Elizabethan Stitches: A Book Review

Anyone who has a lot of stitch dictionaries on their bookshelves and thinks they have seen it all will be interested in reading a review of a new book called "Elizabethan Stitches:  A Guide to Historic English Needlework" that Jacqui Carey has just published.  It is full of surface embroidery stitches we needlepointers have never seen, done in threads that are no longer available.  In the last five years, Elizabethan embroidery has become clearer than ever to its stitching descendants 400 years away in time.  It looks like this book is going to advance that knowledge greatly.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2012/03/elizabethan-stitches-jacqui-carey.html

If you are curious about stitches, if history is your delight, or if you want to do reproduction stitching in the 17th Century manner, then this book is for you.  It has to be ordered from this English site,
http://www.careycompany.com/

or from this Canadian shop which I have ordered from occasionally and can vouch for.
http://www.traditionalstitches.com/p_Carey.html

I also found it available via pre-order here.
http://www.bookdepository.com/Elizabethan-Stitches-Jacqui-Carey/9780952322580

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Custom Bargello Designs

Janet Perry has announced a custom bargello service on her website. Janet loves bargello and will create a custom design just for you.  Here are the details.
http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/love-bargello-get-a-custom-design


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Interview with Sarah Homfray

Mary Corbet has posted a wonderful interview with Sarah Homfray on her website.  The best part is the link to Sarah's website where you can see what this graduate of the Royal School has been up to--writing a book, teaching and embroidering a wedding gown.
http://www.theunbrokenthread.com/blog/2012/03/01/inspirational-interview-sarah-homfray/

Don't miss the Embroidery Gallery on Sarah's blog.  This link is at the bottom of her home page.
http://www.sarahhomfray.com/

Then there's the link to The Wedding Dress.
http://www.sarahhomfray.com/blog/read_26607/The-RSN-and-the-Royal-wedding-dress.html


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Class Giveaway UPDATED

Orna Willis is giving away a slot in her newest class, "Hanging Gardens."  How to enter is spelled out on her blog.
http://ornadesign.blogspot.com/2012/03/giving-it-away.html

UPDATE:  Orna has decided to give away TWO slots in her class.  Details here if you happen to be late to the party.
http://ornadesign.blogspot.com/2012/03/overwhelmed-so-another-giveaway.html

Speaking of Orna's classes, I know some of the folks getting ready to take her Peacocks class at Bedecked and Beadazzled in Baltimore.  They keep talking about "orange peacocks"!
http://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/visitingTeachers.php


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Bargello Green

Since March 17th is St. Patrick's Day, the Bargello Needlepoint site has assembled five free bargello designs in shades of green and gold for the Irish at heart. Enjoy!

http://bargelloneedlepoint.com/5-free-bargello-designs-for-st-patricks-day/


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com