Oh, look! There's a profile of Randi of The World in Stitches in the Littleton online newspaper. What fun! Sadly, the interviewer doesn't understand how technology enhances our stitching but still, it is a nice profile of Randi and the challenges that all shop owners face in the 21st Century.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/littleton/newsnow/x1745249772/The-World-in-Stitches-in-Littleton-competing-with-technology
Many thanks to the Needle Retailer for pointing this out on Facebook.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
The Jansjo LED Clamp Spotlight
Lizette saw the Jansjo LED clamp light at Nashville Needlework and at an earlier retreat this year and finally got one for herself. According to folks at Needlepoint Nation, it has a long cord, but no magnifier, is fairly light weight and the clamp fits on Evertites.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80169636/
Here's a video of it in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JYIhh7K10o
Shop around. The prices vary according to where you find the lamp. Amazon's rating system mentions folks have problems with the switch but there's an easy fix.
Thanks, Lizette!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80169636/
Here's a video of it in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JYIhh7K10o
Shop around. The prices vary according to where you find the lamp. Amazon's rating system mentions folks have problems with the switch but there's an easy fix.
Thanks, Lizette!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Pat Mazu for Christmas
Labels:
braids,
charts,
counted canvaswork,
free,
magazines,
Needlepoint Now,
newsletters,
Pat Mazu,
tassels,
trim
The October 2013 newsletter for Needlepoint Now magazine is out and it features a free chart from Pat Mazu. Pat is famous for her small stocking and ornament designs, all of which use fancy stitches and open spaces to create something wonderful. (Oh, there's a preview of the upcoming issue of the magazine, just in case you can't wait.)
http://www.needlepointnow.com/wp-content/uploads/NN_NWSLTR_Oct13.pdf
By coincidence, ANG has also published a free Pat Mazu design as part of their Needle Pointers magazine's Web Extra series, this time a little stocking called Star in the Meadow. You can see the finished piece at the ANG website, and there is a link to the free chart on that page also. (Note the cord and tassel making instructions on the same Web Extra page if you want to try out making your own trims, just to know how.)
http://www.needlepoint.org/magazine.php
If you need a little ornament for a friend for Christmas or want to add another needlepoint piece to your tree, spend a little time with Pat. With the help of Needle Pointers and Needlepoint Now, you can have a Pat Mazu stocking and ornament set for Christmas morning. And if you fall as much in love with Pat's work as I am, Stitches From the Heart sells her charts and her finishing book, too.
http://stitches-heart.com/needlepoint/pat-mazu-designs/
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://www.needlepointnow.com/wp-content/uploads/NN_NWSLTR_Oct13.pdf
By coincidence, ANG has also published a free Pat Mazu design as part of their Needle Pointers magazine's Web Extra series, this time a little stocking called Star in the Meadow. You can see the finished piece at the ANG website, and there is a link to the free chart on that page also. (Note the cord and tassel making instructions on the same Web Extra page if you want to try out making your own trims, just to know how.)
http://www.needlepoint.org/magazine.php
If you need a little ornament for a friend for Christmas or want to add another needlepoint piece to your tree, spend a little time with Pat. With the help of Needle Pointers and Needlepoint Now, you can have a Pat Mazu stocking and ornament set for Christmas morning. And if you fall as much in love with Pat's work as I am, Stitches From the Heart sells her charts and her finishing book, too.
http://stitches-heart.com/needlepoint/pat-mazu-designs/
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Over and Under Organza
Labels:
classes,
embroidery,
Gary Clarke Designs,
organza,
Susan Elliott,
tulle
I am hugely impressed by Gary Clarke's work. He does beading, embroidery and whitework, but his embroidery on organza is astounding--look at the Budgie Fan! Many thanks to Susan Elliott for mentioning him. I hope she enjoyed the class a great deal.
http://www.garyclarkedesigns.com/products.php?category=Organza
http://plays-with-needles.blogspot.com/2013/10/from-down-under-above-and-in-between.html
I have layered tulle over my needlepoint so this is very inspiring. I can see there is a lot more I can do with thin fabrics....
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://www.garyclarkedesigns.com/products.php?category=Organza
http://plays-with-needles.blogspot.com/2013/10/from-down-under-above-and-in-between.html
I have layered tulle over my needlepoint so this is very inspiring. I can see there is a lot more I can do with thin fabrics....
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Bead Soup Fobs
Labels:
Bead Soup,
Needle Works,
scissors fobs
The Needle Works has new scissors fobs in from Bead Soup. I love the little black cat one. Look at those eyes!
http://www.stitchinginthetexashillcountry.com/the_needle_works/2013/11/montenegrin-turning-share-a-stitch-sunday-november-2.html
By the way, by the time this publishes I will be hard at work at the local polling place and won't be home until 9 p.m. at the earliest. (In Virginia poll work starts at 5 a.m. and lasts until all the ballots cast match with the number of voters checked in, all the paperwork is signed, the ballot machines and the laptops are shut down and sealed, and all the tables, chairs are put away. During that time, poll workers are not allowed to leave the polling place.) So if you wrote me, don't expect an answer until tomorrow.
Go vote!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://www.stitchinginthetexashillcountry.com/the_needle_works/2013/11/montenegrin-turning-share-a-stitch-sunday-november-2.html
By the way, by the time this publishes I will be hard at work at the local polling place and won't be home until 9 p.m. at the earliest. (In Virginia poll work starts at 5 a.m. and lasts until all the ballots cast match with the number of voters checked in, all the paperwork is signed, the ballot machines and the laptops are shut down and sealed, and all the tables, chairs are put away. During that time, poll workers are not allowed to leave the polling place.) So if you wrote me, don't expect an answer until tomorrow.
Go vote!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
@ Copyright 2013 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
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