How to Make Japanese Kanzashi Fabric Flowers UPDATED

This is something quite different--how to make fabric flowers the Japanese Kanzashi Fabric way.
http://www.fabrics-store.com/blog/2011/07/21/tutorial-japanese-kanzashi-fabric-flower/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Subscribers&utm_content=01&utm_campaign=KanzashiFlowers

The technique is simple but note that the fabric used is linen, which means a fabric with some weight and body to it.  I think a thin fabric would not work as well, but I haven't tried it.

Still, for the right canvas this might be a lovely accessory.

UPDATE:  You can see the flowers used on Peggi's Sugar Skull mask.  Told you they'd be perfect on the right design!
http://tapestryfair.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-holiday-finish.html

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More Bling for the Fashionable Stitcher

If you are in the market for a little pick me up, you might be interested in the scissors fobs, needle threaders or decorated laying tools from TJB Designs. The second link goes directly to their Etsy store.
http://countedwishes.com/tjbdesigns/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/tjbdesigns

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I Am Resisting The Lure of These

Barbara Elmore knows CUTE. Then she turns it into scissor fobs.

I don't even LIKE scissors fobs and am thinking I need one of these! I dare you to look and not be charmed. 
http://stitchpography.blogspot.com/2013/09/well-h-e-l-l-o-k-i-t-t-y.html

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Puzzle

As a treat for my stitching friends who love Jean Hilton's designs, here is a photo of Puzzle done in cheerful purples and greens.
http://stitches-heart.com/jean-hiltons-puzzle/

This is much different than Jean's original reddish hues and very different from the ecrus in Puzzle Purse but it is all very lovely.  By the way, I've seen Puzzle Purse stitched in the original colors and found it magnificent in person.
http://www.stitchers-paradise.com/Canvas_Embroidery/JHI/JeanHiltonBooks.html

http://www.bonanza.com/listings/Puzzle-Purse-by-Jean-Hilton-Needlepoint-Pattern-book/25510337

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Gossip Central

The latest gossip that little birds whispered to me--Jo Iooplito Christensen is planning to release the third edition of The Needlepoint Book in October August 2014.   It is revised and updated with fresh and interesting new photographs.  I can't wait!

(Thanks for the update!)

I've also heard that next year sometime a famous teacher is going to publish a "how to write your own stitch guide" article in Needlepoint Now.  I can't wait again!

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