Happy Birthday to Waste Knot

Please join me in shouting Happy Birthday to Waste Knot Needlepoint.  The shop is celebrating its fifth birthday!
http://www.wasteknotneedlepoint.com

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Barbara Bergsten Goes to School

Barbara Bergsten's colorful designs are perfect for beginning stitchers. Two different shops are offering beginner classes using her canvases.  In Stitches (Atlanta) is using one of Barbara's samplers,
http://createneedlepoint.typepad.com/create_needlepoint/2013/05/needllepoint-class.html

...while Po's Point is offering a kid's camp for a week using Barbara's complex palm tree as a learning tool.  The beauty of Barbara's canvases is that more advanced stitchers can have just as much fun as a beginner with them. which means you can take a friend to class and both enjoy stitching away.
http://createneedlepoint.typepad.com/create_needlepoint/2013/05/more-needlepoint-classes.html

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Just Add Magnets

Needle in a Haystack has profiled a nice new item from Access Commodities--needle tins. Add a small magnet or two and you'll never lose a needle in your suitcase or travel tote again!
http://needlestack.typepad.com/whats_new/2013/04/needle-tins-from-access-commodities.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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Nativities and Elephants

Enriched Stitch in Connecticut has some very talented stitchers who own and visit the shop. If you love Nativity sets like I do, you'll be interested in seeing the special touches on this Mile High Princess set that will have stitch guides available when Suzie finishes stitching the set.  No Nativity set is cheap (all those pieces!) but since Enriched Stitch is having a trunk show of the line, you can buy the set with the guides thrown in at twenty percent off.
http://astheneedleturns.com/mile-high-princess-nativity/

If you are more interested in animals than Christmas sets, then this Melissa Shirley (I think) elephant stitched by Becki who works at the shop now is one you will want to see.  It is magnificently stitched.  Unlike the naive style of Mile High Princess, which needs a simpler style of stitching, this piece is rich, embellished and tapestry-like.  It is a work of art.
http://astheneedleturns.com/elephants-on-parade/

Becki is going to teach her version of Melissa Shirley's Helowise Witch in several classes over May and June, so you can tap into some of that magic if you are going to be around.  I expect a full report!
http://astheneedleturns.com/helowise-the-witch-class/

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Roses in Bloom UPDATED

The finishing on this dimensional rose pillow is wonderful!  I don't know the designer but Ridgewood can probably help you out if your rose garden needs something like this.
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2013/04/blog-post_30.html

UPDATE:  Robin says this is a Sew Much Fun design.  Thanks!

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
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