Some (new to the shop) very cute animal canvas’s to warm your heart.
Going Stag
The workshop with Phillipa Turnbull continues to develop. Scratch my previous post about thistles and rabbits were going for bigger game “The Mellerstain Stag”. Here is the workshop piece in its entirety though it is actually a part of a much larger piece from Phillipa, the Mellerstain FIreplace Screen. “Mellerstain Stag is a historic 19th century piece taken from the…
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Crewel Time
I’m so excited to have Phillipa come to us across the pond from Appleby-in-Westmorland to teach, inform, and share her infectious enthusiasm for crewel. Pencil in early June for an all day workshop complete with afternoon tea. Project has yet to be determined but thinking about the Scottish Thistle though Rabbits! is also tempting! Stay tuned for further details, but…
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March Winds
March 1 begins the Mindy Trunk show! Mindy is surely one of the more prolific designers out there. As always, Trunk Show purchases are 20% including threads. Distant customers don’t be disappointed! All shipping is FREE. Go to http://www.mindysneedlepoint.com/ to see her line but keep in mind I don’t think her site shows the brilliance or intensity of color that…
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Harikuyo – Festival of Broken Needles
Imagine this in our throw away culture, an annual ceremony for sewing needles. The Festival of Broken Needles, harikuyo, has taken place in Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples all over Japan on February 8th for hundreds of years. While memorial services are more usually held for the spirits of the dead, there is an old Shinto belief that inanimate objects,…
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The many faces of Barbara
Someone asks for a dog canvas of their (purebred) dog and I immediately go to Barbara Russell. Her dogs are some of the best with equally nice backgrounds. Yet there is so much more to her collection than dogs. One thing I believe separates her designs from so many other designers is their integrity. The three below I just received;…
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