Jazz Musicians Portraits on Display in Atlanta UPDATED

If you are in the Atlanta area, you will be interested in the exhibit of Leanna Leithauser-Lesley's needlepoint portraits of jazz musicians.  If you aren't in the area and can't see the exhibit or participate in the group stitching at the Cobb Galleria, you can still listen to an interview in the link below.  Just click on Listen at the top of the page under the slide show.
http://news.wabe.org/post/needlepoint-artist-brings-jazz-portraits-theatrical-outfit

Many thanks to Sandy for pointing this out on Facebook.

UPDATE:  Her jazz and blues portraits will be on display in Selma, Alabama starting in October 2019.  If you can't be there, watch the video.
https://www.cbs42.com/good-news/birmingham-artist-immortalizes-jazz-and-blues-musicians-through-needlepoint-portraits/?fbclid=IwAR1YRLKRJz8NTSnIQAk-wZ8lcSc1kRUofB3Y2ty5kZTfJGw1rBS2NxWe33E

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The Assassination

Orna Willis found photographs of an exhibit by Richard Bassett that uses photographs from the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as the basis for needlepoint.  
http://ornadesign.blogspot.com/2017/02/needlepoint-and-president-kennedy.html

Orna has some interesting questions as to the significance of photos so ubiquitous that we recognize them immediately and whether turning them into needlepoint makes them fresh again.  Or perhaps he is stitching through his grief all these years later?
http://www.richardbassettart.com/images_dallas_a.html

Many needlepointers use needlepoint to make traumas more bearable, after all.

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New from SOS Designs

Colonial Needle has a new designer--SOS Designs (it stands for Son of a Stitch because the designs are the brainchild of the son of the owner of Colonial Needle).
http://astheneedleturns.com/fresh-from-the-showroom-floor/

The little geometric rounds are perfectly sized for the Lee leather goods (boxes, pouches, snap trays, cosmetic bags, etc.) which makes sense as Colonial owns the Lee design line.    If you need something fabulous but without the high costs and long wait times of professional finishing, you will want to check out what's available from Lee, Colonial and SOS Designs.
http://www.colonialneedle.com/files-customer/catalog/LeesNeedlearts_Leather_Catalog.pdf

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© Copyright February 15, 2017 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Over Rachel's Shoulder UPDATED

Rachel of the Virtuosew Blog has been working on a Bargello patchwork cushion cover for quite a while and today, she started posting about how she made it up into a long cushion cover.  This is a gift for her mother.  First, they had to block it.  I'll update this article as Rachel gets it made up.  By the way, if you are interested in seeing how Rachel came up with this original patchwork design, look for "Crazy Canvaswork Cushion" at the bottom of this article and click on that.  All the articles Rachel wrote as she designed and stitched this will magically appear.
http://www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk/wordpress/2017/02/14/finishing-the-form-cushion-stage-one/

UPDATE: I removed the wrong link and added the right one.  Sorry!

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Peeking Over Jessica's Shoulder UPDATED

Jessica shows us how she executes a commission for needlepoint suspenders ("braces") for a German customer who wants traditional ones using Berlin woolwork patterns made with the breast piece.
http://www.jessicagrimm.com/blog/another-bavarian-hosentrager

UPDATE:  Jessica is almost ready to roll the embroidery up on her scroll frame.
http://www.jessicagrimm.com/blog/embroidery-plans-with-a-herbal-theme

UPDATE #2:
And the embroidery is done!  Now for the finishing.
http://www.jessicagrimm.com/blog/a-very-happy-costumer

These aren't the first pair Jessica has made for customers.  Click on "Bavarian braces" in the right hand column to see more.  Here is someone wearing a set, although they are not Jessica's, just a random photo I found online to illustrate how they differ from the suspenders that a banker might wear in Boston.
http://www.flagshipfancydress.co.uk/germanbavarian-man-costume-2212-p.asp

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