Janet Granger Designs is Twenty Years Old! UPDATED

Janet Granger's business creating dollhouse miniature needlepoint kits is twenty years old!  Seems like yesterday I was thrilled to find I could buy silk gauze from her.  To celebrate, Janet's business is being profiled in Artisans in Miniature magazine.  Head to page five to read all about Janet and see photographs of her work.
https://www.scribd.com/embeds/303215376/content?start_page=1&view_mode=book

UPDATE:  Silly me!  I forgot to add Janet's website so you could browse her kits and see even more. Sorry.
http://www.janetgranger.co.uk

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© Copyright March 16, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Visiting Needlepoint Etc. and Fiddlesticks Too

I thought today should be Visit a Shop Day since Sheena also posted about visiting shops on her vacation to the Hawaiian Islands.  Read all about Needlepoint Etc. in Honolulu here and enjoy the slide show of Hawaiian, Asian, beach and tropical flora canvases.
http://www.sheenasstitches.com/visit-np-etc-enjoy-palm-trees/

http://www.needlepointhi.com

And here is a glimpse of Fiddlesticks Too, not to mention a wonderful new stitch Sheena's created.
http://www.sheenasstitches.com/hawaiian-quilt-pattern-visit-fiddlesticks/

http://www.fiddlestickstoo.com

Click on the photos for a better look.  Thanks for the tour of paradise, Sheena!

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© Copyright March 17, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Visiting Cabbage Row Shoppe

Pat of the Needleart Nut blog is on vacation and stopped in Cabbage Row Shoppe in Charleston, SC. Here is what she found! 
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2016/03/cabbage-row-shoppe.html

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© Copyright March 16, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Thinking Conservation

Most of us (me in particular) give little thought to conservation and preservation of our stitching.  But the damage dust, light and bugs can cause does make one stop and think!
https://hands-across-the-sea-samplers.com/caring-for-textiles/

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© Copyright March 15,  2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

March Themes

Nimble Needle in New Jersey posted a number of March-themed canvases on their blog. I never think of March as a sports month but of course it is with better weather and baseball's spring training, not to mention the college basketball tournament.   Whether you are into sports, rabbits or St. Paddy's Day, it's a good place to see a variety of canvases and other things to celebrate your favorites.
http://nimbleneedlenj.com/march-things/

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© Copyright March 14, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.