Oct 31, 2024

Halloween Tree Skirt (Melissa Shirley and Mary Legallet)

Paige has finished her tree skirt, which has been finished as a wall hanging.

The canvas is from Melissa Shirley and the guide by Mary Legallet.  Happy Halloween!

Oct 29, 2024

Halloween Pumpkins (Simply Shelly and Joyce Gresh)

CBK has a new design for the fall needlepoint reunion 2024--Simply Shelly's "Halloween Pumpkins."  The wonderful guide appears to come with the canvas.  I believe the guide was written by Joyce Gresh.

Oct 27, 2024

Rowboat MC232 (Colors of Praise and Carolyn Hedge Baird)

Susan's finished her colorful rowboat from Colors of Praise, using Carolyn Hedge Baird's guide.

Oct 25, 2024

Spring Vase (A Stitch in Time and Tamara Abdee)

Tamara has finished her stitch guide for "Spring Vase," a design from A Stitch in Time.

Contact Tamara through her new Facebook page...

...or via her Instagram.

Oct 21, 2024

King with Jeweled Crown (Brenda Stofft and Connie Camp)

Susan's royal lion is finished except for the crystals.  This is a Brenda Stofft design, stitched using a guide by Connie Camp of Nashville Needleworks.
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Oct 19, 2024

Woodland Fox (Mary Charles and Lynn Elbert)

Lynn Mason is finishing her guide for Painted Pony's "Woodland Fox," a design they distribute by Mary Charles.  The guide will be available from Lynn Elbert via her Etsy shop (second link below).


Oct 17, 2024

Mums the Word Owl (Love You More and Jeannette Tombaugh)

A Stitching Shop in Denver has Jeannette Tombaugh's stitch guide for the adorable mummy owl from Love You More.  This is likely a store exclusive guide.

Oct 15, 2024

Casita Vieja (Peter Ashe and John Waddell)

Liz used a stitch guide for the first time on Peter Ashe's charming "Casita Viejo."  It looks grand!

Kudos to John Waddell for the great guide.

Oct 11, 2024

Three Laura Taylor Guides

Carol has finished two designs with Laura Taylor guides: PLD's "Beachside Cottage Yellow House: and  Maggie's "Firtham Mill."

Brenda's "Heron in the Bayou" from Hollihocks/Painted Pony also used a Laura Taylor guide.

Julie also stitch the heron in the swamp.

Oct 9, 2024

Nine Pippin Puppies (Pippin Studio with Terry Christopher Castillo)

Dogs times nine equals adorable!  The canvas is from Pippin and it was stitched using a guide by Terry Christopher Castillo.

Oct 7, 2024

Mr. Fox (Zecca and Ruth Schmuff)

The Marquis Sisters show off their finished fox from a Zecca retreat held at Bedecked and Beadazzled some years back.  He's magnificent!  (Use the side arrows to see all the photos.)

The canvas and Ruth Schmuff's guide are still available from Bedecked and Beadazzled.

Oct 5, 2024

Working Her Red Pumps (David Galchutt and Ruth Schmuff)

Ruth Schmuff shows off a student's completed circus tightrope walker, stitched using Ruth's guide.

This is a design by David Galchutt, available along with the guide at Ruth's shop, Bedecked and Beadazzled.

Oct 3, 2024

Stitch Guides from The Flying Needle

The Flying Needle in Bellaire Bluffs, Florida has dedicated a section of their website to stitch guides available from the shop.  I am not sure how many of these are by Dianne Colitz, the former owner, but all look interesting and there are a range of designs available, currently ranging from Associated Talents to  Shelly Tribbey and many many more.

Oct 1, 2024

Large Nutcracker (Labors of Love and Melissa Dru MacLeod)

Brenda's large nutcracker from Labors of Love is finished.  Brenda used a guide from Melissa MacLeod of The Wool and the Floss.  The shop can help you with the guide and order the canvas for you if you don't have it already.

Here it is made up.