Needlepoint.com (3811 Hillsborough Street) will start their free stitch- along series for this charming fall ornament from Plum Stitchery on September 29. Each Sunday a portion of the free stitch guide will be posted on Instagram. Buy your kit here: https://needlepoint.com/products/plum-stitchery-pumpkin-ornament
Cabbage Row Needlepoint is taking part in Hearts for Hospice, a charitable effort that puts stitched hearts on the doors of rooms for the families after folks pass away. A story about their work is in the local paper. Read it here: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/charleston-needlepoint-shop-donates-special-gifts-to-hospice-patients/article_87b6d2b2-c80b-11e9-9fec-47a3357a1897.html
BB Needlepoint will be closing their needlepoint design business as of November 1, 2019. Contact your local shop for canvases. There are also some finished models for sale. See their designs here: http://www.bbneedlepointdesigns.com/
SuZy Murphy, the popular needlepoint teacher & author passed away Sunday in Cheyenne, WY. Her service will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, September 9 at the First Congregational Church in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Suzy and her husband were both very active in Cheyenne Young Life. Donations may be made in her name to them at […]
I got word this morning that Silver Needle is discontinuing its line of licensed Beatrix Potter needlepoint. If you love these classic designs, hurry to your local shop to order them. When the current supply is gone, they are gone. See the collection here: https://colonialneedle.com/collections/sn-beatrix-potter
It’s the feast of the patron saint of embroiderers, St. Clare of Assisi. She the patron saint because although bedridden for many years, she continued to do work, embroidering beautiful vestments. Go out and stitch today — I am!
Join other stitchers at the Chicago Embassy Suites Lombard/Oakbrook for a two-day retreat on January 11 and 12, 2020. The NeedleNeedle Retreat is ” for anyone interested in a weekend of comraderie and fun while stitching. Whether you do needlepoint, cross-stitch, knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving or any other kind of needlework, come join us for […]
It’s World Embroidery Day. Go out and stitch!
Louise s Needlework (244 W. Olentangy Street) in Powell has a new Christmas Club. It features rounds from Petei for the 12 Days of Christmas with a different background stitch for each ornament. The club includes the canvas and stitch guide with a thread kit option. Call the shop for details: 614-436-3905
A Single Thread is Tracy Chevalier’s newest novel and will be released this fall. This novel has as its focus the needlepoint kneelers and cushions in an English cathedral and the women who made them. Publisher’s Weekly has a great article about the author, needlepoint, and how the novel came to be. Read it here: […]
