Smart Cookie Award for March UPDATED

This month's Smart Cookie Award goes to Cindy, who is working a multi-colored plaid border around her design.  
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155356207953581&set=pcb.1668619959881822&type=3&theater

Cindy took a few mini quilters clips and glued magnets to the back.  She uses them to gather her thread tails on the front until she needs a color from the group again.
http://www.connectingthreads.com/MiniWonderClips_TDMiniWonder.html

UPDATE:  Brenda's done something similar.
https://brendasneedlepointstudio.blogspot.com/2018/07/canvas-thread-management-7118.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright March 3, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The DebBee's Designs YouTube Channel

Yes, Debbie Rowley of DebBee's Designs also has new videos! Hers are on YouTube and are mostly stitch demonstrations, although there's a nice demonstration of how to use a flat iron on threads and a video on how to start or end threads.  Have fun exploring!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-jRFNPzSQdJS4odXAzS3w

If you aren't familiar with DebBee's Designs because you don't do counted canvaswork, here's her website so you can check out her designs.
https://debbeesdesigns.com/products-page/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright March 6, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The David Channel

David McCaskill's new website now has videos!  The Introduction video and his video on how to read needlepoint canvas are free for all to watch.  I highly recommend the "Reading Your Canvas" video as it explains how to do basketweave properly on a canvas and how to decide which end is the selvedge end.
https://www.needlepointdavid.com/instructional-videos

More videos are planned but these are going to be available only to the folks on David's mailing list so make sure you sign up for that.  To do so, go to Contact Me and then look for the little newsletter sign up box at the bottom right corner of the page.

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright March 2, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A Portable Cordless Flat Iron for Smoothing Threads

If you travel with your stitching to seminars, classes or just to meetings a lot,  you'll be interested in the cordless rechargeable flat iron that Brenda found.  She gives it a rave review!
https://brendasneedlepointstudio.blogspot.com/2018/02/new-tool-for-straightening-threads-22818.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright  March 1, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Floss Inn

This morning's post by Mary Corbet is a review of a new product called The Floss Inn.  Basically this is a traveling project organization bag invented to hold cotton embroidery floss (DMC, Anchor, etc.).    I think it would work for other threads, too, as long as they aren't too bulky.  It's worth a consideration if you have to travel with your projects often.
https://www.needlenthread.com/2018/02/tool-talk-the-floss-inn.html

You can browse the various sizes and fabrics available here, plus watch the little video of a Floss Inn being used.
https://theflossinn.com

https://theflossinn.com/how-it-all-works

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© Copyright February 28, 2018 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.