Thursday, January 22, 2026

Porte Bonheur (or Lucky Charm) from Clover

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Shirley Chin just returned from a trip to Japan where she visited the Miyuki bead store, a fabric store, and a Japanese needlework supplies store.  She and Toni Gerdes do an unboxing.  She purchased Delica beads and Porte Bonheur tools (made by Clover but only available in Japan), plus DMC Japan only tool lines, special little boxes, hand made needles and more.

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Here are the little boxes she bought from Misuyabari in Kyoto.  Most are sewing kits, with lovely little tools inside.

If you want to see more about the various places Shirley visited, scroll down to May 1, 2025 on the San Diego Chapter ANG website and start exploring.

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Storage and Organization Ideas from Needlepoint.com

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Needlepoint.com shares their favorite storage and organizational items.

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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Breaking News: Scam Website

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Zecca just posted this to Facebook's Needlepoint Nation:

"I just became aware of a scam website I think everyone should be aware of. It pretends to be an online seller of needlepoint with too good to be true prices. It is not real!!!!!! needleworkart.com
Do not give them any information. It is not a real shop."

I suggest folks not even click on the link.  Even looking at websites like this can be dangerous.  Thanks for the heads up, Zecca!  

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Threadaholic Alert: Bisous

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Tilli Thomas' newest thread--a silk/wool blend called Bisous--is appearing in the shops.  

This Planet Earth thread is a thin, single strand of half Merino wool, half silk.  KC Needlepoint says it is thinner than Essentials.  It comes in 30 yard skeins and Planet Earth describes it as "suitable for 18 and 16 mesh."  Rittenhouse recommends 2 strands on 18 count and 3 on 13 count for full coverage.

You can see photos of the colors at this link.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Ridgewood Explores Brick Stitch for New Stitch Monday

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Ridgewood Needlepoint is exploring brick stitch as part of their New Stitch Monday series.


Now Ridgewood looks at fancier variations on brick stitch.

Instructions for brick stitch beading are included.  Be warned, though.  Depending on the size of your canvas and beads, the beading thread and the underlying canvas may show.  That can provide some interesting shading effects or contrasts if you experiment with colors a bit.

Brick stitch is quite versatile.  You can add a bead to the stitch after your needle comes up from the back and it will settle in the middle hole.  You can work brick stitch in vertical columns, which is particularly useful if you are doing the stitch on black or dark navy where it is hard to see where to put your needle.  You can also work brick stitch over threads laid in the ditch between threads which gives a fun effect if you use two colors or add a metallic as the laid thread.

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