A Craft Light that Dims

Once again Mary Corbet has come up with something new and different--a dimmable light for stitching!   These Blue Max lights are not cheap but if you want an adjustable light that allows you to get good photos of your stitching, this is for you.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2012/12/good-craft-lighting.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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Amy's Drinking

Yep, it finally happened. Amy Bunger's slugging back the drinks in her latest newsletter, in which she showcases the various glass and drinks canvases she's stitched guides for over the years, which is a fun way to toast the newest year.  There's more--Tony Minieri classes, the new small figure canvases of Rogue Needlepoint, including a wonderful series of military figures, and a book sale of Amy's duplicates from her collection.  Just click on the link and enjoy.
http://www.amybunger.com/f/0113.pdf

By the way, if drinks aren't your thing, Rittenhouse is into flowers.
http://rittenhouseneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2012/12/i-must-have-flowers-always-and-always.html

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

College Needlepoint UPDATED

Once stitchers started blogs where they posted photographs of their work, I began to realize how popular college and Greek fraternity/sorority stitching is.  I've started to collect places to see examples of such canvases.  Kathy Schenkel has a nice selection of college mini socks and a baseball team sock, too.
http://thenimbleneedle.blogspot.com/2012/11/college-mini-socks-and-few-others-too.html

College football teams seem to have a lot of painted canvases for their fans to celebrate-stitch.  Here's a collection from a Texas shop.
http://theneedleworks.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=21_48_211

Here are more college-themed designs.
http://enrichedstitch.com/13-days-until-christmas/

A lot of the Carol Dupress candy canes have college themes.  (She's distributed by Susan Roberts if you are hunting online.)  Here are just a few examples.
http://theneedleworks.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=candy+cane+dupree&x=0&y=0

There are college stockings,  too!
http://thenimbleneedle.blogspot.com/2012/12/college-days.html

UPDATE:  Just heard that Keep Your Pants On creates lots of college and sports-themed canvases.  They are distributed by CBK.
http://www.cbkneedlepoint.com

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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More Christmas Stitching

There have been so many wonderful photographs of Christmas ornaments posted that I have more for you to enjoy, now that the madness of Christmas prep is over and you are sitting down with you feet up before packing away all the decorations and thinking about dieting in 2013.  Check out the bells on this cowgirl!
http://eyecandyneedleart.blogspot.com/2012/12/bells-on-her-toes.html

Mer's animals and packages in a sled piece is terrific fun.
http://www.mersworld.com/2012/12/18/christmas-needlepoint/

Pat has two new Loretta Spears ornaments for Christmas.  Each side is a different set of colors, too!
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2012/12/merry-christmas.html

Liz has two cats for Christmas.
http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/black-calico-cats-finished.html

Casey's tree is full of Christmons ornaments.
http://theyoungneedlepointer.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-christmas-tree.html

Wait'll you see the Boston-themed mini socks that Stitch Boutique Boston posted!  There's a slide show at the bottom of the page with even more than the three posted in the body of the blog entry.
http://www.stitchboutiqueboston.com/blog/?p=364

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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Dame Judi Dench and Her Embroidery UPDATED

Recently a bit of an old interview with Matthew MacFadyen has started circulating on the World Wide Web again, with the section that talks about Dame Judi Dench and her stitching highlighted. I finally managed to find the original source for you.  Mr. Macfadyen starred in Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly and Dame Densch and this was a publicity interview after the movie came out in 2005.
http://www.darcylicious.com/drupal/node/115

The stitching part is at the end, the last two paragraphs.  Sadly, neither of the actors interviewed can describe what the stitching is like except that it is all swear words.  I can't find any photographs, either.  Perhaps she is working one of the Subversive Cross Stitch kits?
http://www.subversivecrossstitch.com

UPDATE:  Another news article on her work.  Still no pictures.  :(
http://starcrush.com/judi-dench-subversive-needlework/?trackback=fbshare_top

UPDATE #2:  More info in the next to last paragraph.

http://www.darcylicious.com/drupal/node/115

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