Sighing Over the Finishing

If you are like me, you love to see finished stitching.  Fancy Stitches has lots and lots of items for us to drool over on their website. This is the Stand Ups, Boxes and Easels area.  You can find other types of finishing in the lime green Finishing pull down menu at the top of the page.  So pour yourself your favorite beverage and enjoy the show!
http://www.fancystitches.com/page9.html

If you don't have a lot of spare time right now, you can come back to the link above later and just enjoy the Halloween finishing The Needlepointer has on display.
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=2b1a4dafdf1ba6e29e773aa79&id=17248e6186&e=73961ee0ea

If you have some time, then visit Mary's house and see all her Halloween ornaments and pillows!
http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2012/10/28/halloween-tree-treat-mary-roddys-big-tree/

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

Orna Wrestles with a New Design UPDATED

Since I mentioned Jeff Kulick's new charted log cabin piece this morning, it seems like a good time to recommend you also go visit Orna Willis' blog to see her newest charted project which is underway. Right now Orna is trying to explain what she did, which is a lot harder than stitching!  It looks like it is going to be a great design, though, and worth all her work.
http://ornadesign.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-anatomy-of-new-design.html

UPDATE:  A little more progress....
http://ornadesign.blogspot.com/2012/10/new-design-next-phase.html

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

More Reasons To Hate Jeff Kulick

Reason #1   Jeff is wildly talented.  He not only designs original pieces that are knockouts, he also stitches them beautifully.

Reason #2   Jeff has just released a new design, his blue ribbon winner from Woodlawn last spring, "Deconstructed Log Cabin," which is just what it sounds like--a small section of a log cabin quilt pattern (lower right corner) surrounded by expanded sections of the pattern, all in greens and creams with touches of gold.  Trust me, the photos don't do this justice.
http://stitchything.blogspot.com/2012/10/not-your-grandmothers-log-cabin.html

Reason #3    I don't like counted canvaswork patterns but I am dying to stitch this in pinks, corals and oranges.  Sigh.  You are a very bad man, Jeff, to tempt me so.

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

Tracy Franklin's Goldwork Sampler

Thanks to Anna, I have a link to Tracy Franklin's goldwork sampler, which was published in Stitch magazine and is now a free chart on the magazine website.  What is interesting about this sampler are the many different ways you can use metal threads that Tracy shows.  If you are looking for something different, this will give you lots of ideas.
http://www.embroiderersguild.com/stitch/projects/goldwork/index.html

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

Bob Says It Best

Bob from Hunt Country Yarns has a point--I bet the portable battery powered Ott lights are a good investment if you have lots of power outages.
http://skeins-huntcountryyarns.blogspot.com/2012/10/frankenstorm-on-its-way-are-you-ready.html

We have LED lanterns which give a lot of light but it's not really a good light for stitching, so when the power is out, I can only stitch during daytime hours.  Makes you appreciate our ancestors who stitched by candlelight!  I might ask Santa for a battery Ott light for Christmas since we've had at least five power outages this year that have lasted anywhere from 3 hours to 5 days.

If the power goes out during the upcoming storm, not to worry, Blog will continue to publish as I have articles written for a month ahead of time.  I just won't be able to Ok comments or change the Canvas of the Day.  I'll catch up on that when power is restored since without electricity we have no Internet, heat, tv, lights or running water.  Let's hope not too many trees go down since Rinky Dink electric co-op is not really prepared to handle repairs.

I do have plenty to stitch.  I know you are shocked.  LOL

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