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Needlepointing Houses – Come Stitch with Me
Colonial houses, especially the ones of Colonial Williamsburg, are one of my favorite things. I grew up in a neo-colonial house (it looked like Mt. Vernon). I loved Williamsburg when I went there when I was 10. One of the things I love about Annapol...
Glacier Bay Needlepoint Cruise – June 5-12, 2010
Craft Cruises and The Art Needlepoint Co. have teamed up to launch a series of Needlepoint Cruises, combining the fun of cruising with the opportunity to improve your needlepoint skills in a relaxed, stress-free environment without the interruptions ...
Give the Gift of Needlepoint
One of the nicest things you can do for someone is to share something you love, by teaching them. We love needlepoint, but all too often beginners are intimidated or the cost of classes (in time or money is too high). But still we want to share the...
Christmas Lights – 2010 Needlepoint Club
Christmas Lights is now open for subscriptions for this delightful twelve-month series of needlepoint ornaments. Based on old-fashioned Christmas Lights, each ornament has one mixed thread stitch for the bulb and a second stitch for the base. They a...
Whipped Backstitch Tutorial
Whipped Backstitch is one of my favorite stitches. It’s easy to do and it makes smooth rounded shapes. Not many stitches in needlepoint can do that. You can use it to outline round shapes (like the bubbles in Wicked, above). But where it real...
Blackwork, Bargello and Needlepoint ebooks by Janet Perry
Three wonderful eProjects are available for you to purchase today here and from the ebook store on All about Needlepoint. Maple Leaf Rag, pictured above, is a complete introduction to Bargello in sampler format. Beginning with a simple zig-zag, you ...
Beginner Needlepoint Project Book Out this Weekend!
One of the harder things I’ve done in needlepoint is advance from doing Tent Stitch to feeling confident in making different stitches, using different threads, and trying new color combinations. That’s why I’ve designed this new se...
Hurray for Hearts – Needlepoint Stitch Sampler eBook Now Available!
Looking for a way to learn some new stitches and to use up threads from your stash? My new ebook, Heart Sampler, is now available here and in my ebook store. Throughout the article you will see three of the hearts I’ve stitched using this plan....
Tell a Friend about Needlepoint
The weekly email from a local school says that you are the best recommendation for the school. That holds true for needlepoint as well, you are the best recommendation for needlepoint there is. By wearing needlepoint shoes, carrying a bag or wallet w...
Long & Short Stitch - Lesson 3
The next lesson on Long & Short Stitch is now available. It covers shading triangles. That may not sound exciting, but think about flower petals, often they are triangles with a rounded top. This lesson has detailed instructions and some simpl...
Long & Short Stitch Tutorial - Lesson 2
There is a new tutorial (both in still pictures and video) on Long & Short Stitch in Needle ‘nThread. This lesson,the second, shows background shading using this stitch. A second part continues this lesson. This kind of shading is outstand...
Long & Short Stitch Tutorial Update
Just a quick note top let you know that Mary has put up an index to her Long & Short Stitch tutorial. All the lessons are listed and will be updated with links as she puts up the posts. This is fantastic for forgetful people like me. Social Bo...
Start of Long & Short Stitch Tutorial
Long and Short Stitch is a free embroidery stitch adapted to needlepoint and used to make realistic shading. Similar to Random Stitch, which we covered in two posts last week, Long and Short Stitch is a fantastic method for stitching flower petals an...
Needlepoint Cruise with Janet Perry - Preliminary Information
I’m going to be teaching needlepoint on an Alaskan cruise in June 2010. It’s going to be more than your usual needlepoint cruise because we will focus on more than just the usual single project. There will be three projects, one a stitch sampler ...
Needlepoint Videos from Kreinik
Like many other needlepointers, I love Kreinik threads and use them often. I have several drawers in my thread stash devoted to them and often they inspire a piece of needlework. But now Kreinik has given us even more to teach and delight us. They h...
What Was your First Needlepoint Project? - June Giveaway
This giveaway was inspired by one of the responses to last month’s post about how we learned to needlepoint. Priscilla wrote: My grandmother Mimi and my godmother Kappy gave me a needlepoint canvas with a grey donkey already stitched in the mid...
The Project that Never Was
I discovered Bargello shortly after learning to needlepoint. I saw Elsa Williams book and was hooked. But you know how they say “Your eyes are bigger than your stomach?” Well, my needlepoint ambitions were always bigger than my time or so...
How I Learned to Needlepoint
The theme for the May Giveaway was how I learned to needlepoint and we got some great responses. I’ve contacted the winner and I wanted to share with you today the great responses. My friend Donna learned just the way I did: I first learned to ...
Family in Passing on the Tradition
It’s said that the best way to get a child to read is to have parents who read. That’s certainly true in my house, where everyone reads and we all have bookshelves as major decorative elements in any house or room we occupy. It’s al...
