Memorial Day Canvases

Kate Dickinsen reminds us that Memorial Day honors our war dead with a lovely story of her military family and some nice canvases that celebrate their sacrifice.
http://ksh-needlepoint.blogspot.com/2014/05/happy-memorial-day-weekend.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright May 23, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Leigh Reports

Leigh Designs' May-June newsletter is available to read this morning. Since it's all about the Indianapolis show, I thought you'd like to settle down with your beverage of choice and enjoy Leigh's news while you savor relaxing during the three-day weekend.
http://www.leighdesigns.com/News.html

If you want to read more about the items that caught Leigh's eye at Market, here are the links I could find, in the order in which Leigh mentioned them.  Enjoy!

Silk Lame Braid's new colors
http://www.rainbowgallery.com/whatsnew.cfm

Gumnut's Tulips (100 percent kid mohair)
http://www.gumnutyarns.com/Threads/Tulips/index.htm

Penny Macleod
http://www.thecollectiondesigns.com/penny-macleod.html

Bride and Groom
http://www.thecollectiondesigns.com/wedding.html

Melissa Shirley's newest
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/gallery/?bsn=1

SM Stitches (No photos of the ties but you can see other designs in Gallery)
http://www.smstitches.com/about-us/

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© Copyright May 23, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Nimble Needle Atlanta's May Newsletter

What fun! The Nimble Needle in Atlanta has their May newsletter available and it is full of eye candy! There's a bit about their favorite designer and new book from Market, lovely photos from their IC snowman club for 2014, reports from their recent classes, and some wonderful photographs of their recent finishing.  This is a treat for all.
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=45d1a2a693824b7bef0df6f6c&id=0c91870782&e=08b622f0ac

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright May 24, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Woodlawn Fundraiser Sampler

Historic Woodlawn Plantation

This isn't strictly needlepoint, but I just discovered Nelly's Needlers, the group of stitchers who run the Woodlawn Plantation needlework show, have a sampler design for sale as a fund raiser.   You can see the sampler at the bottom of the page in the link below. The building is Woodlawn Plantation itself without the heavy shrubbery.  This is the shop blog for In Stitches, which is the shop closest to Woodlawn Plantation so you can buy the chart here.  Since we all want to support Nelly's Needlers and many needlepointers dabble in sampler stitching as well, I thought you guys would like to know about this. 
http://institchesshopblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/works-in-progress-and-new-in-shop.html

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© Copyright May 20, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Mary is Organized

Since we all love hearing about everyone else's organizational schemes, let's go to Mary's house and see how she stores her silk floss from Silk Mill.   Look carefully at the four inch wide black binders.  They have a little plastic cover on the front, which probably means you can lift the plastic and insert a sheet of paper on the front or back if you like.  You can also stick some papers in the half plastic pockets on the inside of the front and back cover.  I would put my paper color cards in these if I had them for these threads.  
http://www.needlenthread.com/2014/04/organizing-silk-threads.html

I hope you find this inspiring.  By the way, Silk Mill's a French company with a website that'll knock your socks off with all the pretty colors.  I've not seen their floss but Mary's done a review (second link).
http://www.thesilkmill.com

http://www.needlenthread.com/2009/03/silk-mill-trying-out-new-silk-threads.html

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© Copyright april 29, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.