Books for Decorative Stitchers

Sue Dulle has listed reference books on ribbon embroidery, bullions, Brazilian embroidery, and embroidery in general she uses over and over again.  If you are looking for good reference material on fancy stitches, you'll be interested in what she has to say.
https://sudukc.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/books-on-ribbon-embroidery-bullions-and-other-creative-stitches/

Pay careful attention to this section, though. Lots of publishers are pulling the republish-the-same-book-more-cheaply trick these days.
https://sudukc.wordpress.com/2015/08/26/more-on-ribbon-books/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 25, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Old Yeller (Ruth Schmuff and the Halloween Hooter) UPDATED

Ruth Schmuff has started her newest mystery class for Bedecked and Beaddazzled--dede Odgen's Haunted Hooter--by stitching three yellow background areas.  You are going to be surprised at what she's done.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2015/08/trust-me.html

Two months to Halloween and I think all 60 days are going to be fun.

UPDATES:  Look at those eyes and feathers!
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2015/09/those-eyes.html

More feathers--with a touch of eggplant!
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2015/09/the-subtlety-of-color.html

And finally spiders everywhere.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2015/10/ghosts-ghouls-spiders-and-bats.html

Here is the finished Haunted Hooter, made up into a wonderful pillow.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2017/08/hoot-hoot.html

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

Kreinik Reviews Multi Layered Stitches for Needlepoint

The Kreinik blog takes a good look at Gone Stitching's new book, Multi Layered Stitches for Needlepoint. 
http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2015/08/book-review-multi-layered-stitches-for.html

By the way, here's a link to Kreinik's website section with two pages of free needlepoint patterns and stitch guides to explore and enjoy.  This is mentioned in the article so I thought you'd like to see it.
http://www.kreinik.com/shops/Needlepoint/?sort=&objects_per_page=50

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 19, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Wedding Monogram Pillow

I was browsing Little Bird Designs today because I like their style and was hoping they had new designs posted for Dallas already (I love the planned phoenix series!), when I stumbled across this custom wedding monograph pillow designed for newly weds by Michelle, the Little Bird herself.
http://www.needlepointofnoreturn.com/custom-wedding-pillow/

I think it is beautiful and will be a meaningful gift--and perhaps a family heirloom--for decades to come.

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 16, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Bottles

Stitching bottles is so much fun! Here are Kirk and Hamilton's (now Kirk and Bradley) poison bottles.
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2015/08/poison-bottles.html

And here are Labors of Love's perfume bottles.
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=2b1a4dafdf1ba6e29e773aa79&id=9b454cfd41&e=73961ee0ea

http://stitcherie.ning.com/photo/labors-of-love-perfume-bottle?xg_source=activity

If you are charmed by seeing the models, you can find more versions of perfume and poison bottles at the Labors of Love....
http://www.laborsofloveneedlepoint.com/perfume-bottles.html

...and the Kirk and Bradley sites.
http://www.kirkandbradley.com/halloween

(By the way, Kirk and Hamilton has perfume bottles, too.)
http://www.kirkandbradley.com/perfume-bottles

Whatever potion you want inside your bottle, the outside is going to be fabulous fun to stitch.

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 23, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.