Over the weekend I was working on this Princess & Me ornament for my DD. I had picked this bright blue Rainbow Linen for the background. Initially I thought one skein would be enough. But I didn’t like their suggested background or any of the three others I tried. By the time I settled...
Read more »
Originally posted 2008-08-18 06:30:12. Republished by Blog Post Promoter This is the first stitch in Celebrate!, a needlepoint stitch sampler. It will go into the left block in the top row. The alphabet I used for this stitch is available free on the Internet. It is Americana 18 from Tink Boord-Dill. The chart for...
Read more »
The Small Book Series Needlepoint, by Jane D. Zimmerman, (self-published) 2010, ISBN:0-9646219-6-7, $19.95. There are so many good things to say about this little book, it’s hard to know where to begin. First off, it’s small (the size of a folded over piece of paper), so it’s easy to stick in your project pack....
Read more »
Originally posted 2008-09-02 07:07:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Here’s the center block for the top, a big bold lower case e. The alphabet charted below, is Computer 24 from Tink’s Alphabets Tantalizing and Terrific. The background, below, is Criss-Cross Hungarian with Crosses stitched using a limited edition silk called Brazilian Boa from The...
Read more »
Originally posted 2008-02-12 06:30:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter I’ve stitched an awful lot of canvases in my time, but the Chinese Letter canvases from Raymond Crawford remain among my favorites. Why? They come in two sizes of canvas (14 and 18), they have a huge variety of background colors, and there are lots...
Read more »
