From Family Fun magazine’s website comes this cute holder for an iPod or other MP3 player. It’s made using mostly exposed plastic canvas and a bit of stitching. You could easily make it in an afternoon.
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From Family Fun magazine’s website comes this cute holder for an iPod or other MP3 player. It’s made using mostly exposed plastic canvas and a bit of stitching. You could easily make it in an afternoon.
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Voting is still open so you can tell me which of the three needlepoint clubs you’d like to see. Just put a comment on the post describing the choices (the poll wasn’t working right, so I junked it). Your comments will greatly help me...
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Originally posted 2009-01-02 18:01:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Stitchlady has been working on this lovely Four Way Bargello piece and finished it in time for the New Year. I love the pop you get from the little buts of red “poison” color. BTW,...
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Originally posted 2009-01-18 06:46:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Don’t you just love this bird template? They are such great shapes and they make such a wonderful starting point...
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Tentakulum is a German company hand-dyeing many different threads in colors inspired by different painters. Each is named for the painter (last names for the men, first for the...
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I’ve been thinking about offering a monthly needlepoint club for 2011 but I’m torn about what to do and I’d like you to help me decide by participating in...
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Originally posted 2009-07-19 07:35:36. Republished by Blog Post Promoter I’m so delighted that my friend Sister Diane interviewed me for one of my favorite blogs, Craftypod. We talk about...
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So you’ve decided to stitch a belt. Now you have to make some decisions about finishing it. If you decide to finish it as a needlepoint belt, you have...
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Originally posted 2009-02-09 13:41:22. Republished by Blog Post PromoterHere’s some more lovely new canvas which premiered at TNNA last month. A new needlepoint company exhibiting at TNNA for the...
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The style section of the New York Times ran an article this week about needlepoint belts. It begins by talking about the “breakup belt,” a close relative of the...
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Originally posted 2008-12-24 16:05:49. Republished by Blog Post PromoterMERRY CHRISTMAS! Here’s your Christmas presents from me. These are free charts for two simple Christmas ornaments you can make using...
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Celtic knotwork and interlacing is so lovely and complex. It always makes for lovely designs. But charting it from scratch can be tedious and time-consuming. Trolling around the web...
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Originally posted 2007-01-17 08:44:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterYes I froze. Foolish me, I didn’t bring my winter coat and it was about the same temperature in SD as...
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This news is so big I had to share it right away, Orna Willis is having a sale. She’s calling it a Mishmash sale and everything is at a...
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Originally posted 2009-06-25 05:31:28. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI tend to think there is too little beauty in our everyday world. Not in nature, but in the things we...
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Blackwork can be done on any countable ground, linen, needlepoint canvas, or evenweave fabric. It’s historic, easy and fresh. In my new on-line class, beginning, August 1 (that’s in...
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Originally posted 2008-10-24 07:07:16. Republished by Blog Post PromoterI began by choosing this rose design from the collection at the V & A. I’m a sucker for this Arts...
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In my book, Needlepoint Trade Secrets, I share hundreds of tips with you about doing needlepoint and other needlework. I like the book so much I keep a copy...
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