Sadly, the owner of Needlewoman East in Falls Church, Virginia posted on Facebook this morning that the shop would be closing this month (December 2015).
UPDATE: The shop will be closing for good on Monday, December 14 at 6 p.m.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 10, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
For Those Who Think Their Stocking Took FOREVER
This video from Julia M. Usher shows how to create a needlepoint pattern with royal icing on shaped cookies. I thought stitchers who are sighing over how long their stitched needlepoint stocking is taking would enjoy watching this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeLt3MenvNM
Many thanks to Michelle for finding this and posting the link on Facebook's Needlepoint group!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 30, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeLt3MenvNM
Many thanks to Michelle for finding this and posting the link on Facebook's Needlepoint group!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 30, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
The Twelve Days of Christmas on Display
Ridgewood is showing off their finished Twelve Days of Christmas Club on their blog. They are charmers (love those beaded pears!) all stitch-guided by Jennifer. They make a lovely set, so if you are kicking yourself for not stitching anything for your Christmas tree this year, you might want to contact Ridgewood to sign up for this set.
http://www.ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/12-days-of-christmas.htm
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 30, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://www.ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/12-days-of-christmas.htm
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 30, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Steph is Decorating
Labels:
Christmas,
Christmas ornaments,
ornaments,
ribbons,
Stitch Style,
Virginia Barney
Stephanie is adding ribbons to her needlepoint ornaments as she decorates her tree.
http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2015/11/tree-is-up.html
Jinny's decorating, too! I just love seeing everyone's holiday tree needlepoint ornaments and stockings!
http://stitchstyleblog.com/2015/11/holiday-spirit/
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 29, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2015/11/tree-is-up.html
Jinny's decorating, too! I just love seeing everyone's holiday tree needlepoint ornaments and stockings!
http://stitchstyleblog.com/2015/11/holiday-spirit/
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 29, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Monday, December 7, 2015
Want to Learn Needle Painting?
Labels:
animals,
dogs,
Gold Diggers,
Helen M.Stevens,
Helen Stevens,
Leigh,
needle painting,
Tanja Berlin,
tutorials
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| Campanita, The Miami Gold Digger's Dog |
I'm sure regular visitors of Blog have noticed that recently my profile photo at the top of the right hand column has been the little dog from the Miami Gold Digger canvas I'm currently stitching. There's a reason for that--I'm going to use this in a needle painting tutorial. But first, let's talk about what classic needle painting is.
Basically it is creating very realistic animals, usually with one or two plies of cotton floss, using only a limited range of stitches: long and short, stem stitch, split stitch and perhaps a few straight or slightly slanted satin stitches for details like noses and whiskers and claws.
Tanja Berlin and Helen M. Stevens are masters of this technique. Berlin Embroidery sells kits to reproduce her original designs. If you head to her website you can see them here.
http://www.berlinembroidery.com/needlepainting.htm
Even more importantly, Tanja has posted examples of her instructions for various items: birds, animals and flowers. Click on any of her examples and you will see diagrams for which colors to use where, diagrams that show the direction of the stitches you will be using and diagrams that tell you what order to stitch the animal parts in. She uses long and short stitch for most of her fur, feathers and flower petals with 1-2 plies of cotton floss.
Helen Stevens' website isn't quite as detailed (she teaches, lectures and writes books on her techniques) but the photos are knockouts! She uses the same stitches as Tanja but adds various other stitches for special areas like wings. She also tends to use silk flosses for her designs.
http://www.helenmstevens.co.uk
Impressed? Intimidated?
Be impressed but don't worry--this isn't nearly as hard as it looks. All you need is patience and to observe dogs to see how their fur lies since we don't want to stitch Campanita's ears so the fur sticks out in an unrealistic way. Don't own a dog? Not to worry--Watson will pose for us.
Basically it is creating very realistic animals, usually with one or two plies of cotton floss, using only a limited range of stitches: long and short, stem stitch, split stitch and perhaps a few straight or slightly slanted satin stitches for details like noses and whiskers and claws.
Tanja Berlin and Helen M. Stevens are masters of this technique. Berlin Embroidery sells kits to reproduce her original designs. If you head to her website you can see them here.
http://www.berlinembroidery.com/needlepainting.htm
Even more importantly, Tanja has posted examples of her instructions for various items: birds, animals and flowers. Click on any of her examples and you will see diagrams for which colors to use where, diagrams that show the direction of the stitches you will be using and diagrams that tell you what order to stitch the animal parts in. She uses long and short stitch for most of her fur, feathers and flower petals with 1-2 plies of cotton floss.
Helen Stevens' website isn't quite as detailed (she teaches, lectures and writes books on her techniques) but the photos are knockouts! She uses the same stitches as Tanja but adds various other stitches for special areas like wings. She also tends to use silk flosses for her designs.
http://www.helenmstevens.co.uk
Impressed? Intimidated?
Be impressed but don't worry--this isn't nearly as hard as it looks. All you need is patience and to observe dogs to see how their fur lies since we don't want to stitch Campanita's ears so the fur sticks out in an unrealistic way. Don't own a dog? Not to worry--Watson will pose for us.
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| Watson at 8 weeks |
Stay tuned for an orientation to the threads and stitches we'll be using. I will add article links to a new tab called "Needle Painting on Needlepoint Canvas Tutorial" as they go live. Which will be when I have time, this being the holidays.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 29, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 29, 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
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