Dec 30, 2022

Santa Letters (Raymond Crawford and Ruth Schmuff)

Ruth Schmuff has guides for each of the S A N T A letter canvases from Raymond Crawford.

I think the guides are from Ruth from an old club at Bedecked and Beadazzled.  Thread kits and canvases are also available from Ruth.  Contact her to get the guide.

Dec 29, 2022

Hot Cocoa (Nicole Tamarin and Pat Miller)

Pat Miller has finished Nicole Tamarin's "Hot Cocoa" and will offer a stitch guide for this.

The design is available from Painted Pony. You can contact Pat about getting the guide through her Needleart Nut blog.

Dec 25, 2022

The Melissa Shirley Nativity (Tony Minieri)

Kitti used Tony Minieri's guide to stitch the single version of Melissa Shirley's classic Nativity.

Melissa also has the single standup versions of all the figures but I doubt that the guide for the entire piece will work well for the set as they are pretty big.  

Dec 24, 2022

Two New Guides by Amy Bunger

Amy Bunger just posted to Facebook that she'll be doing stitch guides for two of the new Melissa Shirley canvases:  Melissa's "Christmas Bench," and her "Christmas Tree Lady."

Contact Amy to get on her mailing list to be notified when these guides are ready.  Note that you'll have to source the canvas and supplies yourself as Amy no longer supplies those since she closed her shop.

UPDATE:  Christmas Lady's guide is ready.

UPDATE #2:  Christmas Bench's guide is ready.

Dec 21, 2022

Viola and Martini (Leigh Designs and Tony Minieri)

Sheri's lady with martini is from the Leigh Designs' Mad Hatter series.  The canvas can be ordered from Fleur de Paris.

Stitch guide by Tony Minieri.

Dec 20, 2022

Oh Fudge (Labors of Love with Laura Taylor)

Aristeia Needlepoint says that there is a Laura Taylor stitch guide for this fun Labors of Love canvas.

Contact the shop to pick up the guide and the canvas if you don't have it already.

Dec 17, 2022

Bear (Patti Mann and Fireside Stitchery)

Eileen's dimensional bear is done.  Love those flowers!

The canvases are from Patti Mann.  Fireside Stitchery did the stitch guide and the finishing.

Dec 11, 2022

Eden (David Galchutt and Ruth Schmuff)

Ruth Schmuff at Bedecked and Beadazzled shows off the finished version of David Galchutt's "Eden," which shows a garden of orchids and butterflies with the sun beaming on it all.

Ruth wrote the stitch guide and she is also David's distributor.  Talk to the shop about ordering the canvas, guide and/or threads.


Dec 9, 2022

Christmas Squad - Bear (Kate Dickerson and Laura Taylor)

Aristeia shows off the Kate Dickerson bear stitched by a customer.  Guide by Laura Taylor.

Your favoritel shop can order this for you or you can talk to Aristeia about acquiring it.

Dec 3, 2022

L'escritoire (Sandra Gilmore and Carolyn Hedge Baird)

Sylvia's finished this beautiful Sandra Gilmore canvas of a writing desk.  She used a guide from Carolyn Hedge Baird.

The canvas is available from Fleur de Paris.  Your favorite shop can order the guide from Carolyn for you.