Sad News about Paternayan

A local Maine newspaper is reporting that Saco River Dye House (now Maine Textiles International) is in legal trouble due to their not being able to pay their rent.  They own Paternayan, so it looks like for now it will be unavailable.
https://www.pressherald.com/2019/03/21/saco-dyehouse-at-risk-of-closure-in-property-dispute/?fbclid=IwAR3NzbWbrfMSkTm0XLaS2-wKx8kJDbQuSHswimgk2NfDzTA_LFl0jzvgjQE

Local stitchers in Maine say that they lost the lawsuit and that the company is in bankruptcy now.  A buyer is apparently in the wings.  Stay tuned.

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An Interview with Morgan Julia Designs

The new Morgan Julia Designs website is live!  My favorite part so far (besides the fresh colors and style of the designs—love that elephant design on her Facebook page!—is the interview on her website (second link below).
https://www.facebook.com/MorganJuliaDesigns/

https://morganjuliadesigns.com/blogs/news/behind-the-canvas-meet-designer-morgan-julia

Congratulations on starting out in the World of Needlepoint.  We are cheering you on.

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© Copyright September 12, 2019 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

NAN's 2019 Exhibit Winners Online

The National Academy of Needlearts (NAN) has announced the 2019 Exemplary winners are now online.   As always, it's amazing stuff!  We have some great stitchers exhibiting here.
https://needleart.org/2019-exemplary-ribbon-winners/?fbclid=IwAR3HUMP3ZPKQZacIDYUNljx5RC2noJpzFKyumNx_cSLD8H5GYm0h7m1EoeM

Click on each photo to get a better look and read the stitcher's information about their work.  You can also click on the first photo and use side arrows to move through the exhibit if you prefer.

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© Copyright July 17, 2019 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Compensation Help

Unless the only stitch you ever use is a tent stitch, eventually you will have a stitch that doesn't fit the shape you are stitching. That's when you have to compensate. But how do you to that? Not to worry, we have lots and lots of help.

Ruth Schmuff has a lovely little trick to help you compensate an area.
https://bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/2017/03/compensation-games-2/?cn-reloaded=1

Sandy Arthur has some good information at the bottom of this blog article in her Tips to Treasure section.
http://sandyarthur.blogspot.com/2017/08/classes-as-we-prepare-to-post-upcoming.html

If compensation drives you nuts and you need more help, you might be interested in Susan Robert's Compensation 101: The Art of Partial Stitches for Needlepoint. It's the only book that is all about compensation I know about. It is 45 pages long, so it's not a big book.
https://www.amazon.com/Compensation-101-Partial-Stitches-Needlepoint-ebook/dp/B01MSDEBQ4/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=stitsuzi-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=186208ae8224b7245c43d0a570b4f0c4&creativeASIN=B01MSDEBQ4

I've not seen it but it's gotten rave reviews from purchasers on NP Nation. Please note this is a Kindle book, so you will have to buy it from Amazon and will need the Kindle app downloaded to read it.

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© Copyright July 23, 2019 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A Master Uses Negative Space

Gay Ann Rogers just posted photos on her website of one of her samplers (on Congress cloth I think) she designed some years ago. Look carefully at the close up of the cat and the rug it's resting on and compare them to the rest of the sampler.  The cat isn't completely stitched and the rug isn't solidly stitched, either.  That makes them look good next to the sparsely worked wallpaper behind the cat.  
http://www.gayannrogers.com/gallery/cat-sampler.html

It's a good lesson for those of us who aren't thinking scale and density when we work.  The best results come when you pay attention to those.

If you are curious about Gay Ann's thoughts on stitching, check out her interview with Fiber Talk.
https://wetalkfiber.com/2019/09/15/fiber-talk-with-gay-ann-rogers-iii/?fbclid=IwAR2zjDP_OKMf_pGx1VSZmYhVvyqvHbt8d7NKERklGpPbqEzGfAH0z6cm7XE

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© Copyright September 16, 2019 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.