July Shop Newsletters

It's the first of July (or it was when I wrote this) and that means shop newsletters! The first published was Amy Bunger's.   Besides glimpses of her Tudors Home Study lessons, there are new magnets and canvases galore to admire.  I am not a fan of the metal magnets from Puffin but the dual pumpkins are adorable and of course there are flashy rhinestone magnets from Elizabeth Turner Collection and Accoutrement Designs if you need bling like I do.  There are a few darling scissor fobs as well as a wonderful Wild Women canvas (Melissa Shirley Designs) of Queen Elizabeth I with astounding lace sleeves.  
http://www.amybunger.com/f/0713.pdf

The Bedecked and Beaddazzled newsletter is available today as well. Besides the news about Ruth Schmuff's wonderful mystery classes, she explains now to make wonderful curls using Wonder Ribbon.  There are also glimpses of new canvases to enjoy as well.
http://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/needlepoint/downloads/bedeckednewsjuly2013.pdf

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

At the Chaparral

Lucky Stephanie is taking a class at the Chaparral in Houston. She kindly shared photographs of the inside of the shop on her blog plus some photographs of her Melissa Shirley Wild Women canvas. Come see!
http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2013/04/road-trip-to-chaparral.html

http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-of-chaparral.html

http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2013/04/wrapping-up.html

Here's the shop website in case you need contact information.  Clicking on "Series" or "Projects" will take you to some amazing stitching.
http://www.ndlpt.com

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Dressing Betsy

You don't really appreciate a good stitch guide until you either start using it yourself, or peek over Stephanie's shoulder as she puts together Betsy Ross (from Melissa Shirley's Wild Women series) using a stitch guide from Amy Bunger.  It's amazing what you get when you add an amazing stitch guide to a good design using a great stitcher!
http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2013/02/hello-miss-ross.html

If you aren't familiar with the Wild Women series, you are in for a treat.  Here is Daphne Goodyear's interpretations.
http://needleartartistry.org/wildwomaninhistory.html

Here is the original set.  There are Wild Men, too.
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galsearch/?searchstring=wild&searchlist=&Search=Search&dosearch=

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

The Floozy's Necklace and Betsy's Stars

If you have been curious about Wonder Ribbon in action, Needleart Nut has used some for the necklace on her Leigh canvas from Leigh Design's Floozie series.
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2012/10/lets-do-jewelry.html

Stephanie's stars on her Betsy Ross canvas (one of the Wild Women series by Melissa Shirley) have been diagrammed by Needle Works in Austin who graciously allowed Stephanie to post the diagram for us all to use.
http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2012/10/happy-halloween-treats-included.html

Whoops!  Almost forgot.  Here's more about Wonder Ribbon courtesy of Quail Run's blog...
http://sonorandesertstitching.blogspot.com/2012/07/wonder-ribbon-by-collection.html

,,,and Annie and Company in NYC.
http://www.annieandco.com/products/the-collection-503-wonder-ribbon-gold

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

Daphne Goodyear and Friends UPDATED

I've mentioned Daphne Goodyear's website before but she's updated it with stitching from her friends.  Friends like Lee Cox and Sonia who are wildly talented.  Give it a minute for each page to load.  Many have slide shows that take a bit to get downloaded and start playing.
http://needleartartistry.org/home.html

Daphne herself does absolutely incredible Melissa Shirley Wild Women portraits.  They are worth visiting again and again if you are stitching people, just for the ideas and creativity Daphne puts into her work.

This is a site to bookmark and visit on days when you want inspiration with your morning beverage.  It's terrific that Daphne and her friends allow us to gawk at their work.  And gawk I do--it is a wonderful "feast for the eyes."

UPDATE:  Sudu took my suggestion to visit Daphne's website and ran with it.  She turned up a book by Daphne and so much more!  Clever Sue....
http://sudukc.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/daphne’s-needlepoint/


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