Ruth Was Minding Her Own Business When...

....a rock star dropped by her shop.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2012/05/look-who-came-to-visit.html


How cool is that?  I knew that Jo Christensen lives over the mountain from Chilly Hollow in the D.C. suburbs somewhere but that's a very large area.  This is the first sighting I know of!

We needlepointers owe her a great debt. I owned her 1976 original Needlepoint Book until I got the 1999 one and gave my original to a neighbor who needlepointed at that time.  It is the best all around resource for stitchers I know.   The projects photographs for the book are all classics, too.  When you have a free minute, pull out your copy and look at them.  You'll be amazed at the creativity all over again.


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

Patina Feathers

If you have a painted canvas with feathers on it in your future, check out how SukyLady stitched the crane feathers on this lovely Lee kimono.  They are magnificent!
http://sukylady.blogspot.com/2012/05/another-one-done.html 


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

What a Lingerie Buyer Does in Needlepoint

My Camouflage Bra and Tap Pants Canvases

You may not know that the famous SharonG started her working career as a lingerie buyer.  That may explain seven pages of painted canvases of bra and tap pants sets on her website.
http://sharong.com/catalog/bras/index.html

There are corsets as well. Here's a snazzy leopard print one. I'm sorry I can't find others for you to see online.  They are gorgeous!
http://www.needlepointyaya.com/Sale_Canvases.html

I'm not the only one charmed by SharonG lingerie.  Check out what Robin King did.
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2010/02/kitty-bra-tap-pants-are-finished.html

Two years ago I stitched the above pair of canvases.  I thought folks would like to reread how I got from the photo above to the one below.  (I know some of you remember but there are lots of new visitors here at Blog.)  Start at this link, then keep clicking on Newer Posts to follow my needlepoint lingerie journey.  You won't believe what SharonG suggested I do to this canvas!
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/search?q=bra+and+tap+pants

Finished Camo Set

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

Orna Sale UPDATED

Orna Willis is having a sale of her thread and bead kits as well as other items to make room for the kits she has to assemble for ANG Seminar in the fall. The sale ends Thursday of this week, so if you are interested in forty percent off, check it out.
http://ornadesign.blogspot.com/2012/05/dearest-readers-run-to-adorn.html

UPDATE:
http://ornadesign.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-depth.html


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

Silk Chenille on View

Gloriana, the maker of that gorgeous overdyed silk we love to use (not to mention Lorikeet wool) has branched out into overdyed silk chenille. Wanna see?
http://yarntree.typepad.com/needlework_news/2012/05/gloriana-silk-chenille-in-color-highland-garden.html

What you see are lengths of the chenille with a skein of overdyed silk floss on top so you can compare the size of the chenille.


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