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: […]
The Needle Works (4401 Medical Pkwy) has two great shows in the shop this month. Enjoy canvases from BB Needlepoint and Danji all at 20% savings. See Danji’s site here: https://www.danjidesigns.com See BB Needlepoint’s site here: http://www.bbneedlepointdesigns.com
Needlepoint.com (3811 Hillsborough Street) in Raleigh is having its annual May kit sale. Save 25% on any kit, including their online classes, through May 31. Just use the code KITSALE25 when you check out. Shop here: https://needlepoint.com/collections/needlepoint-kits
Rachel’s Needlepoint (29260 Franklin Rd, Ste 103) in Southfield will be closed until sometime in June because of a death in the family.
The Boca Beacon has a profile of Tricia Heaton, the needlepoint teacher & designer and mother of the designer behind Thorn Alexander. Read the profile here: https://bocabeacon.com/news/profile-tricia-heaton/?fbclid=IwAR16OvtH_DeY6_iq1VGGvb3Qtc7R7ixEUtCaBqYafHTYxFwcU6yrfKl10b8 Visit Tricia’s site here: https://www.triciaheatondesigns.com
I’m overwhelmed with great needlepoint news I want to share with you. Starting tonight there will be four posts per day instead of three, for the rest of the month. Find posts at 3AM, 9AM, 2PM, and 7PM (Pacific time), within 5 minutes before or ofter the hour, at those times.
One of Painted Pony’s licensed designers,Kathy Wallace of Needle Graphics is retiring. Their remaining stock of Needle Graphics canvases includes ” lots of Christmas and Halloween designs, as well as her college rounds, hearts and Santas.” The company will not be accepting orders for those canvases not in stock. Painted Pony notes “We have made […]
Libby Sturdy and several other stitchers have recently completed a picture of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion recently. An article in the Chicago Tribune tells the story. Read it here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/news/ct-dhd-column-clarkson-tl-0131-story.html?fbclid=IwAR1gr5sCVsmQQdWHCU-YcAIJWGSw_IZgfDMUWhKOKIXRITJVGSvAFTRc8N8
The Needlepointer (22811 100th Ave West) in Edmonds has a delightful new club featuring these hearts from Pippin Studio. You get one heart per month, complete with stitch guide to make great quick gifts and projects. A finishing pack is also available for the club. Sign up here: https://www.theneedlepointer.com/product/club-matters-of-the-heart/
