Back to the 1930s

Janet Granger's latest dollhouse miniature kit features what she calls the Crinoline Lady.  Dollhouses are made in miniature and they often mimic certain eras or interior decorator styles, so it makes sense for Janet to create tiny pieces that will fit into this or that era.
http://janetgranger.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/new-1930s-style-dollhouse-needlepoint-table-runner-and-placemat-sets-to-make/

In the South we called this the sunbonnet girl. Apparently the official name she goes by is Sunbonnet Sue and this design motif originated as a quilting pattern in the 1880s.  I've seen a lot of cross stitch kits and quilting patterns featuring Sunbonnet Sue-type patterns and there are some charming rework designs that are more elaborate.
http://hartcottagequilts.com/his8.htm

I did find one painted needlepoint canvas featuring a sun bonnet from Jane Nichols but otherwise I think the world of needlepoint design has walked right past the 1930s.
http://rittenhouseneedlepoint.com/sun-bonnet-1815.html

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Tasty!

Suzanne has come up with a great chocolate bunny stitch plan for this charming Easter canvas from
http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-chocolate-easter-bunny-hopped-in-last.html

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Laura Does That Seductive Thing Again--AND AGAIN

You know how Laura Perin posts photos of her stitched charted pieces occasionally and tempts me to buy charts? And I don't even LIKE stitching from charts?!   Well, she did it again.
http://two-handedstitcher.blogspot.com/2014/11/fall-color.html

http://two-handedstitcher.blogspot.com/2014/11/more-fall-favorites.html

UPDATE:  More temptations.
http://two-handedstitcher.blogspot.com/2014/11/celebrate-bounty.html

Beware, she is the daughter of the devil and will tempt you, too!

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The Invasions in Needle and Thread

This article briefly describes the history behind the Bayeux Tapestry and the Overlord Embroidery, both chronicling invasions.  Don't miss the small photographs that illustrate the article as they give a flavor of the designs and their embroidery.
http://www.wacotrib.com/w/portals-to-the-past-the-power-of-the-needle/article_f783da06-379d-54dd-b10d-67b9a1dc7316.html 

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Thought for the Day UPDATED AGAIN

The thought from the day comes from a video The Glass Pingle posted that talks about something that is vanishing from the world today--"...a very intense engagement with the properties of materials..." 
http://theglasspingle.blogspot.com/2014/11/thread-management.html

I love the thought that there is such a varied group that is manipulating threads for sport, art and surgery!

UPDATE:  The link to the video on The Glass Pingle doesn't work.  Apparently the site has taken down this article.  Sorry!  Many thanks to Pat for pointing this out.

UPDATE #2:  The problem with the film has been fixed and it is here.  
http://theglasspingle.blogspot.com/2014/11/thread-management-deja-vu.html

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