Too busy to stitch one of these delightful designs? Head on over to the Annie Lane Etsy shop (https://www.etsy.com/shop/AnnieLane) to buy one of her growing collection of WTF (what the fun) magnets. Many of her most popular designs are available in this growing collection. They all use sturdy Rare Earth Magnets to hold your needles […]
Adding to their delightful line of ribbons and embellishments, Sundance has highlighted both new and old in this sampler from Barbara Elmore. New are the painted ribbons (fish and flowers) and the metal embellishment making the fish’s eye. Old are the Glitzy Ribbon used as an applique for bubbles and the solid ribbon for the […]
DebBee’s Designs has three new designs that debuted this month. Radiance features lots of colorful crescents, Walnetos, Jessicas, pinwheels and other stitches using DMC #8 pearl cotton and floss, Rainbow Gallery Silk Lame’ Braid and Neon Rays, and Kreinik #4 and #8 Braids on 18 ct. canvas, about 12″ square. It’s a great combination of […]
BeStitched is announcing a new needlepoint club — purr-fect for cat lovers. The canvases are 4 x 4 on 18ct, designed by Ginny Diezel Studios, canvases by Maggie Co. The club will launch in October 2014. In order to get your first cat canvas in October you must reserve by August 31, 2014. For December […]
New from Bedecked & Beadazzled is this adorable monster designed by ryn. She’s a monster (think Ugly Doll cute) decked out as a mermaid and under the sea. You can order it from your local shop or buy it here: http://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/b3693-b4540/
Mary Corbet’s delightful Needle n’Thread blog has uncovered not one, but two videos about the way scissors can be hand-made. Most scissors these days are stamped out of sheets of metal instead of being forged. Visit her post here to learn more: http://www.needlenthread.com/2014/08/tool-talk-the-making-of-scissors.html
Yes it can be easy to make a pom-pom with a round form or even with a piece of cardboard, but what if they are not close by>? You have ten pom-pom tools literally at your fingertips and they can make pom-poms in several sizes. Follow this CraftStylish tutorial by Linda Permann to learn how: […]
EyeCandy’s popular Boo-nanza series of candy corn and pumpkins was originally released as a club series. They have just made these delightful canvases available for individual sale. There are 10 in all. Contact your shop to buy. See the entire series in this blog post: http://eyecandyneedleart.blogspot.com/2014/08/crazy-patch-boo-nanza-retrospective.html
Vineyard has just brought out a strandable Merino wool thread. Called Strandable Merino, it’s available in 18 yard skeins. For those are looking for wools to fit a variety of mesh sizes, seek this out.
Beginning this fall already stitched pillows will be available from Elizabeth Bradley. The collection will have 16 pillows with heritage pieces in the brand’s traditional English tapestry designs. All the pillows are done in the Victorian Cross Stitch technique. Retail prices for Elizabeth Bradley Home’s collection of finished needlepoint pillows are expected to be between […]
