The Jansjo LED Clamp Spotlight

Lizette saw the Jansjo LED clamp light at Nashville Needlework and at an earlier retreat this year and finally got one for herself.  According to folks at Needlepoint Nation, it has a long cord, but no magnifier, is fairly light weight and the clamp fits on Evertites.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80169636/

Here's a video of it in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JYIhh7K10o

Shop around.  The prices vary according to where you find the lamp.  Amazon's rating system mentions folks have problems with the switch but there's an easy fix.

Thanks, Lizette!

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Pat Mazu for Christmas

The October 2013 newsletter for Needlepoint Now magazine is out and it features a free chart from Pat Mazu. Pat is famous for her small stocking and ornament designs, all of which use fancy stitches and open spaces to create something wonderful.   (Oh, there's a preview of the upcoming issue of the magazine, just in case you can't wait.)
http://www.needlepointnow.com/wp-content/uploads/NN_NWSLTR_Oct13.pdf

By coincidence, ANG has also published a free Pat Mazu design as part of their Needle Pointers magazine's Web Extra series, this time a little stocking called Star in the Meadow.  You can see the finished piece at the ANG website, and there is a link to the free chart on that page also.  (Note the cord and tassel making instructions on the same Web Extra page if you want to try out making your own trims, just to know how.)
http://www.needlepoint.org/magazine.php

If you need a little ornament for a friend for Christmas or want to add another needlepoint piece to your tree, spend a little time with Pat.  With the help of Needle Pointers and Needlepoint Now, you can have a Pat Mazu stocking and ornament set for Christmas morning.  And if you fall as much in love with Pat's work as I am, Stitches From the Heart sells her charts and her finishing book, too.
http://stitches-heart.com/needlepoint/pat-mazu-designs/

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

I am hugely impressed by Gary Clarke's work.  He does beading, embroidery and whitework, but his embroidery on organza is astounding--look at the Budgie Fan!  Many thanks to Susan Elliott for mentioning him.  I hope she enjoyed the class a great deal.
http://www.garyclarkedesigns.com/products.php?category=Organza

http://plays-with-needles.blogspot.com/2013/10/from-down-under-above-and-in-between.html

I have layered tulle over my needlepoint so this is very inspiring.  I can see there is a lot more I can do with thin fabrics....

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Bead Soup Fobs

The Needle Works has new scissors fobs in from Bead Soup. I love the little black cat one. Look at those eyes! 
 http://www.stitchinginthetexashillcountry.com/the_needle_works/2013/11/montenegrin-turning-share-a-stitch-sunday-november-2.html

By the way, by the time this publishes I will be hard at work at the local polling place and won't be home until 9 p.m. at the earliest.  (In Virginia poll work starts at 5 a.m. and lasts until all the ballots cast match with the number of voters checked in, all the paperwork is signed, the ballot machines and the laptops are shut down and sealed, and all the tables, chairs are put away.  During that time, poll workers are not allowed to leave the polling place.)  So if you wrote me, don't expect an answer until tomorrow.

Go vote!

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Knit, Purl and Sow at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

SJ Designs posted on Facebook today about an exhibit of knit and crocheted flowers at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden which looks to be worth seeing. The flowers and leaves have some embroidery on them, and the finished products are very realistic. 
http://textileartscenter.com/blog/knit-purl-sow-at-the-brooklyn-botanic-garden/

The exhibit will be there until January 22nd, so there is plenty of time to visit before Holiday Madness begins if you live in the area or will be visiting there this fall.  Thanks for the tip, Susan!

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