Woodlawn Plantation Exhibit Deadlines!

I've just realized that the deadlines for sending in pieces to exhibit at the Woodlawn Plantation exhibition are nearly here!
https://mailchi.mp/a3f214c3e674/133pwd5lcr?e=572986a47c

Many thanks to Nancy B. for the heads up. By the way, the folks at the New Jersey Needle Arts chapter took plenty of things to D.C. to show.
https://blog.njneedleartists.org/2018/02/10/woodlawn-delivery-2018/

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Another Celebrity Needlepointer

In Style magazine profiles Julia Roberts in this online article.  
http://www.instyle.com/celebrity/julia-roberts-december-cover

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© Copyright November 8, 2017 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Make Your Own Display Stands

Thanks to Tara, I have a link to a great tutorial on how to make your own display stands or easels for flat backed stitched items.  It's clever, it's easy and it is fun to customize your own look with ribbon, buttons, scrapbooking decorations and beads.
https://thecopperfox.blogspot.com/2017/08/how-to-make-your-own-display-stands.html?m=1

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© Copyright December 26, 2017 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Upholstered Chair

Peggi of Tapestry Fair has collected vintage stitching for years, hoping to turn it into an upholstered chair. And this year she did it!  Kudos to you, Peggi.  Love the little faces on the arm fronts.
https://tapestryfair.blogspot.com/2017/12/early-christmas-present.html?spref=fb

Mary Agnes has read this and been inspired to reuse her old shop models this way.
http://needlenicely.blogspot.com/2017/12/uses-for-old-stitched-needlepoint.html

http://needlenicely.blogspot.com/2018/01/uses-for-old-stitched-needlepoint-ii.html

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© Copyright December 24, 2017 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

BeStitched Talks Bullions, French Knots and Colonial Knots

Lisa from BeStitched has released a free video tutorial on how to make bullions, French knots and Colonial knots.  It is very interesting to watch her make all three.
https://vimeo.com/201741974?inf_contact_key=d064f5d8f9c74a14fedf8ec4795c1204b5b52adbb73ba5634be53cac411f8926

Lisa is probably using the blunt point bullion needles from Colonial Needle.  You can also get a set of sharp pointed bullion needles from the same source.
http://colonialneedle.com/Bullion-Tapestry-Points.html

By the way, if videos really help you more than written material, you might consider subscribing to BeStitched's Needlepoint Flix.  Click on Join for all the details about the variety of subscription levels available.
http://www.needlepointfix.com

You can also read my review of Needlepoint Flix, although I am pretty sure the coupon no longer works.  I wrote this in 2015 after all!
https://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2015/06/needlepoint-flix-review.html

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