Hedgehog Needlepoint On YouTube

Melissa interviews Hannelore Brown of Hedgehog Needlepoint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzUYCSklcW4

You can see the airport tags here and try to guess what inspired the codes at the bottom.

https://www.kcneedlepoint.com/collections/hedgehog-needlepoint

Here's the company's Instagram page.

https://www.instagram.com/hedgehog_needlepoint/

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2021 Limited Edition Design from Sign of the Arrow

The 2021 limited edition design from The Sign of the Arrow is now available.

http://signofthearrow.com/shopping/category.php?category=39

Its a lovely little Christmas ornament kit, available in either charted or painted canvas versions.

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Megan and Mellisa Talk Beads

Neither is a beading expert but they are happy to share the tools that they carry in their shops, as well as what works for them, in their recent podcast.  There are sone great tips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQmiKH8bXA

They also talk about being stitches and show examples.  It's a fun way to learn about beading and beading tools.

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Beards I Have Known Second Edition

I just discovered that Diana Bosworth's Beards I Have Known has a second edition!

https://www.facebook.com/theneedlebug/photos/a.355005547893077/4018228328237429/

This is a great little book, full of a ton of beard ideas.  If your favorite shop doesn't stock it, check with The French Knot in First Worth, Texas.  The photo is of the cover of the first edition but I think both editions are the same inside.  If you stitch a lot of Santas, this is a must have,

https://www.thefrenchknot.com/shop/c/p/BEARDS-THAT-I-HAVE-KNOWN-2ND-EDITION-x49247515.htm

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Making Pretty Rosettes the Easy Way UPDATED

Want to learn to make pretty silk ribbon rosettes?  Needlepoint.com has a great short video that shows you how.  It's easy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8CW-ho01Tg

UPDATE:  I highly recommend River Silks' silk ribbons.  You can pierce the ribbon with your needle multiple times and the ribbon won't split.  It holds up well when going through rough needlepoint canvas and comes in many colors and three widths.  Great stuff!

http://riversilks.com

UPDATE #2:  BeStitched's video has been taken down but this Sharon B tutorial is the same technique.  

https://pintangle.com/2008/11/29/how-to-stitch-a-silk-ribbon-farago-rose/

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