Off to See the Wizards (Suzanne Howren, Tony Minieri, and Meredith Willet) UPDATED

Vicky is off to take a class at In Stitches in Atlanta with Suzanne Howren, Tony Minieri, and Meredish Willet.  Here's a bit about the shop.
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/in-high-cotton/

Vicky took this Zecca sayings piece to get the Wizard treatment.
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/this-is-it/

Everyone in class got a special stitched monogram magnet.  What a nice touch!
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/the-embellishment-squad/

Here is the class in action, along with some photos of the shop interior.
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/so-exactly-what-is-or-who-is/

Here are a lot of views inside the shop.  I want to move right in!
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/march-madness-begins/

It looks like a great deal of fun!  Wish we'd all been there.

UPDATES:  More about the canvases the wizards worked on for their students is here.
http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/and-the-beat-goes-on/

http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/more-stitching/

http://mostlyneedlepoint.com/eventually/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright March 4, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Pest Patrol

Want to know what a professional restoration artist does to get rid of insects that attack needlework? Melissa explains the problem and her solutions here. 
http://www.collector-repair-services.com/?p=803

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Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 18, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Blog Spring Cleaning

Just wanted to let Blog's readers know we are starting to get online postings of new items that will premiere the end of May at the TNNA trade show in Columbus, Ohio.  I've moved the tabs around to make the Columbus trade snow tab earlier on the listing but I'm still updating the January 2015 trade show tab. I'll continue to do that until April 1 when I'll start putting notices of new things into the Columbus tab exclusively. Just FYI. 

There are a ton of new stitch guides being announced on Facebook.  Those are placed in new articles on the CH Stitch Guides blog. Hopefully even those without a Facebook account can see most of them. You'll have to click on the link to know for sure, though.  You know the drill--click on the magic carpet photo in the right hand column to go there to see all the latest guides (or the ones I just heard about).  Then you can click on the magic carpet photo to return to Blog.  

I am considering more spring cleaning for Blog that that needs to wait until I have more time to tinker behind the scenes!

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright March 18, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The 2015 Casket Tour

Tricia of Thistle Threads has announced a tour of various museums in Scotland and England this coming October 2015 to see 17th Century caskets. Ten days of studying caskets behind the scenes in museums?!  Fans of historical stitching and stumpwork, not to mention beading, are going to go wild.
http://thistle-threads.blogspot.com/2015/03/uk-casket-tour-october-14-24th-2015.html

More details are here.
http://thistle-threads.com/embroidery/grandtour/ukstudytour2015.html

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright March 7, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Mary Makes Curls

Mary Corbet explains how she made a bonnet with attached hair for a small felt doll she's making, using a cross between stumpwork and doll making. This might work very nicely for curls on my next project! 
http://www.needlenthread.com/2015/03/how-to-make-curly-hair-for-stumpwork-figures-small-dolls.html

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright March 4, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.