the Smart Cookie Award this week! 
https://www.facebook.com/122765554429561/photos/np.77349234.1277706333/752574284782015/?type=3&theater

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Boston Fund Raiser Canvas UPDATED

Mer discovered two "Boston Strong" ornaments at Wellesley Needlepoint, probably painted by their in house artists, each a different skyline view of the city.  These are fund raisers for victims of the Boston Marathon terrorist bombings.  Thanks for the heads up, Mer!

http://www.mersworld.com/2013/04/25/boston-strong/

UPDATE:  Joyce showed off a similar B Strong ornament on Facebook's Needlepoint Nation group this morning.  It also is a round ornament with the Red Sox logo over the word "strong."  She picked it up at Stitch Boutique of Boston.  I don't see it on their website but if you picture the Red Sox "B" logo on a navy background above "strong" in white letters you know what it looks like.

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The Sampler Collector UPDATED

Carolyn Hedge Baird takes us on a tour of her sampler collection and those of her friends, ranging from old samplers on linen to modern painted needlepoint versions.  This inspired me to go looking for painted canvas versions of samplers, both vintage and modern.
http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2012/06/03/samplers-both-old-and-new/

http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2012/06/05/more-pictures-of-contemporary-needlepoint-sampler-collections/

http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2012/06/10/more-framed-samplers/

UPDATE:
http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2012/06/19/one-more-sampler-post/

If you are a sampler lover like Carolyn, you'll enjoy looking at the painted canvas versions available from Birds of a Feather.
http://www.flocktogether.com/needlepoint/samplers.php

Ewe and Eye's Blakeley Wilson designs are modern farm scenes that are sure to have appeal for the sampler folks.
http://www.eweandeyeandfriends.com/html/thumbnails.php?artistSearch=Blakely+Wilson

Samantha Taylor has a modern baby sampler.
http://www.jvoichdesigns.com/needlepoint_by_samantha_taylor/kits.htm

Stitch-it's Prairie Schooler line has wonderful primitive artworks.
http://www.stitch-its.com/prairie.htm

Wellesley Needlepoint features the traditional scenes from Julie Paukert that charm us with their old fashioned scenes.
http://www.wellesleyneedlepoint.com/ExclusiveDesigns.shtml

Knit and Needlepoint offers both traditional sampler designs and patterns taken from quilts and woven coverlets.  They also have modern samplers like the mermaid sampler shown here.
http://www.needlepoint-boston.com/canvases/index.php?gallery=15

Stitch Boutique of Boston has a lovely blue and white sampler.
http://www.stitchboutiqueboston.com/canvases-traditional/a-stitch-in-time-p-662/

Janet Granger has traditional samplers in miniature for dollhouses that are on evenweave fabric.
http://www.janetgranger.co.uk/acatalog/Needlepoint_Kits_Samplers_for_your_dollshouse.html

That's enough for now, sampler lovers!


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More Club News

I have more club news for you--Wellesley Needlepoint has a new Kathy Schenkel Victorian Carolers set available exclusively from their shop.  While not strictly a club, each canvas comes with a stitch guide so you can work from your stash of threads or ask the shop to sent threads with your canvases.  They also have a very nice Thanksgiving Pilgrim set, also from Kathy's line.
http://wellesleyneedlepoint.com/WhatsHot.shtml

Speaking of Victorian, Nashville Needleworks is offering four of Melissa Shirley's Victorian Children as a club.  You can see the models on their website, as well as last year's club of Melissa Shirley Easter eggs.
http://www.nashvilleneedleworks.com/home.html

Little Shoppe has added two new dimensional sets to their clubs--kisses and witch hats!  This link will take you to their club page where you can see all their designs on offer, just in case neither chocolate or Halloween are your thing.  As always, click on the thumbnail photo to go to information about that club's offerings.
http://www.littleshoppeofstitches.com/clubs.html

Ada is posting photos of her owl club which several shops are picking up.  Here's the Fall Harvest Owl.
http://eyecandyneedleart.blogspot.com/2012/03/hoot-hoot-its-falls-harvest-owl.html

Would you like to do a club but you really don't have much stitching time?  Then the tiny Christmas club run by Old Town Needlework is the one for you.
http://www.oldtownneedlework.com/christmas-club.htm

Kelly Clark has done a nice summary of her clubs this year.  Two are shop exclusives and one lots of shops will offer.
http://kellyclarkneedlepointhandbook.blogspot.com/2012/03/upcoming-kelly-clubs.html

The final club is extra special--The Heart Club.  This is also from Old Town Needlework. They've taken a heart themed canvas from various designers, stitched them up to be extra fun to work, and best of all, proceeds go to the American Heart Association.  This very special club is described on their website.
http://www.oldtownneedlework.com/heart-club.htm


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