The Retreat's on Fire!

It's July and you know what that means--plenty of classes and retreats! Shops often have retreats this time of year when the weather's good and folks can get a little time off from work to indulge themselves in a great class or two.  Ruth Schmuff had an embellishment class with ten students working from the stitch guides she devised.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2015/07/embellishment-by-ruth.html

The Enriched Stitch invited Meredith Willet to come teach.  She's the one who suggested Suzie bring a candle and matches....
http://astheneedleturns.com/burn-baby-burn/

Pocket Full of Stitches had Laura Taylor come teach a Needle Deeva piece to the entire class.  It looks like a good time was had by all!
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2015/07/stitching-retreat-with-laura-taylor.html

You can browse the tab above to see if a class, retreat or exhibit will be held near you. Or click on this link.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/p/classes-and-retreats.html

Don't forget the matches or the fun!

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.

Needlepoint Unwelcome for Jury Duty

Thanks to Jo Christensen who mentioned this on Facebook, I have a story that will amaze you from England.   (The needlework pictured appears to be cross stitch but that might be what she was working on when the photograph was taken.)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3174777/Former-aide-Charles-barred-taking-needlepoint-jury-service-case-uses-weapon.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 26, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

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.