Changing Colors

Ridgewood shows off a series of small canvases with different background colors.  It's amazing the difference color and a slightly different finishing style makes!
http://ridgewoodneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2016/01/throwback-thursday.html 

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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© Copyright January 21, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Gay Ann Rogers Sale

Gay Ann Roger's sale of charts starts today, Feb. 11, at 8 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
http://www.gayannrogers.com

If you love counted canvaswork or are a fan of delicate and feminine designs in general, you'll want to check out this opportunity to pick up some of Gay Ann's charts.  She only has sales 2-3 times a year and only a few kits are available at each sale and usually only for a week.  However, many sell out before the week is up....

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© Copyright February 9, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Read This Before Writing a News Article about Needlework

Franklin Habit just wrote an article full of sensible advice (that also happens to be funny as hell) for journalists writing news articles about needlework of all kinds.
http://blog.lionbrand.com/2016/01/06/franklin-habits-friendly-three-point-message-to-journalists-who-seek-to-write-about-knitting-and-crochet/

Thanks for the heads up, Donna!  I'm still giggling.

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Thread Strategies

Jan switched colors on a Maggie canvas and came up with a plan to cope in case she ran out of thread. A Smart Cookie Award winner for sure!
https://stitchlady.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/my-maggie-coffee-cup/

https://stitchlady.wordpress.com/2016/01/08/maggie-coffee-cup-moving-along/

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© Copyright January 7, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Go Red!

Quite a few shops are participating in the American Heart Association's Go Red With Thread fund raiser this month. Most of them are having events on Saturday, February 13, but Enriched Stitch had their event last weekend.  OOPS!  I promised Suzie to mention it, but life got in the way.  I've been exceptionally busy in the last two weeks with Real Life issues and I missed the date because I thought I had plenty of time.  However, Enriched Stitch's event doesn't officially end until Friday, February 12.  So you have a few more days and you can check with other shops in your area to see what they are planning.
http://astheneedleturns.com/go-red-with-thread-fundraiser/

Sorry, Suzie.  Life got away from me in the last two weeks.  Congratulations on the money you raised and I hope you and your fellow shop owners raise much more.  After all, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.  We've lost too many stitchers before their time to this scourge.

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© Copyright February 9, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.