The Shorebird Studio Show

Normally I put trunk shows in the Trunk Shows and Sales tab, but The Needlepointer's online show of Katie Molineux's canvases is too good to miss if you don't visit that section of Blog regularly.  The trunk show ends Feb. 1 so visit soon.  I don't know when the next trunk show will replace these photos of some of Katie's new pieces which aren't on her website.
http://www.theneedlepointer.com/trunk-shows/

The carp and waterfall scroll is magnificent!  Don't miss it, even though you will have to click on the small thumbnail to see what I'm raving about.

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Visit When You Can, Shop Online When You Cannot UPDATED

Judging from the countries where Blog's computer visitors originate, there are a lot of folks here who don't visit the U.S. shops in person. They rely on mail order. This can be expensive, with duties and postal costs and many shops simply don't want to bother.  Unbroken Thread's owner is in Germany and faces this sort of problem, but she's found a great mail order source in England.  You can read about her experiences here.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2014/01/25/wow-threads-have-arrived/

Here is the direct link to the Londoun Bead Company's online store, which I had never heard of before.  Judging from Kathy's experience, this is a great source.  I hope some of you find this useful as well.
http://www.londonbeadco.co.uk/shopping/index.html

If you have to mail order your needlepoint supplies and are not in the U.S., what shops have you found to be very useful?  Please comment below or email me at chilly hollow at hotmail dot com and I will post the shop for you here.

UPDATE:  Kathy visited the shop while taking a course from the Royal School.  Here's what she said.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2014/02/24/rsn-canvsawork-a-day-exploring-london/

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New Design and New Colorways

Kathy shows off several new color combinations of her counted canvas work designs plus shows us her very newest pattern--"Stained Glass Stars."  I don't know about you, but these wonderful colors cheer me in the depths of winter. Thanks, Kathy!
http://needledelightsoriginals.blogspot.com/2014/01/colorand-more-color.html

Don't miss the information about her Shining Needle Society class at the bottom of the article as the sign up deadline is near.

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HP Design Inventory Sale UPDATED

The owner of HP Designs retired last year and sold some of their copyrights to other designers. However, they still have leftover inventory in designs that no one else picked up and have some of their lacquer boxes left as well. They've set up a website to reduce the inventory. If you loved their work, check out the leftovers here.  Please note that there are quite a few boxes left.  The ones with prices only have one size left.  The others are in various sizes, so click on the color you like and browse.
http://www.hpneedlepoint.com/index.html

UPDATE:  Wanna see what a good box will do to a design?  Orna knows!
http://ornadesign.blogspot.com/2014/01/more-on-those-boxes.html

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Want to Take A Class?

If you want to take a class but your local shop doesn't offer them (or you don't have a shop anywhere near you), don't worry--the American Needlepoint Guild has your back.  Head to their website and look at all the various classes you can take online or by mail under the Educational Opportunities tab.  There are a huge variety of classes, taught by some of the most famous teachers in the needlepoint world, just waiting for you to sign up.
http://www.needlepoint.org/index.php

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