Because so many shops have monthly clubs available, there is always news about them. Pocket Full of Stitches now offers their Kelly Clark pears club as individual kits. Can you stitch just one? LOL
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2011/05/kellys-pears.html
French Knot reminds us that their Little Shoppe Canvas Company Christmas train club starts this month.
http://thefrenchknot.com/current-series.htm
Ruth Schmuff is going to offer the Creepy Characters Club from Needle Deeva. The stitch guides for each Halloween monster are from Robin King, so you know this will be great!
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2011/04/creepy-creepy-characters-by-needle.html
Do you love turtles? Jane Nichols has designed a turtle of the month series. I have a friend who just adores the Jane Nichols sets and buys them to work up her own stitches and reduce her stash at the same time.
http://www.janenicholsneedlepoint.com/Whats_New.html
If you are a New Yorker and want to do your own set of New York themed canvases, check out the wide selection Annie and Company has online. This is for the easily bored stitcher who likes to do their own thing. I particularly like the Needlepoint Broad's ornaments but the baseball fan will find plenty to love (or hate) here.
http://annieandco.com/collections/new-york
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Seeing Staccato
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| A Cappella from the Staccato series (Leigh Designs) |
http://www.leighdesigns.com/
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
"Tis The Gift To Be Simple"
I'm quoting the first bit of the most famous Shaker hymn because Betty Chen Louis has this gift.
http://www.gayannrogers.com/site_2/Home_Page.html
Gay Ann Rogers has posted a photograph of Betty's newest design (which might be offered as a cyberclass through the Shining Needle Society) on her website. It's a beautiful and simple view of London's skyline, done with 3-4 threads and perhaps 6 stitches. If you are interesting in taking this as a class, email Shining Needle Society at KateGaunt@aol.com. An email isn't a promise to take the class--Kate just needs to know if there is enough interest in this piece to offer it as one of the cyberclasses SNS sponsors.
Elegant, isn't it?
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
http://www.gayannrogers.com/site_2/Home_Page.html
Gay Ann Rogers has posted a photograph of Betty's newest design (which might be offered as a cyberclass through the Shining Needle Society) on her website. It's a beautiful and simple view of London's skyline, done with 3-4 threads and perhaps 6 stitches. If you are interesting in taking this as a class, email Shining Needle Society at KateGaunt@aol.com. An email isn't a promise to take the class--Kate just needs to know if there is enough interest in this piece to offer it as one of the cyberclasses SNS sponsors.
Elegant, isn't it?
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides Site Updates
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stitch guides,
Tapestry Fair
I've recently updated the article on the CH Stitch Guides blog about Tapestry Fair stitch guides and written a new article on Terry Christopher's Melissa Shirley stitch guides for 2 The Point.
http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com/
I've also updated the tab called "How to Buy Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides" to explain the types of stitch guides I sell. I am also in the process of writing two more stitch guide writer articles so stay tuned!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com/
I've also updated the tab called "How to Buy Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides" to explain the types of stitch guides I sell. I am also in the process of writing two more stitch guide writer articles so stay tuned!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Brainstorming Hair
Now that we've seen some interesting hair techniques, how about we brainstorm how to do hair on various needlepoint canvases?
I'll start--here's a series of small canvases from A Collection of Designs, all women in hats. Here is the website where I found them.
http://www.needlenookoflajolla.com/storedir/products.php?cat=26&pg=5
This slightly wavy hair might look good using Robin's twisted lazy daisy stitches in two shades of brown.
This hair is dead straight. I might try couching rows of a brown silk perle in a #8 or #5 size, then use a smaller size cotton perle (#8 or 12, depending on the size of the brown hair thread) in black to make the shading lines. The contrast between the thicker shiny brown silk and the thinner and duller black cotton would add interest to her hair style.
The blonde has slightly wavy hair and a lot of it. I think I'd try using stem stitch for this sort of long hair. Since the earring and necklace are the same yellow, I'd have to make sure the hair thread looked different than the jewelry thread by using beads and/or metallics for the jewelry. Luckily the other ladies don't have the same issue with their hair color and jewelry but it can be an issue on some canvases.
This lady has especially fun hair. I might use the same stem stitch technique but look for a thread with a slightly feathery texture such as Viola or Cashmere or even Angora. Remember how Robin used twisted lazy daisy stitch with two different threads and got too very different looks? I think the same thing would work well here although I'm not talking about using the stitch Robin did, just switching thread types.
Here's the final lady. She's my favorite. How would you stitch her hair?
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
I'll start--here's a series of small canvases from A Collection of Designs, all women in hats. Here is the website where I found them.
http://www.needlenookoflajolla.com/storedir/products.php?cat=26&pg=5
This slightly wavy hair might look good using Robin's twisted lazy daisy stitches in two shades of brown.
This hair is dead straight. I might try couching rows of a brown silk perle in a #8 or #5 size, then use a smaller size cotton perle (#8 or 12, depending on the size of the brown hair thread) in black to make the shading lines. The contrast between the thicker shiny brown silk and the thinner and duller black cotton would add interest to her hair style.
The blonde has slightly wavy hair and a lot of it. I think I'd try using stem stitch for this sort of long hair. Since the earring and necklace are the same yellow, I'd have to make sure the hair thread looked different than the jewelry thread by using beads and/or metallics for the jewelry. Luckily the other ladies don't have the same issue with their hair color and jewelry but it can be an issue on some canvases.
This lady has especially fun hair. I might use the same stem stitch technique but look for a thread with a slightly feathery texture such as Viola or Cashmere or even Angora. Remember how Robin used twisted lazy daisy stitch with two different threads and got too very different looks? I think the same thing would work well here although I'm not talking about using the stitch Robin did, just switching thread types.
Here's the final lady. She's my favorite. How would you stitch her hair?
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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