Casey Has the Organization Bug

Thanks to Stephanie posting about it on Facebook, I discovered The Young Needlepoint blog. Here's a fun posting about her new stash organization system. Lots of great ideas there!
http://theyoungneedlepointer.blogspot.com/2012/02/total-organization.html

Excuse me while I go add Casey to the Blog List.  Why don't you guys go say hi to Casey while I do that?

By the way, Tisha has a great storage idea, too, courtesy of a customer in Wales.  IKEA here we come!
http://stitchplaywithneedlepointtooltime.blogspot.com/2012/10/storage-ideas.html

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

Fashionable Laying Tool Holders

We stitchers mostly are charmed by needle magnets but there are also some really fun ways to keep your laying tool corralled until you need it. Here's the latest, a magnetized button with an elastic loop.  These Button Snaps are so new they aren't on the Bedecked and Beadazzled website yet, but I bet if you call the shop, they can fix you right up.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2012/09/snap-snap-snap.html

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

How Do Designers Do That?

Just where do the designers we adore get their ideas?   Gay Ann Rogers gets them stuck in a traffic jam....
http://gayannrogers.blogspot.com/2012/09/needlepoints-creative-process.html

Here's how Terry Dryden starts to bring her ideas to life with preliminary sketches and possible threads and beads.
http://www.terrydryden.com/-blog/2012/9/16/working-on-a-new-geometric-design.html

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

New Classes at BeStitched

Barbara Elmore takes us back in time talking about the styles of needlepoint in years past, then announces a year long class at BeStitched that will concentrate on her big Princess chandelier canvas.

http://stitchpography.blogspot.com/2012/09/all-that-fun-stuff.html

Barbara has done several of these very large chandelier canvases.  You can see the rest of the series on her website.

http://www.barbaraelmoredesigns.com/barbaraelmoredesigns.com/Canvases/Pages/Just_For_Fun.html

A year is a big commitment but if you are up for something smaller, you can sign up for a Raymond Crawford Stars class.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/raymond-crawford-stars-class/

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

More New Things

Janet Perry has listed more new things for our stitching pleasure.
http://sd2cx1.webring.org/l/rd?ring=bloggerswhoembel;id=36;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Enuts%2Dabout%2Dneedlepoint%2Ecom%2Fstash%2Denhancement%2Dfound%2Dhere%2Dnew%2Dproducts%2Doctober%2D2012%2F

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