Twisted Tale

I think you'll love the photographs Kathy took of learning to make a tassel and cording at the Royal School of Embroidery.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2015/07/29/rsn-diploma-passimentiere-part-1-the-cord/

She took photos of the tassel skirt making part, too.!
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2015/08/03/rsn-passimentiere-part-2-tassel-skirt/

Now for the ruff.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2015/08/07/rsn-passimentiere-part-3-tassel-ruff/

And finally the assembly of the parts into a tassel.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2015/08/15/rsn-passimentiere-part-4-assembly/

The classes are part of her RSN diploma, which includes having to learn passimentiere, which is making tassels and cording.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 31, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Light Coverage Stitching: Where and Why

Mary Legallet's latest Whimsical Stitch blog entry talks about light coverage stitching, which she calls "open work."  Mary explains how it took her a while to see the value of light coverage and explains where she uses it and why.  It's the clearest explanation I've read of this technique and worth exploring if you have always hated canvases that are naked.  Mary may get you to rethink using this technique--in some situations, at least.
http://www.whimsicalstitch.com/whimsicalwednesdays/2015/8/19/open-sesame

I personally love the ease of using stitches and/or threads that don't cover to show off intricate painting, like a sky.  My current piece has a stormy sky in blended shades of gray, blue, green, white and yellow, which would be impossible to capture except by using open stitches that allow the stunning colors to show.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 19, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Mrs. Blandings Needlepoint

I don't know if you follow Mrs. Blandings' blog about design but she needlepoints.  It's become such a big part of her life that she's going to come out with a new line of ten pieces at the January 2016  TNNA show.  You can read about her path to becoming a needlepoint designer here.
http://mrsblandings.blogspot.com/2015/08/eight-is.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 15, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Scissors for Lefties

Kreinik shows off the Premax curved tip scissors they distribute that are made for left-handed stitchers. 
http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2015/08/embroidery-scissors-for-left-handers.html

You can see the full Premax line on Kreinik's website.
http://www.kreinik.com/shops/Premax-R-Scissors/

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

Blog News

I've been rearranging things over at the Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides blog and decided I would create a tab that lists all the shops I know about that will do a free guide for customers.
http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com/p/shops-that-offer-free-guides.html

Hopefully this will make it easier for folks who want a guide for a canvas to find a shop to help them out.  Of course I don't have every shop that will do a guide for a canvas listed, so if I missed one, please let me know by adding a Comment below or emailing me at sgfromchnp at gmail.com.

Thank you!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 12, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.