Marilyn Owen's Ort Box Designs Available!

Have you been watching Melita stitch both Marilyn Owen's "Folding Ort Box" and her "Ort Box with a Twist"?  These are from old ANG project books and have been very popular with ANG chapters.  Marilyn Owen emailed me that these are no longer available from ANG but you can email her at mlowen24@mac.com to order.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2025/04/15/folding-ort-box-and-ort-box-with-a-twist-by-marilyn-owen/

Brenda stitched this also, using her own colors.  

https://brendasneedlepointstudio.blogspot.com/2019/04/ort-box-with-twist-updated-41619.html

They look like fun!

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© Copyright July 27, 2025 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

It's Mike's Turn

The new Etsy shop It's Mike's Turn featured hand made ort bowls, wooden needlepoint tool caddys and extension magnets for stitchers.  There are many types of wood and several styles for the stitcher who needs lovely things as stitching companions.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ItsMikesTurn?ref=search_shop_redirect

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© Copyright September 5, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Ort Box With A Zipper Bottom UPDATED

Pocket Full of Stitches just posted a unique piece of finishing—an ort box that has a zipper in the bottom.  Zip it up and you can use the open top box to hold oats, scissors, etc. Unzip the zipper and you can fold the box flat for storage or travel. Neat!
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2019/05/more-and-melissa-shirley.htmlATED

UPDATE:  Knotted Needle in Michigan has three of the ort box canvases in stock.  I'm told these are designs from And More, too.
https://www.knottedneedle.com/module/search_content.htm?form_version=2&showSearchResults=1&search_keyword=ort&image=Search&fbclid=IwAR1iVkSsJHJfgXlVXZV9zZNP6bCe49ppPtsUiAtPUwiLgFPylpuedyBX2uk

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© Copyright May 1, 2019 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Give to ANG Two Ways UPDATED

The American Needlepoint Guild's latest e-newsletter is available online. You can read it here.
http://needlepoint.org/newsletter.php#fromthepresident

I want to point out two parts of the newsletter to pay special attention to.  One is the section about the Golden Needle Society which is an ANG fundraiser.  If you love using the Stitch of the Month section of ANG's website or enjoy browsing the Exhibit photos on the website, why not send ANG a little thank you gift?  This is the way to show support for all ANG does, even if you don't want to commit to dues or belong to a chapter.

The other thing of interest is the ANG Auction section.  This fall during ANG's Seminar in New Orleans folks who aren't attending can still participate in the ANG Online Auction from between August 28-30.  All proceeds benefit ANG.
https://ang.afrogs.org/#/index

And naturally if you are an ANG member, you'll want to check out ANG's classes, volunteer with the organization or just buy a copy of the Ort Box with a Twist instructions.  You can get a PDF version or a hard copy.  Just fill out and return the Merchandise Form or follow the instructions here to fax in an order.
http://www.needlepoint.org/Merchandise/2013_ANG_Ort_Box_Order_Form_D.pdf

UPDATE:  I just heard from Marilyn Owen that her Ort Box with a Twist is no longer available via ANG so please don't send them the order form.  It'll just create a muddle. If you are interested, email Marilyn directly at SOTM@needlepoint.org. She'll happily sell you the chart.

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© Copyright August 2, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Tools in Action

Danielle shows off her new folding ort container, new magnet set and her Bead Buddy. Seeing how she uses these may help you decide if you need such tools in your stitching tool kit or not.
http://stitcherista.blogspot.com/2014/03/bead-buddy.html 

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© Copyright March 19, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Ort Box, But With a Twist UPDATED

One of ANG's most popular fund raising projects has been Marilyn Owen's Ort Box.  It's a little box that folds up for travel, then unfolds to hold your little thread snippets (orts) in one place until you are ready to discard them all.  Here you can see Melita's articles on working her Ort Box.
http://melitastitches4fun.wordpress.com/category/ang-main-line-stitchers-chapter/ort-box/

ANG just announced a new design by Marilyn--a folding org box with outside pockets to hold your tools.  It's very cute!  The announcement on the ANG email list read:

"Do you love small usable projects? Need something to keep all those orts under control? And your scissors or laying tool handy? Then you need the Ort Box with a Twist! This delightful project was unveiled at Seminar 2013, another ort box design by Marilyn Owen, and it is fabulous stitching fun. Just go to this address on the ANG website and download the order form! 

http://needlepoint.org/Merchandise/ort-box-twist.php

It's available for anyone, not just ANG members, so let all your friends and neighbors know about it. It's Marilyn's way of saying "Welcome to the world of needlepoint!" and we can't thank her enough. All proceeds from the sales go to support ANG's education programs. You say your friends can't needlepoint? Buy them a lovely gift and teach them to stitch!"

The link ANG provided on their website has photos of the Ort Box With A Twist and if you belong to ANG's email Yahoo Group, there are more photos in the Yahoo Group's photo album.

Once you arrive at the ANG website, there will be a second link to the order form.  I think you have to print it out and mail it in with payment.  No electronic shopping, in other words.  But it is a wonderful small project for stitching play time, to teach that small child in your life, or to create a Christmas gift before The Big Day is here.

UPDATE:  Sara Leigh says the Ort Box with a Twist isn't child's play, but it might be suitable for a teen to work.  She also found a way to pay online using an online payment company I've never heard of, so explore the ANG site carefully if you want to use that payment method.  Thanks for the help, SL!

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