Melissa Interviews Painted Pony

The Pointing It Out Podcast interviews Debbie Woodward of Painted Pony Designs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avQnzrIP8iI

Learn about how Debbie started as a needlepoint designer, distributor and one of the people behind Destination Dallas.

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A Bit of Paternayan History

One of the best places to find Paternayan wool these days is Fiorilgium.  They've posted a nice history of Paternayan and made recommendations as to other brands if you can't find exactly what you need in tapestry wools.

https://florilegium.com/paternayan-yarn-history/?fbclid=IwAR1qLxCxx8R9E6AGcjavPWQDyZqdR_JaaIduHVl6KCMhjrQgwggLoNdFF2s

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

© Copyright November 16, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Making Berries: A Tutorial

Anna Scott has posted a tutorial on making berries by covering large beads with silk.

https://annascottembroidery.blogspot.com/2014/04/wrapped-bead-berry.html

Aren't sure how these are used?  You can see Anna's latest projects, two Christmas ornaments, one with holly berries and one with mistletoe berries, here.

https://annascottembroidery.blogspot.com/2020/11/wearing-many-hats.html

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A New Jeff Kulick Design for ANG

Sara Leigh has been busy doing a model for the American Needlepoint Guild.  Now that the design has been published in their latest Needle Pointers magazine, you can see how SL spent her summer vacation.

http://remedialstitcher.blogspot.com/2020/11/how-i-spent-my-corona-summer.html

It's Jeff Kulick's "Asymmetrical Copper" and it is absolutely gorgeous.  Jeff's very good with color and pattern, so if you are lucky enough to have access to the ANG digital magazine, you'll have great fun with this chart.

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Breaking News from Kreinik

Kreinik has announced that for the rest of 2020 they are going to concentrate on making only their most popular colors in sizes 4, 8 and 12.  

http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2020/11/important-production-and-color-news.html

They will continue to make other items as usual but for these three sizes, they are going to limit what they make to only the most popular colors to try and catch up on their orders.  Hopefully once they catch up with their back orders, they can then return to normal production.  Cross your fingers that this helps Kreinik catch up on their back orders without too much disruption.

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