Sue Reed's Graphic Expressions Revealed

Anyone who has drooled over the ANG Seminar class descriptions has seen Sue Reed's work. She specializes in graphic designs that are beautiful and symmetrical.  Carol just finished "Graphic Expressions" from the 2012 ANG Seminar and posted photos of her colors and the original model.  Great stuff!
http://carolscountedcanvasworkneedleworks.blogspot.com/2012/12/graphic-expressions-ang-class-piece.html

You can see two more of Sue's class pieces here.
http://catsnneedles.com/Gallery/Needlework/needlework.htm

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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Julia Speaks

Julia Snyder has started a blog! You can read all about her newest book, new designs, her teaching schedule and how to get ink out of a canvas. Just click here.
http://havestitchwilltravel.blogspot.com

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

Product Reviews UPDATE

Somehow a bunch of reviews appeared on the Internet almost simultaneously, so I thought I'd post them all in one article so that those interested can explore and everyone else can move on. First up, Quail Run talks about Waverly Wool, which is a Persian wool (the three ply kind).
http://sonorandesertstitching.blogspot.com/2012/12/needlepoint-tapestry-yarn.html

Mary Corbet reviews Jan Messent's new book Embroidered Portraits and reveals that it isn't quite what we all thought it was about.  It's still a great resource for period hair and clothing styles but the "embroidered" faces it discusses are really mostly stumpwork ones.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2012/12/embroidered-portraits-by-jan-messent-book-review.html

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Frosty the Snowman with Sequins

Ruth Schmuff has posted progress on her newest mystery class--the Zecca snowman. You will be shocked, SHOCKED, to see that she used open stitches for the background and sequins.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2012/12/sparkles-are-good-thing.html

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How to Open a Skein

Mary Corbet has done it again--come up with useful information to help us stitchers. This time she talks about how to open a "pull skein" of embroidery floss.  Or now not to.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2012/12/pull-skeins-embroidery-floss.html

It's a funny article about a serious subject, how to open those durn things without swearing as you create a real tangled mess.  (By the way, don't miss reading the Comments.  They are priceless!)

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