The Alice in Wonderland Screen

The fabulous English needlepoint designer Anna Pearson was sent photographs of a three-fold screen needlepointed with Alice in Wonderland scenes.  The screen is dated 1944 and is in all tent stitches, probably in wool, although where someone would find wool thread in wartime Britain amazes me.  Perhaps this was started before WWII and the yarns already put aside.  Click on the photos for a better look.  Thanks for sharing, Anna.  This is a great treasure!
http://anna-pearson-needlepoint.blogspot.com/2018/01/loose-ends.html

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© Copyright January 10, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Breaking News: NAN Best of Show Winners Announced

The National Academy of Needlearts has posted photos of the two Best in Show winners at their 2018 Exemplary.  Use the right side arrow to see the other winner.
https://www.facebook.com/118153386709/photos/pcb.10155062893306710/10155062891461710/?type=3&theater

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© Copyright March 17, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A Book on Compensation

If compensation drives you nuts, you might be interested in Susan Robert's Compensation 101:  The Art of Partial Stitches for Needlepoint.   It's the only book that is all about compensation I know about.  It is 45 pages long, so it's not a big book.
https://www.amazon.com/Compensation-101-Partial-Stitches-Needlepoint-ebook/dp/B01MSDEBQ4/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=stitsuzi-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=186208ae8224b7245c43d0a570b4f0c4&creativeASIN=B01MSDEBQ4

I've not seen it but it's gotten rave reviews from purchasers on NP Nation.    Please note this is a Kindle book, so you will have to buy it from Amazon and will need the Kindle app downloaded to read it.

You can visit Susan's Needlepoint Teacher website and check out all her books in the right hand column. All are available from Amazon as Kindle downloads.
https://www.needlepointteacher.com

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© Copyright February 22, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Meredith Invents Bubble Technique

Meredith Willett of M's Canvashouse, Meredith Collection canvases, Big Buddies needle minder magnets and more has another invention to her name—how to create bubbles.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/NeedlepointNation/permalink/1659354074141744/

Elizabeth took an embellishment class from Meredith to help her with this Labors of Love Halloween figure and got the tip there.  You can see the untouched googly eye front and back in the picture and see how bubbles look with the eye positioned over them.  This is what the package looks like in a big box craft store.  Basically you peel off the back to create a clear bubble shape and put those on the canvas.
http://www.michaels.com/creatology-wiggle-eyes-flat-back/M10043499.html?dwvar_M10043499_count=118

Elizabeth is going to try to pierce holes in them to stitch them in place, but I am pretty sure you will need to glue these into position.  Just FYI.

Thanks, Meredith!

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© Copyright February 21, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

What to Do When You've Lost Your Stitching Mojo

We all have dry spells when stitching is the last thing we want to do, right? Sue Dulle tackles the topic with some great ideas of how to cope when stitching just doesn't seem to happen.
https://sudukc.wordpress.com/2018/02/22/creative-dry-spells/

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