The Crabby Beader

Suzanne at Hugs and Stitches is totally covering her latest canvas in beads. She has some great ideas, like using double-sided tape to hold her various bead colors in the margin of the canvas, and she is doing tent stitch beading for the crab to make it stand out a bit from the brick stitch beaded background.
http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2016/02/still-beading.html

 Note that she is adding more blues to the water to give it motion and is using three types of beading--adding beads to a brick stitch, adding beads to a tent stitch and "messy" beading.  Suzanne's explanation of the various bead and beading thread colors she used is very interesting.
http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2016/03/beaded-blue-crab.html

You can see the entire canvas here.  It is from Point of It All Designs.
http://suzannehicks.blogspot.com/2016/02/hello.html

If you decided to try this, I suggest you start with a small canvas.  A canvas totally covered in beads is very very heavy.

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© Copyright February 23, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

My Newest Canvas

Courtesy of a dear friend who maybe knows me a little too well, I have a new canvas in my collection.   It is eight inches square on 18 count canvas.  My version has purple letters on an ecru background, although you can purchase black lettering on ecru from the Bloomin Stitches store.  (This is a shop exclusive so this is the only place to pick it up.)
http://www.bloominstitches.com

A friend saw my present and ordered red letters on a white background, so you can get this customized to your preferred colors.  So what is my newest treat, you ask?

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It cracks me up every time I look at it.  Many thanks to Laura at Bloomin Stitches and especially my friend who obviously are as strange as I am.  Now I need to assemble purple threads, beads and sequins and a very feminine background stitch so this will be as ladylike as possible until one reads the text.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright March 7, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A Visit to Absolutely Needlepoint

Diane just took a quick trip to Miami and visited Absolutely Needlepoint. She posted information and lots and lots of photos on her Facebook page.  So the next time you are in Miami, you know what you have to look forward to!
https://www.facebook.com/Dianes-Stitchin-In-The-Mitten-1439608229635844/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 21, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A Bargello Accent

Needlepoint for Fun's latest article about needlepoint concerns using Bargello stitches as an accent.  By the way, when switching between threaded needles as Brenda recommends, I like to bring my thread to the front and park the needle on a magnet to keep it out of the way.  I find that easier than keeping up with what's going on behind the canvas.  When you can see the thread, it isn't causing mischief!
http://www.needlepoint-for-fun.com/using-needlepoint-bargello-patterns.htm

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 19, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Serendipity, Thirteen Years Later

Serendipity Needleworks is now thirteen years old!
http://blog.serendipityneedleworks.com/2016/02/17/a-walk-down-memory-lane/

If you are in Alabama, visit the shop in Tuscaloosa.  If not, visit them online.
http://serendipityneedleworks.com

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright February 18, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.