Small Space Stitches

Mary at the Whimsical Stitch blog has started a feature she calls Small Space Sundays. She plans to list stitches that work very well for small spaces on her blog on occasional Sundays. Here is the first--a shortened version of encroaching gobelin stitch.
http://www.whimsicalstitch.com/whimsicalwednesdays/2015/7/12/small-space-sunday

The nice thing about the article is Mary talks about various uses for the stitch and what threads she thinks work particularly well for it.  I'll update this article as Mary talks about other stitches that work well in tiny spaces.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 13, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A New Freebie from Laura

Fans of Laura Perin's counted canvaswork charts have reason to cheer this week as Laura has released a new free chart!   It is called "Little Flower Basket #1" which I hope means there will be others in the series before too long. Thank you, Laura!
http://two-handedstitcher.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-little-free-friday-fun.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 24, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Needlepoint Church

I've pretty much stopped posting photographs of finishing since so many blogs are doing it now but Ridgewood's latest batch of photos of customer pieces has an amazing dimensional church. There are some very cute ducklings and candy canes, too, but the church is outstanding.
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2015/07/finishing-friday_10.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 10, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Kelly Clark Demonstrates a Needle Felted Bee

Kelly Clark is stitching her bee skep club that shops are offering and she posted a lesson on how to create a needle felted bee for the fifth canvas (the bee skep in the stone wall) on her blog.
http://kellyclarkneedlepointhandbook.blogspot.com/2015/07/stumpwork-bumble-bees-needle-felting.html

It's a great tutorial on making bees and wings whether you are interested in her club or not.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 20, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A Belt Without a Background

Needle Paint experiments with belts whose motifs only are stitched.  No backgrounds!
http://www.needlepaint.com/blog/2015/07/09/quick-stitch-custom-needlepoint-belt-kits/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 9, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.