Collaborating with Barbara Elmore

Barbara Elmore and Carolyn Schmitz) have collaborated in turning Ms. Schmitz' artworks into needlepoint canvases for classes taught by Barbara at the EGA Seminar.  Here is how the process went from the artist's perspective and the canvases that Barbara will be teaching over the next year.  Fascinating!
http://www.desertdada.com/spines-and-needles/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 17, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Southern Shops have STYLE

This morning I've been browsing the Needle Bug's online store.  I'd love to actually BE in Montgomery, a city with style and charm, but online shopping is the next best thing.   Right?  Check out the Snazzy Beading Kit.
http://www.theneedlebug.com/shop/?main_page=product_info&products_id=23971&cPath=4_61

How about a Needle Drop magnet to corral all your needles?  I have no idea how it works exactly but it is really cool looking!
http://www.theneedlebug.com/shop/?main_page=product_info&products_id=4660&cPath=4

How about the Chic Nine Inch Tool Pouch?  You can take that thing anywhere and be the most fashionable tool wrangler EVER!  (and it is on Sale--the Southern Belle's favorite four letter word)
http://www.theneedlebug.com/shop/?main_page=product_info&products_id=19839&cPath=4

How about a dragonfly scissors fob from Bead Soup?
http://www.theneedlebug.com/shop/?main_page=product_info&products_id=5300&cPath=4_40

Those are just the accessories!  (Every Southern gal needs the right accessories.  It's right up there with sweet tea and homemade biscuits when it comes to the necessities of life.)

Wait'll you see the 33 pages of CANVASES!
http://www.theneedlebug.com/shop/?main_page=index&cPath=1

Excuse me, y'all.  I've gotta go shopping....

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 16, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Need a Little Light?

Folks rave about these small Ikea LED lamps.  They won't work well in all situations as they are either powered by a cord or a USB connection.  But they are small and cheap and if you don't use very wide stretcher bars, they'll clamp to your canvas.  Might even clamp to your floor frame or table, depending on the size of the area you want to attach the lamp to.  (Apparently the clamp only opens to one and a quarter inches wide.)  Some models come with an on/off switch I think.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/series/18294/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 16, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

An Adventure For the Golfer UPDATED

Melita has finished the glasses case she created for her golfing husband. It's a beauty, too!   But you should read the adventure she went through to create it in order.  First, she bought the canvas at Designers Desk when she was at the ANG Seminar in Chicago in 2014.  
https://melitastitches4fun.wordpress.com/2014/10/27/golfing-anyone/

Melita had to adjust the area to be stitched in order to make it glasses case-sized.  She also found using a StarMag clip on light really helped her stitch the black painted area with black thread (second link although right now Nimble Needle is sold out).  UPDATE:  Nimble Needle has the StarMag clip on lights again!
https://melitastitches4fun.wordpress.com/2015/02/14/golfers-finished-his-round/

http://www.nimbleneedlenj.com/product/clip-on-freestanding-magnifying-led-lamp-starmag-by-daylight/

Melita decided to use the finishers at Rittenhouse to make her golf canvas into a glasses case.
https://melitastitches4fun.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/golfer-through-18/

Rittenhouse did a spectacular job!
https://melitastitches4fun.wordpress.com/2015/02/14/golfers-finished-his-round/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 15, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Uncle Bill's Sliver Gripper

Plays with Needles raves about these tweezers from Uncle Bill.   They appear to have a zillion uses for many things, not just picking stray paper and threads and pet hairs off stitching. Shop around. Prices vary.
http://plays-with-needles.blogspot.com/2015/02/thank-you-uncle-bill.html

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© Copyright February 16, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.