Pink Peony Purse (Melissa Shirley and Wendy Harwood)

The late Wendy Harwood's guide for Melissa Shirley's "Pink Peony Purse" is available for a week from Fireside Stitchery's eBay weekly auction.  The canvas is also part of the auction.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335759907251?itmmeta=01JHY1144A04M1X0JQPAV46PBF&hash=item4e2cd999b3:g:c7kAAOSwkiJnfDc2&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKkmUF7S1C%2BSv6Ylp%2BDRAUCmO8dkbEMaPOnH8TYp%2F5120r69SV1t%2FtW3RQVJGqiYuFTVhTk1TfXILFk3hX2dv%2BV3eD56JRiU7ua2WQ2ivCBJK2a6OeQo7tJ322bqrxpCA4aNPzDE1enDq8dSpFizghpLUqPfXQuh1M5dg4MNeLBkYRok3t5R%2BWApG7NEXlS7PXPLjY3Kcol92bz0LBtIf21lJ9B4C6OiGZFCvV79g0pMuQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6DChMGPZQ

Vintage Green Apples (Melissa Shirley and Wendy Harwood)

Joni's "Vintage Green Apples" are done, stitched using a guide by the late Wendy Harwood.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3530127340549484&set=gm.6168207849922988&idorvanity=108537025890131

This is a Melissa Shirley design.  The guide can be ordered from Wendy's old shop, Aristeia.

Pumpkin Pan (Mary Lake-Thompson and Wendy Harwood)

Laurie's gorgeous bucket of pumpkins is a canvas from Mary Lake-Thompson, stitched using a guide from the late Wendy Harwood.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=155938642299063&set=gm.2595540343856441&type=3&theater&ifg=1

The design is available from Melissa Shirley Designs and the stitch guide from Aristeia.

Wild Women: Lilioukalani (Melissa Shirley and David McCaskill)

Carol shows off her pillow ("Lilioukalani" from Melissa Shirley's Wild Women series), stitched using a stitch guide by David McCaskill.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1673298559418385&set=gm.1729448983798919&type=3&theater&ifg=1

There is also a stitch guide for this written by the late Wendy Harwood.

Wild Women: Coco Chanel (Melissa Shirley and Wendy Harwood)

Stephanie posted a photo of her Coco Chanel canvas (from Melissa Shirley's Wild Women series) on Facebook.  This is stitched using a guide by the late Wendy Harwood.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=514354352059579&set=gm.944740238936468&type=3&theater

UPDATE:  Here are more views of Vicki's version.  Use the side arrows to see closeups.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155133642199504&set=pcb.1416454741765013&type=3&theater

Contact Wendy's shop, Aristeia Needlepoint, to claim a copy of the guide for yourself.
http://www.aristeianeedlepoint.com

UPDATE #2:  Tony Minieri also has a stitch guide for Coco.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10220345827171140&set=gm.2864093837001089&type=3&theater&ifg=1

UPDATE #3:  Amy Bunger has a guide for her, too.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3317160598512827&set=gm.5321960827881032

A Guide to Chicken Salad (John Johanssen)

Melissa Shirley Designs just announced a stitch guide has been written by Aristeia for John Johanssen's "Chicken Salad." This is based on the late Wendy Harwood's work, and pulled together by the Aristeia staff and Wendy's daughter Amanda.
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152839928229252&id=370199729251&notif_t=notify_me

Autumn Stitch Guides for Melissa Shirley Designs

Melissa Shirley Designs has created an album of fall themed stitch guides on their Facebook page.  It's a fun browse, even if you don't happen to have any of Melissa's pieces to stitch.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152756568754252.1073741880.370199729251&type=1

I spotted guides by Cynthia Thomas, Laura Taylor, Beverly Churchfield, Paula Fehleisan, Fay Haverly, Wendy Harwood, Jan Ayeroff, Gina Luizzi, Tony Minieri, Robin King, Carolyn Hedge Baird, and Vicky DeAngelis for Melissa's own designs plus pieces by Mary Lake-Thompson and Debbie Mumm.  Melissa has even done a few guides for her own pieces.

Have fun exploring Thanksgiving and Fall Harvest delights by Melissa and her friends.

Baskets and Pears

If you are a fan of Melissa Shirley's Basket series, you will want to consider picking up a copy of the Laura Taylor stitch guide for the October Basket.  The Nimble Needle in NJ has it in stock.
http://thenimbleneedle.blogspot.com/2014/06/new-stuff.html

The shop also has the Green Pears guide by the late Wendy Harwood.  This is for a series of Melissa Shirley's small ornamental pears.  Wendy was wildly talented, so pick this one up to treasure and use again and again.

Aristeia Stitch Guide Tidbit

Several years before the Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides Blog was born, I did a quick review of the stitch guides that Wendy Harwood of Aristeia did.  Here's the link. There's a random photo of a page from one of Wendy's guide in the slide snow.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2009/04/interview-with-ruth-dilts-plus-stash.html

Melissa Shirley Stitch Guides

Please note this article was written in 2011.  For the latest information on guides for Melissa Shirley's designs (and those of artists she represents), check her website.

Melissa Shirley makes it easy to see if a stitch guide is available for her canvases by listing them all on her website.  There is a brand new section for guides from shops, as well as a brief bio of many of the folks who write stitch guides for Melissa Shirley Designs. (To read the bios, click on the thumbnail photos, not the name under them.)  If you have a Facebook account, Melissa often adds new guide photos to her Melissa Shirley Designs FB page before they make it to her website.
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/?col=123

Melissa Shirley also has photo albums for her stitch guides on her Melissa Shirley Designs Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=np.83209418.1277706333&type=1

Please note that there are free stitch guides for her Shimmery Snowy Angel and the Yellow Apple Purse on this page.
http://www.melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/?col=123

Melissa Shirley herself explains how she stitched her Brown Tiger Butterfly purse (1363-A for 18 count and 1363-2A for 13 count) on my blog.  Here's the direct link.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-canvas-of-month-melissa.html

Melissa Shirley guides are available from the following stitch guide writers:
Amy Bunger
Carolyn Hedge Baird
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=np.88299826.1277706333&type=1
Beverly Churchfield (Aristeia)
http://www.aristeianeedlepoint.com/SGuides.html

Wendy Harwood (Aristeia)
http://www.aristeianeedlepoint.com/SGuides.html

Gina Liuzzi (A Stitch in Time)
Tony Minieri and Cynthia Thomas
Janet Perry and Holly McGuinnes
    (Napa Needlepoint and Golden Touch Crafts)
Nancy Reeves (Old World Designs)*
     *Two of Nancy Reeves' guides are on DVD, not printed out in hardcover.
Needle Orts Inc. (Debbie Bowers and Dennis Masellis)
River Silks
Ruth Schmuff
Lynne Segill (Wellesley Needlepoint)
Laurie Weldon (Chandail) - Pink Ribbon Candy
Terry Christopher (2 the Point Needlepoint)
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150231516604252.362281.370199729251

Laura Taylor (Aristeia)
http://www.aristeianeedlepoint.com/SGuides.html

http://needlepointwithlaurataylor.com

Cynthia Thomas (Needle Artisan)
http://www.sandygrossman-morris.com/index_files/StitchersFinishers.htm

Many of the stitch guide writers or shops listed above have websites. I'll write separate articles about each as time permits.

Needle Orts (owned by Debbie Bowers and visited often by Dennis Masellis) is in Florida.  Here's the website.
http://www.needleorts.com/

Ruth Schmuff, Stitch Guides Included UPDATED

Many of Ruth Schmuff's canvases  come with a stitch guide included in the price.  You can see them all on her Tis The Season website.  A canvas that comes with a guide will be marked "complete with stitch guide" in the description you get when clicking on a thumbnail photo that interests you.
http://www.tistheseason.org/

UPDATE:  Ruth has updated her store website (Tis the Season is her painted canvas distribution company) with a list of available guides.  Some are for her canvases and some are from other stitch guide writers.
http://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/needlepoint/--a-21.asp

Several folks also write stitch guides for Ruth.  You will really enjoy viewing Sheena's work on the Computer Pixie.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2012/01/what-minx.html

Ruth also writes stitch guides for classes she teaches at her shop. These guides are for other designers' work.
http://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/clubs.php

http://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/mysteryClasses.php

Here's the latest guide from Ruth's shop, from Brenda Hart.  The canvas is from Eleanor Grosch, one of the graphic designers whose work Ruth distributes on needlepoint canvas.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2014/04/bye-blue-finches.html

Ruth occasionally mentions stitch guides for her designs on her blog.  Here's an example.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2011/03/add-little-sunshine-on-otherwise-gray.html

Melissa Shirley has just added a profile of Ruth to her MSD website since Ruth not only writes guides for Melissa's canvases, Ruth also occasionally uses a MSD canvas for a class taught at Ruth's shop.
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/index.cgi?index=1309717414_16695&col=158

Aristeia Needlepoint and Melissa Shirley Guides

Aristeia Needlepoint in Los Angeles has many talented stitchers among their staff who specialize in writing stitch guides for Melissa Shirley canvases.  They've added a page to their website that shows a selection of the guides available from the shop with a purchase of the canvas there.  They will do a guide for free for a canvas purchased at the shop but there is a charge for a guide done for a canvas bought elsewhere.
http://www.aristeianeedlepoint.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79&Itemid=69

There is no price list for the guides.  The ones shown are from Wendy Harwood and Laura Taylor but I believe they also sell guides by Beverly Churchfield.

UPDATE:  Melissa Shirley has added profiles of all the stitch guide writers for her designs.  Here is Wendy Harwood's--
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/index.cgi?index=1311381251_17255&col=158

Here is Beverly Churchfield's--
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/index.cgi?index=1311258737_6302&col=158

Here is Laura Taylor's--
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galcol/index.cgi?index=1311384483_25605&col=158

Laura has a new website, by the way.
http://needlepointwithlaurataylor.com