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 this poll. My plan is to offer one project per month. The packet will include line-drawn canvas, instructions and, possibly, threads (I’m still debating that...
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What Kind of Needlepoint Club Would You Like to See? (now revised)
SuZy’s Mini Stitches — Book Review
Originally posted 2009-03-27 07:01:07. Republished by Blog Post PromoterBy SuZy Marphy, 2009, distributed by Rainbow Gallery In this, SuZy’s sixth stitch dictionary, she tackles smaller stitches. This is a greatly needed book because finding stitches to fit smaller spaces works well with today’s trend towards smaller projects. The table of contents lists all the...
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Skip Tent – A Great Stitch
Skip Tent has mostly left me cold. To be quite honest it never made much sense to me. I couldn’t see the point of making parallel lines of Backstitch and calling it anything nice. Now thanks to this post by Ruth Schmuff, it makes sense. I’ve been doing it wrong all along. By calling...
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Round Pegs in Square Holes
Originally posted 2007-03-23 06:07:20. Republished by Blog Post PromoterEvery time I need to make a curved line on a needlepoint canvas, this is how I feel. And of course, since needlepoint canvas is a grid, it’s a very appropriate feeling. But recently I’ve solved the problem with two easy stitched which make lovely curved...
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Background Stitches vol.1 – book review
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....
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