Can You Dry Clean Needlepoint?

Thanks to Donna I have some good videos about dry cleaning needlepoint and how to clean a needlepoint canvas yourself.

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4kVhkNRYxs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_bcUp-CqSg

Thanks, Donna!

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The Smart Cookie Award for September 2021

Denise has won the Smart Cookie Award this month for her recycling Tic Tac breath mint containers into beading thread holders.  She pops in a few beading needles, tosses the box into her stitching bag and away she goes!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NeedlepointNation/permalink/4241200505957075/

Can't get these locally or you don't like breath mints?  Not to worry, you can buy them on eBay or Etsy.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/174880563179?hash=item28b7b19feb:g:yQEAAOSwh59hEAWL

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Tenth Annual Rehoboth Beach Museum Needlework Exhibit CANCELLED

The Tenth Annual Rehoboth Beach Museum needlework exhibit starts this weekend, September 18 and runs through November 7.  was supposed to start Sept. 18 but the building has had a roof leak so they are cancelling.  See second link below.

https://brendasneedlepointstudio.blogspot.com/2021/07/10th-annual-rehoboth-beach-museum.html

https://brendasneedlepointstudio.blogspot.com/2021/09/cancellation-of-10th-annual-rehoboth.html

The Loudoun Sampler Guild has a bit about the exhibit here.

https://loudounsamplerguild.wordpress.com/2021/08/09/needlework-exhibition-planned-in-rehoboth-beach/

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Madeline Elizabeth

Needlepoint.com is featuring one of Madeline Elizabeth's designs as a class kit, so they interviewed her.

https://needlepoint.com/blogs/needlepoint-know-how/meet-the-artist-madeline-elizabeth

Want to see more?  Visit her website.  "In the News" has more interviews, but "Canvas Designs" is the place to start seeing her art.

https://www.madeleineelizabeth.net

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The Famous Needlepoint

Lilly Finch Needlepoint found this neat photograph of Julie Nixon needlepointing in the White House during her father's Presidency.

https://www.facebook.com/lillyfinchneedlepoint/photos/a.111076134516236/132019459088570/

Lynette Designs says she was an avid needlepointer who collaborated with Paragon Needlecraft Company to publish her designs as kits.  I found several on eBay, all of which appear to be crewel.  The black and white photo of her stitching does seem to be on needlepoint canvas, however.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313&_nkw=paragon+kit+julie+nixon+eisenhower&_sacat=0

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