Help and Corrections for the Royal Garden Stitch-a-Long UPDATED

If you are stitching Royal Garden, the Debbie Rowley/DebBee's Designs chart, with the Fiber Talk podcast, you might want to check the corrections and changes that Jessica has posted to her blog.
https://www.jessicagrimm.com/blog/sal-royal-garden

The designer will send updated information to you if you ask, but you can just follow what Jessica suggests to make changes yourself if necessary.  If you want to listen to the Stitch-a-Long Podcast #1, here is the link to the kickoff show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9Lq4rZ-xE

UPDATE:  Fiber Talk has a new page on their website with helpful videos, including the Walneto Stitch demonstration video.
https://wetalkfiber.com/2020/08/14/help-for-royal-garden-stitchers/

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 20, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

How to Avoid Blocking

Horse Country Chic has a great tip for stitchers who hate blocking—use your steamer to straight your needlepoint instead.
http://horsecountrychic.blogspot.com/2020/07/post-pandemic-self-reliance-that-would.html

I don't have a steamer but if I did, I'd try this and then put the canvas on a blocking board while it is still soft from the steam.  If you have even tension just steaming might be enough.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 18, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

A New Shop on the Jersey Shore

The NJNA stitchers have been on the move this summer, and Sue has found a new shop on the Jersey Shore.
https://blog.njneedleartists.org/2020/07/17/a-new-needlepoint-shop-in-new-jersey/

It's called Bay Head Needlepoint, and it is in Bay Head, New Jersey.  Aren't going to the beach this summer?  Not to worry!  You can still do a bit of browsing on their website.  They don't have online shopping yet (they just opened in June) but they have a lot of beach-themed items apparently and I spotted some great self finishing straw purses and the self finishing boxes in their photos.
https://bayheadneedlepoint.com

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 18, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Kelly Clark Interview

The Pointing It Out podcast interviews Kelly Clark in their latest outing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_G78fcZxew

If you aren't familiar with Kelly Clark, browse her work at the Colonial Needle website.
https://colonialneedle.com

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 17, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

The Pharaoh's Statue

Highlights on Basketweave

I've finished basketweaving the statue on my Pharaoh canvas!  It took a while to do because I had to do the black areas in stolen moments during the day when I could see to stitch black on black.  I am not sure you can see the final touch I added to the basketweave.  I added metallic highlights.  To do this, use a very fine metallic and a beading needle.  Then turn the canvas a quarter turn so that Pharaoh is lying down and do a few tent stitches over the tent stitch layer you've already done.

This is the thread I used—Sulky's overdyed #7027 which is a mix of gold, red and green.   Sulky is a machine embroidery thread that is very fine.
https://www.sulky.com/catalog/sub/thread/metallic/original/

I bought my spool at Joann's Fabrics.  I had a spool of copper Accentuate but I liked the color mix of the Sulky so that's what I used.  There are sparkles on his shoulder, around his eye and cheek and a few on his headdress.  They are hard to see but this is the best photo I could get.  In person the sparkle is more apparently.  I wanted the look of granite which has crystals in it.

Once the statue was done, it's time to stitch the feather fan.  I'll explain how I worked that next time.

By the way, I have listed all the postings about this design on the Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides blog so you can easily follow along as I blog stitch this.
https://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2020/08/pharoahs-fan-finished.html

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 4, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.