Posey Parker's Guide To Getting into Needlepoint

Posey Parker has written a guide for beginners at needlepoint.  It has good advice and lots of links to things you can pick up that aren't too expensive.
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/parker-posey-beginner-needlepoint-guide-kits-tools.html

I think doing needlepoint "jazz style" is genius!*

*Jazz style means improvisation, using whatever colors you want wherever you want.

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Instructional DVDs on Sale

Lisa at BeStitched has been cleaning house I think. She has grab bags of her instructional DVDs on sale.  You get four random DVDs plus a pair of small scissors and a little tool pouch with a fun saying.  Deal!
https://bestitchedneedlepointshop.com/products/dvd-grab-bag?inf_contact_key=6fb999c6f295e40f2f2fb93c962615b7

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An Interview with Madeline Elizabeth UPDATED

Needlepoint.com has a short but fun interview with Madeline Elizabeth, a new needlepoint designer—who hasn't even graduated high school yet!
https://needlepoint.com/blogs/needlepoint-know-how/meet-the-artist-madeline-elizabeth

If you want to see the designs Madeline Elizabeth mentions in the interview, start here on her website.
https://www.madeleineelizabeth.net/current-designs-copy

UPDATE:  Fiber Talk interviewed Madeline here.
https://wetalkfiber.com/2020/08/23/fiber-talk-with-madeleine-harwell/

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright April 25, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Making a Hat Band the Easy Way UPDATED

Horse Country Chic is making a hat band for a straw hat.
http://horsecountrychic.blogspot.com/2020/04/my-needlepoint-hat-band-project.html

She makes it look easy, too.  Tent stitched projects are so soothing right now.  Hopefully you can find something fun you want to stitch for a hat band of your very own.

UPDATE:  Here is her hat band finished. Neat!
http://horsecountrychic.blogspot.com/2020/05/my-finished-needlepoint-hatband-project.html

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What Is It With Cats and Needle Minders?

I was looking for something on Etsy and realized how many cat and coffee-themed needle minders there are. I thought these were charming. Enjoy the browse.  (By the way, there don't seem to be dog+coffee ones.  Odd!)
https://www.etsy.com/listing/699790559/kit-tea-cat-needle-minder-cat-magnet-cat?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=needle+minders&ref=sr_gallery-1-8&organic_search_click=1&bes=1

https://www.etsy.com/listing/586378462/lazy-grey-tabby-coffee-cat-premium?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=needle+minders+coffee&ref=sr_gallery-1-47&organic_search_click=1&cns=1


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© Copyright April 23, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.