A Profile of Maggie Lane

The New York Times did a profile of the influential needlepoint designer Maggie Lane in 1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/08/archives/china-childhood-was-inspiration-for-needlework.html

Her books are still available on eBay and through book dealers who specialize in needlepoint.
http://www.newneedlepoint.com/search/results?keyword=maggie+lane

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Nicholas Moufarrege Exhibit in Queens Museum

Thanks to Tara, I just learned that the Queens Museum in New York has an exhibit on the mixed media needlepoint artwork by Nicholas Moufarrege on display until February 16, 2020.
https://hyperallergic.com/538328/the-unbridled-exceptional-techniques-of-nicolas-moufarrege/?fbclid=IwAR1B1OFPMT-6Oeh4I0df6fd2uZD6Lv2wKmDpexBTrEHjpqJci5RcHl3qlOQ

https://queensmuseum.org/2019/06/nicolas-moufarrege

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Turning a Historical Display of Dishes into Needlework

Arlene Cohen has a new needlepoint design, inspired by a museum exhibit.  
https://worksbyabc.com/2020/01/24/how-a-dining-table-becomes-needlework/

https://worksbyabc.com/2020/02/07/an-influential-museum-exhibit/

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Thread Suggestions for Needlepoint Stockings

Are you overwhelmed by thread choices for that lovely stocking you just bought? Needlepoint.com has posted a video to help you pick out just the right threads.
https://needlepoint.com/blogs/needlepoint-know-how/stockings-stockings-and-more-stockings

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Videos from Threedles

Kurdy Biggs of Threedles NeedleArt Designs has started posting videos on how to do some of what folks call "string art" or Jean Hilton-type stitches on her website.
http://threedles.com/04012016/Frames/threedles_frameset.html

To access them you have to go to her home page (link above), then look at the bottom of the left hand column.  Click on "Stitch Demo Videos."  Then pick a stitch and click on the name.  It looks like most of the videos are Kurdy's own from her classes.

I highly HIGHLY recommend Carole Lake's and Michael Boren's Twisty Stitches, Volumes 1 and 2 to learn how to do these but if you learn best from watching, these videos by Threedles may be helpful.
http://stitchplay.com/books-for-needlepoint/

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