Wolfen (Leigh Designs and Chris Tirey)

Casey shows off her Leigh Designs' "Wolfen" Pumpkin on Facebook, stitched using a guide by Chris Tirey of Nimble Fingers in Houston, Texas.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208947296136937&set=gm.1142795232464300&type=3&theater

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Village (Melissa Shirley Designs and Robin King)

Robin King just posted the finished version of Halloween Village on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NeedlepointNation/permalink/1146529082090915/

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210585263324052&set=gm.1182974055113084&type=3&theater

The design is from Melissa Shirley and the finishing by Marlene's.  Amazing!

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Carrow The Wicked Witch (Leigh Designs and Amy Bunger) UPDATED

Kathy just posted a photograph on Facebook of her finished "Carrow" witch.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1797164840566984&set=gm.1176306499113173&type=3&theater

The canvas is by Leigh Designs from her Wicked series and the stitch guide by Amy Bunger.  You can pick up the guide and thread kit from Amy if you have the canvas already.  Or you can buy the canvas and guide from Amy and use your stash.   Now that Amy's closed her shop, you'll have to order the canvas and threads from your favorite shop but you can still get the guide from Amy.
http://www.amybunger.com/f/Judi-Leigh.pdf

UPDATE:  Tony Minieri has also done a guide for this witch.  This is Kathy P's version.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1090721538613827&set=gm.6938046462939119&idorvanity=108537025890131

Owl Domes (Debbie Mumm and Cynthia Thomas)

Melissa Shirley Designs is profiling Halloween pieces on her Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/MelissaShirley.Needlepoint/

Included is a great photo of the series of six Owl Domes from Debbie Mumm with stitch guides from Cynthia Thomas.
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/index.cgi?index=1411755215_11484&col=157

http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/index.cgi?index=1411755158_11222&col=157

http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/index.cgi?index=1411754669_9516&col=157

http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/index.cgi?index=1411754578_9327&col=157

http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/index.cgi?index=1411754483_8890&col=157

http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/index.cgi?index=1411754390_8749&col=157

They make a charming display.

Lori Is Spooky Clever (Leigh Designs and Lori Carter) UPDATED

Lori Carter just finished her haunted house from Leigh Designs' Haunted Hill series.  Isn't it spooky?  And clever!  This is called "Ravens Road," by the way.  For obvious reasons!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1345364678809244&set=gm.1172232536187236&type=3&theater

Lori's also working on "Witches Glen." Spooky!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1362802457065466&set=gm.1190777374332752&type=3&theater

The stitch guide is available from Amy's Golden Strand.  It is brand new so it might not be up on the shop website yet.
http://www.amybunger.com/home.html

Lavender Peep (Machelle Somerville and Pat Miller) UPDATED

Pat the Needleart Nut has just finished a stitch guide for Machelle Somerville's darling Lavender Peep.  Spring doesn't get any more purple than this!
https://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2016/09/lavender-peep.html

Contact Pat for the guide and your favorite shop to pick up the purple bunny.  It also comes in yellow and pink in case a purple rabbit isn't what you prefer for next spring. Pat says she will do a thread kit as well if you are interested.
http://www.peacockalleyneedlepoint.com/machelle-somerville---.html

UPDATE:  Pat's finally finished the stitch guides for the yellow and the pink versions of this fun rabbit.
http://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2017/03/me-and-my-peeps-news.html

Punkin (Sandra Gilmore and Terry Christopher Castillo)

Lisa showed off "Punkin" from Sandra Gilmore on Facebook, stitched using a stitch guide from Terry Christopher Castillo.  Spooky!  LOL
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205583391063632&set=gm.1159161660827657&type=3&theater

The Tooth Fairy (Artists Collection and Janeann Sleeman)

The Artists Collection posted a photograph of their new tooth fairy pillow for Destination Dallas.  This was stitched using a guide by Janeann Sleeman and beautifully finished by Pat Eaton.
https://www.facebook.com/artistscollection.needlepoint/photos/a.174416246093000.1073741829.174411102760181/549283905272897/?type=3&theater

Sherlock Movie Coaster (Melissa Prince and Gina Liuzzi)

Charlene has just finished stitching her Sherlock movie coaster from Melissa Prince Designs and posted a photograph on Facebook.  She used a stitch guide from Gina Liuzzi and it is fabulous!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=310062446023811&set=gm.1143788385698318&type=3&theater

Derangements (Leigh Designs with Carolyn Taggart, Pat Miller and Sharon Quick)

Leigh Designs' new Halloween set of eight canvases for 2016 are call the Derangements.
http://www.leighdesigns.com/Grp522x.html

Each floral arrangement features a carnivorous plant and a Halloween themed vase.  Three come with stitch guides--Carolyn Taggart stitched the pumpkin bearing what looks a lot like the plant from Little Shoppe of Horrors, Pat Miller stitched the bog orchids growing out of the startled mummy vase...
https://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2016/09/malicious-mummy.html

 ...and Sharon Quick created the Venus fly traps in their black witch's cauldron.  Click on the thumbnail photo of the unstitched canvases to see the stitched models.

Happy Halloween!

Candy Corn for Halloween (Melissa Shirley and Cynthia Thomas)

Melissa Shirley just posted photographs on Facebook of five new stitched candy corn models from her line.  All were stitched by Cynthia Thomas with stitch guides now available
https://www.facebook.com/MelissaShirley.Needlepoint/photos/a.10150103192084252.304722.370199729251/10154521007624252/?type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1457048464367644&set=gm.1367165766693911&type=3&theater

The superb finishing is by Cheryl Fulkerson.  You can see more of Cheryl's work on her website.
http://cherylsfinishing.com

Venice (Colors of Praise and David McCaskill)

Carol showed off her latest finish on Facebook--"Venice" from Colors of Praise, stitched mostly using David McCaskill's stitch guide.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NeedlepointNation/permalink/1130164597060697/

Contact David via his Facebook page, Stitches on Wheels, to order the guide.  Your favorite shop can order the canvas for you.
https://www.facebook.com/Stitchesonwheels/

Santa on the Beach (Labors of Love and Mark Young)

Labors of Love's Mark Young has just finished the stitch guide for their beachy Santa stocking  This will be available at Destination Dallas 2016 in September.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210900285729612&set=gm.1129397357137421&type=3&theater

Magnolias (Kirk and Hamilton with Pat Miller)

Pat Miller (also known as the Needleart Nut) has finished her gorgeous Kirk and Hamilton "Magnolias."  Isn't it lovely?!
https://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2016/10/magnolia-finish.html

https://needleartnut.blogspot.com/2016/11/magnolias-framed.html

The canvas is available from Kirk and Bradley (the new name for Kirk and Hamilton) and the stitch guide is available from Pat.  The link above tells you how to reach Pat to order the guide.  Here's the Kirk and Bradley website.  You can't order canvases from them yourself but your favorite shop can get it for you if they don't happen to have this in stock.
http://www.kirkandbradley.com/floral

Golden Pears (Melissa Shirley)

Melissa Shirley just announced a new stitch guide for her "Golden Pears" design--done by Melissa herself!  And she has posted all the pages of the guide on Facebook.  Use the side arrows to see what she did and where.
https://www.facebook.com/MelissaShirley.Needlepoint/photos/pcb.10154500775209252/10154500770449252/?type=3&theater

Melissa is very talented as a stitcher, as well as a designer.

Outside Owl (Eleanor Grosch and Ruth Schmuff)

I love this Eleanor Grosch owl design and the fact that Ruth Schmuff has written a guide for it just makes it more appealing.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2016/08/outside-owl-has-super-cool-sttichguide.html

Follow the link to order this from Ruth's shop.

Black Cat (Melissa Shirley and Robin King)

Lizette's just finished her Black Cat (design by Melissa Shirley) using a stitch guide from Robin King.  It's the perfect Halloween cat!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205292227180052&set=gm.1125667884177035&type=3&theater

Wild Turkey (Melissa Shirley and Carolyn Hedge Baird)

Carolyn Hedge Baird has revealed her latest model--Melissa Shirley's "Wild Turkey."
https://www.facebook.com/nestndlpt/photos/a.141837499194211.26316.141607859217175/1232497700128180/?type=3&theater

Carolyn says the guide will be available shortly.
https://www.facebook.com/nestndlpt/photos/a.141837499194211.26316.141607859217175/1251600881551195/?type=3&theater