Valentine’s Heart Free Stitch Guide
As an early Valentine’s present, here’s a free stitch guide to a charming vintage canvas from Associated Talents. It uses metallics to showcase the small hearts and make them stand out from the gingham...
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My Sunday stitching yesterday was “Simply Blessed” by Raymond Crawford. He has several of these “Simply” canvases. This guide can work for any of them. Materials Crystal Braid Gentle Ats Floss **...
View ArticleEnhancing a Focal Point
My latest project is this round from My Pink Sugar Life, above. You saw it in yesterday’s post where I talked about the background stitch. I’m making it for my husband’s office and it will sit near the...
View ArticleFree Stitch Guide for Summer Round
KC Needlepoint has a free complete stitch guide for this lovely round on their blog. The canvas is by Sara Trucksess of SCT Designs. Jinny McAuliffe wrote the stitch guide. Copyright secured by...
View ArticleWatermelon Can Cozy Free Stitch Guide
This delightful insert from Evergreen Needlepoint for their can cozy uses only a few stitches to make a delightful design, perfect for summer drinks. It can be stitched quickly, and you can easily...
View ArticleVacationing Santa Free Stitch Guide
Thanks to Suzie Valerie ad the folks at The Enriched Stitch, we have a free stitch guide showing Santa at a well-deserved beach vacation. About Janet M PerryJanet Perry is the Internet's leading...
View ArticleCustom Stitch Guide Service Available
Every time I talk with stitchers, I hear frustration. They love the canvases, they buy them, and want to stitch them. Maybe they even buy the threads. Sometimes they get “stitch guides” from shops or...
View ArticleUse Giant Cookie Cutters for the Basis of Great Needlepoint
Updated April 28,2023. While I am a pretty good cook and baker, one thing I’m NOT good with is rolled and decorated cookies. Even so, I see a lovely one (or even a silly one), and I wish I could do...
View ArticleNeedlepoint 202 – Book Review
Ruth Dilts with Joan Lohr, Rainbow Gallery, 2007. Updated August 15, 2023. In Needlepoint 101, her previous book (out of print), Ruth took us through the process of stitching a canvas with tips,...
View ArticleNeedlepoint Bargello Ornament and Free Stitch Guide
Updated September 24, 2023. Jeanne over at Just String has completed a delightful Kathy Schenkel ornament. It’s done in Bargello needlepoint with a delightful poinsettia interior and gold textured...
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