Needle Nicely Has Their 500th Birthday

Needle Nicely just turned turned 500! Actually neither the shop nor Mary Agnes Ruddy Cussen the owner are actually five hundred, (OW! Mary Agnes threw a shoe at me!!!) but the Needle Nicely blog just added its five hundredth blog posting. Congratulations!  Mary Agnes sums up a bit of the history of the shop and its blog here.  As always, it is a fun read.
http://needlenicely.blogspot.com/2014/12/500-smackeroos-that-is-blog-posts-wow.html

Happy Blogging, MA.  Here's to many, many more essays from your interesting mind.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 20,  2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Jacobean Crewel Work and Traditional Design

Thanks to Anna Scott, I have a link to the Smithsonian's online archive copy of Jacobean Crewel Work and Traditional Design.   The second link is for those who want to download a copy instead of reading it online.
https://archive.org/stream/jacobeancrewelwo00pene#page/n1/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/jacobeancrewelwo00pene

This was published in 1900 by Penelope, an obvious pseudonym, and is out of copyright.  Hopefully crewel lovers will enjoy a browse and those who are curious about crewel stitches will enjoy the lovely color photos.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 16, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Merry Christmas to All

Boots Bailey's The Stork and The Baby

I hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas holiday, whether you are Christian and observe Christ's birth or not. If you are lucky, maybe you can do a little stitching today. If you are very lucky you are celebrating with family and friends; if you aren't, you are having a quiet holiday by yourself. Either way, my best wishes for a terrific and healthy 2015 are going out to you, along with this image of the late Boots Bailey's The Stork and The Baby.

Don't forget that those we have lost are always accessible to us again in our memories.  I hope you have the best memories of Christmases past to enjoy on this Holy Day.

If not, here's to a Happy 2015 in which to make good memories.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 25, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Creative Journey Gets Frequent Flyer Miles UPDATED

Joan talks about the creative journey of her three St. Nicholas designs--and their real journeys, too!  These lovelies are distributed by Dreamhouse Ventures, just in case you need one to journey to your house.
http://joaneidman.com/the-journey/

UPDATE:  Here's a better look at the Holly St. Nicholas along with Christmas wishes from Joan Eidman herself.
http://joaneidman.com/happy-holidays/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 10, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas at The Enriched Stitch

Linda took a class from Mary Susan at Enriched Stitch in Connecticut.   Lucky us--she reported back on all the fun ideas!
http://blog.njneedleartists.org/2014/12/11/twas-the-night-before-christmas/

The canvas is Rebecca Wood's "'Twas the Night Before Christmas."  I suspect if you call the shop and ask nicely they will kit this up for you.
http://astheneedleturns.com/twas-the-night-before-christmas-class/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 15, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.