Eggplant Needed

Ehrman's Kaffe Fasset Vegetable Series

Just got a note from Susan who is looking for a Kaffe Fassett needlepoint kit.  This is an older Ehrman design from the vegetable series shown above.

Susan Needs this Aubergine Kit

Susan loves how the ones she's already stitched turned out so now she wants to stitch the aubergine.  But she can't find this discontinued kit.  Anyone know where it can be found?

Email me at chillyhollow at hot maildot com and I'll put you in touch with Susan.  And if you read Japanese, we found it on the Japanese Erhman site but we can't figure out how to order....

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Stars: Finishing Cary Grant

Last night I finished the Cary Grant block, after struggling with the final corners for three days.  It looks great, though.  I just have to stitch the sashing line below the block and I can put this away for a bit.  I am not going to do the right side border until all the blocks are done.  It is just too confusing to stitch the border down to the point the current stitching ends, then pick it up later.  Better to wait until everything else is done, then I can finish the borders without touching them to reach inside to stitch a star block.

The color is off in the photo above but I'm not sure why.  Perhaps it was too bright early this morning when I took it?  Regardless, Cary Grant is the block on the second row, right end.

I'll be talking about my new project which I've already started tomorrow.

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The Rumor Mill Says

Susan Portra's Infinity

I've heard several rumors floating around the Internet.  I can't vouch for their accuracy but I sure hope both are true!

Rumor #1 is that the Elaine Magnin store has been purchased by its former employees and will be reborn soon under another name.  Keep your fingers crossed!

Rumor #2 is that Susan Portra is getting ready to release both new and old designs from a new website.  (Bringyourcanvastolife.com was the old site which has disappeared.)  You can find her charted work various places if you look hard.  The photo above is one of her newer pieces.  It is called Infinity.
http://a-z-needlepoint.com/products/portra-infinity.shtml

If anyone has more concrete information on either item, please let us know.

By the way, remember to vote in the poll above for the Patt and Lee canvas I'll stitch here once I finish my current projects.  The choices are pictured below again.  See the 8/30 posting for details.  If you can't make the poll work, post your vote in the Comments or email me at chillyhollow at hotmail dot com and I'll add it in.  Thanks!

Pirate Cat

Asian Inspiration Sampler

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Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides: Artists Collection

I've added a new entry to the CH Stitch Guides blog.  This time I'm writing about Artists Collection*, which represents three separate designers, all of whom offer stitch guides for some, many or all of their canvases.  You can visit my other blog by clicking here--
http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com/2010/08/collection-of-designs-with-guides.html

*Sorry, I mistakenly wrote A Collection of Designs. Palma caught it, so thank you very very much!

If you haven't voted on which Patt & Lee canvas I should stitch (see yesterday's entry for the choices), please either use the poll above or email your choice to me at chillyhollow at hotmaildotcom before you leave. Thanks!

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Charting a Mystery, Melissa Shirley, and Threads

Ruth Schmuff's Harvest Mystery

Thistle Needleworks is having a Melissa Shirley trunk show for two weeks.  You can see the canvases in the show (on sale at 20% off the normal price) on their online store here, or if you are in Connecticut, check out directions to the shop on the shop website (second link below).
http://store.apneedlearts.com/meshtrshcoau.html

http://www.thistleneedleworks.com/directions.html

ThreadworX is looking for photos of pieces stitched with their threads.  Want to be in their winter Journal issue?  Details here.
http://www.threadworx.typepad.com/the-needleworx-journal/2010/08/submission-requests-fall-holiday-issue-.html

My final tidbit of news is that Ruth Schmuff has charted her last mystery class so that fans of charted work can stitch it on plain instead of painted canvases.   The photo above is the pink-orange-brown original version of Harvest Mystery. Her blog shows what a little blue can do!  Ruth says she plans to offer charted versions of several of the canvases in her line now, so if you love counted canvaswork, keep an eye on Ruth's blog.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2010/08/funny-what-little-color-change-will-do.html

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