These are some new silk ribbon kits including painstakingly hand drawn canvases by Terry Dryden. Kits are by RIver Silks, who always do everything with the utmost kindness and professionalism. Kits come with extensive stitch guides, practice canvas and plenty of ribbon to complete each piece. They are 5″ x 5″ and are two in a series of four florals….
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There’s Shaded and then There’s Varigated
I very much want to add a complete line of threads that are shaded and possibly varigated too. By shaded I mean tones within a like color/s and varigated I mean unexpected colors all within one skein. While I do have a full line of Weeks dye Works and Gentle Arts hand dyed floss as well as lots of Cresent…
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Christmas cracker ornaments
In addition to the Melissa Shirley candy canes I also want to share one of Melissa Shirley’s Christmas cracker ornaments. This one was great fun to stitch, the picture doesn’t show all the textures. Threads used include Gloriana silk ribbon, Fyre Werks soft sheen, DMC floss, #4 Kreinik braid, Frosty Rays, Very Velvet, Silk Lame braid and the best bling…
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Candy Canes Back from the Finisher
Melissa Shirley has soooo many candy cane options. To me I still think of candy canes as being red and white. Ok, green is ok, and in my town where Aunt Charlottes still makes them from scratch black and red is ok too because black = anise. And I love anise. But for the more adventuresome, creative types Melissa Shirley…
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Nancy Faulkner and Heaven & Earth Designs
Always looking the new and different I came across these fully stitched cross stitch charts that could also be done on 18 count canvas for those not discouraged by stitching from a chart. Particularly the Mother and Baby Bear reminds me of the illustrations by Maurice Sendak for Else Holmelund Minarik Little Bear stories. On 18 count they measure a…
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New canvases, week of June 28th: Sandra Gilmore
For those needlepoint stitchers who enjoy doing interiors Sandra Gilmore has many nice ones. Aside from scenes, she does outstanding faces and her designs are reminiscent of gentler times gone by. See all her designs on fleurdeparis.com
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