Every Monday from 1 until 4 throughout the year, get help with your canvases at Louise’s Needlework in Powell. Join these informal canvas embellishment classes and get help picking threads and stitches for your new canvas. Get the schedule here: http://www.louisesneedlework.com/module/class.htm?classId=73387
Louise’s Needlework in Powell has a delightful new club featuring three pumpkins. The Labors of Love canvases feature layered stitches from Gone Stitching’s book. The club includes canvas, stitch guide, and a copy of the book. Thread kits are optional. Learn more here: http://www.louisesneedlework.com/needlepoint-clubs-and-exclusives.htm
A Stitch in Time in San Marino (LA) has recently released a second series of village buildings from Kelly Clark. The club includes stitch guides by Alison Hodgkiss. Individual buildings in the club will be available as kits. Learn more here: http://www.needlepoint-knitting.com/a-winter-village-ii.htm
This wonderful maker of hand-dyed threads has added a small selection of solid #5 pearl cotton to their line. The colors come in sets of three; a light, medium, and dark shade of each color. The skeins are 10 meters. Buy yours here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/colourcomplements?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=19522922
Help fight breast cancer with the unique club from Beth’s Needlepoint Nook. The 12 designs in this club are each by different designers and all feature the breast cancer ribbon. A portion of the profits will go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Learn more here: http://www.bethsneedlepoint.com/club-breast-cancer.html
Chaparral Needlework is introducing a club for lovers of things Texas. It’s a year of Texas ornaments with everything from a gushing oil well to the Alamo. The canvases are by Pajamas & Chocolate with stitch guides by Karen Lea. See all 12 here: http://www.ndlpt.com/html/series/syearoftexas.html
Four lovely exotic birds from Labors of Love’s clip-on collection will wing their way to you beginning in September 2016 in Fireside Stitchery’s new club. The club is available either as a full or partial (no canvas) kit and individual months can be ordered. Learn more here: http://www.firesidestitchery.com/fs/Clubs/index.cfm?fuseaction=getClubItems&CategoryId=3&clubNumberId=285
Needlepoint.com from Raleigh has added a new offering to their on-line classes. Just bead it! covers 16 different beading techniques. Learn more & sign up here: http://www.needlepoint.com/just-bead-it-beading-technique-online-class-19150.html
Needleworks in Homewood is the subject of a kong and profusely illustrated article on Style Blueprint Birmingham. I wish I was close enough to visit. Read the article here: http://styleblueprint.com/birmingham/everyday/needleworks-homewood/
Gone Stitching in Bergenfield is a great needlepoint store with an emphasis on Judaic canvases. Read this lovely new article about them on Jewish Link of New Jersey: http://jewishlinknj.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12699%3Aneedlepoint-turns-the-mundane-into-the-sublime&catid=156%3Afeatures&Itemid=585
