Susan Portra at Work

Vicky jumped in the car and took a quick trip to Aristeia Needlepoint's retreat at the Ritz Carleton in Laguna Niguel.  She showed off some of the pieces Susan Portra was working on at the retreat, including the great Girls on the Dock piece by Patti Mann and a wonderful gingerbread house from Shelly Tribbey that is good enough to eat.  Susan is currently stitching a Brenda Stofft roll up Santa cone that is going to be spectacular when she finishes it.  (This will be a class she will teach next year.)
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/a-coooool-day-in-the-neighborhood/

http://www.aristeianeedlepoint.com/#!retreat/c1l4j

Thanks for the eye candy, Vicky!

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Knock Knock!

Knock knock! Who's there? It's Sheena with stitches for a Halloween door and door knocker. 
http://www.sheenasstitches.com/door-knocker/

She's not feeling great right now (Send Good Thoughts people, rheumatoid arthritis is a horrible disease that is not life threatening but it certainly is life STYLE threatening!) but she is keeping busy inventing wonderful stitches and making some very cool scissors keepers that are prefect for those who need to keep their scissors handy.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Coven Tree Lane Has a Squeaky Gate

Lots of online shops will be showing off their Halloween designs this season but none does a more spooky job than Needlepoint Land.   Follow the directions until you get to the catalogue, then use the white arrows to the left or right side to navigate through Erin's offerings, some of which I've never seen before.
http://needlepointland.com/2013/10/20/trick-or-treat/

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

No, passementeirs is not French pastry.  It's better! It's French TASSELS and TRIM! 
http://thistle-threads.blogspot.com/2013/10/declereq-passementiers-my-favorite.html

Tricia is right--this glossary of trim terms is a fabulous resource.  I enjoyed the article above a lot.  It's time travel right back to the 17th Century.
http://www.declercqpassementiers.fr/passementerie.php?niv=4&mot=Une+embrasse+c%E2bl%E9&lang=EN

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Belated Newsletter

The Quail Run e-newsletter has been available for several days. I'm just late mentioning it because I updated my computer, which takes about six hours to download (my ISP is NOT the faster on the planet) plus time trying to make the backup work again (it felt cranky) and attempts to master the new word processing program.  While I go mutter bad words at the word processor as I attempt to find the tools I use, now relabeled and hidden all over the place, you can have fun reading what Quail Run and its customers have been up to.
http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//launch.aspx?eid=21a60a35-8cf2-4081-be9f-2494d3cf5a07

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Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.