A Custom "Starry Nights"

Lorraine at Colour Complements has come up with a custom autumn color set for Laura Perin's "Starry Nights" chart. It's a stunner, particularly if you love harvest colors of greens, golds, reds, oranges and touches of blue and pink.
http://colourcomplements.com/2015/09/starry-nights.html

The threads are Lorraine's own so you'll have to get the chart from Laura, but that's easy to do.  Just head to her website.
http://www.laurajperindesigns.net/american-quilt-collection.html

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© Copyright September 24, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

200 Different Thread Colors

Sometimes when I am working on a stitch guide I look at the 30-40 different items I've used and think I have gone a bit overboard. Turns out I am a serious beginner when it comes to using a lot of different threads! Mary Corbet is about to start a project that uses 200 different flosses.  Yep, I'm a rank amateur!
http://www.needlenthread.com/2015/09/how-to-organize-thread-for-large-needlework-projects.html

The way she plans to organize her threads looks very logical, although expensive.  But if you do a lot of this kind of thing, you'll definitely want to look into Annie's Keepers.
http://www.annieskeepers.com

By the way, Traditional Stitches is a great online shop if you are Canadian and Nordic Needle is amazing if you are in the United States.
http://www.traditionalstitches.com

http://www.nordicneedle.com

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© Copyright September 21, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Ruth Drops a Large Hint

Ruth Schmuff drops a large hint as to the canvas for her Fall Mystery class in 2016.
https://www.facebook.com/ruth.schmuff/posts/1185207351493294

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright October 2, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Traveling with Needlework

Nupur of the Song of My Needle blog shows how she travels with her needlework.  It's really quite compact and clever!
http://thesongofmyneedle.blogspot.com/2015/09/traveling-with-my-needlework.html

I think the travel tube is meant for blueprints.  I found very similar ones here, some of which telescope to hold larger/smaller items.
http://customblueprint-supply.com/files/N5_Sec09_PortofliosCasesMailingTubes.pdf

Wherever you go, happy trails!

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© Copyright September 20, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Breaking News: Christine's Osterville Needlepoint Has Been Sold

Posted on Facebook today:

Dear Fellow Needlepointers,

With mixed emotions, after 29 + years, I have sold my retail store to Joyce Gresh, one of our customers. I have so enjoyed meeting and working with you all through the years. My love of needlepoint continues to this day. It has been a true pleasure starting the store in 1986 and watching it grow - adding new fibers and designers over the years and moving to our current location.

Joyce will be using our original name "Osterville Needlepoint Shop" so continue to visit when you are on the Cape. Vicki and Barbara are still there to assist you.

I am going to devote more time to my husband, needlepointing, and my wholesale business "CBK Needlepoint Collections". The wholesale operation has moved from the loft area to the lower level so feel free to visit (follow the blue handrail in the back of the building).

Thank you for all of your years of support and I wish you all the best.
Christine Kesten

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