Stitch Guides from Renaissance Designs

Some of Renaissance Designs' colorful canvases come with stitch guides.  Here is a listing (link below).  Some of the canvases have thread kits available, and some don't, and a few also have buttons.  Probably the thread kits use many of the Renaissance Designs line of threads.
http://www.renaissanceneedlepoint.com/sg/sg.html

Guides are available from Carolyn Baird, Leann Bemis, Julie Elder, Vicki Fish, Gale Martin, Gina Marie, Tony Minieri, SuZy Murphy, Cathi Rosengren, Lynee Segill, Shear Creations and Cynthia Thomas.  Some stitch guides are not credited.

Old World Designs' Ready-To-Go Projects

Old World Designs in California offers canvas and stitch guide sets, all of which are listed on this page.  Threads cost extra.  I think if there is no price,  this piece is no longer offered, but you'll have to ask Old World Designs to make sure.  The stitch guides are written by Claire Haldan, Laura Rich and Nancy Reeves.  Note that Nancy's stitch guide is on a DVD and that Claire also has a DVD stitch guide as well as technique DVDs (one for beginners and one teaching hair and fur techniques).
http://www.oldworlddesigns.com/classprojects.html

Designers whose canvases are available here as a Ready-to-Go project are Melissa Shirley, Mile High Princess, Rebecca Wood, Artists Collection, Shelly Tribbey, Renaissance Designs, Zecca, Petei and Gimmies.

UPDATE:  With the revival of the Petei line by Painted Pony Designs, Old World Designs is going to have their Petei guides available again.

Tony Minieri's Clip-on Bird Stitch Guides

Labors of Love has a series of clip-on bird canvases that come with feathers.  You can see them on their website.  The birds are a double-sided canvas that comes with the clip and feathers for the tails.
http://www.laborsofloveneedlepoint.com/gallery.php?category=53

Tony Minieri is writing stitch guides for at least some of these canvases.  You can almost certainly get them from In Stitches in Atlanta.  There is a photo of some finished birds perched in an artificial tree on their home page currently.
http://www.institchesatlanta.com/index.html

Canvases with Free Stitch Guides Included

Some designers offer a free stitch guide with each painted canvas.  I will list all the designers whose canvases come with a guide below as I discover them.

Barbara Bergsten's canvases all come with stitch guides.  You get them from her blog and then pick up the canvas at your local shop.  Here's the link.  Note that this is a great place to get individual stitch diagrams, not just a guide for one of Barbara's canvases.
http://www.barbarabergstendesigns.com/stitch_guides.htm

http://createneedlepoint.typepad.com/create_needlepoint/2011/01/painted-stitches-needlepoint.html

Princess and Me specializes in ornament canvases, mostly humorous Christmas motifs, and all their canvases come with stitch guides.
http://www.princessandme.com/

http://nimbleneedlenj.com/princess-me-ornaments-and-stitch-guides/

Needlepoint.com

One online shop lists the canvases that come with their own stitch guides that they have for sale.  These are from varied designers.  I recognize Kelly Clark, Princess and Me, A Collection of Designs, and Shelly Tribbey.  Prices vary from $5-15 extra for the guide.  Note that all Princess and Me canvases come with a stitch guide included at no extra charge. I don't know if the stitch guide alone is available for the other designers' canvases but one A Collection of Designs canvas comes with a guide at no charge.
http://www.needlepoint.com/index.php/all-canvases/canvases-with-stitch-guides.html?p=2

I wish more online stores were organized this way.

UPDATE: Needle Works in Texas also has a category for canvases with stitch guides. It looks like these are all canvases that have the stitch guides included in the price but I can't be 100% sure.  Here's the link-
http://theneedleworks.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=27

Paid Custom Stitch Guides from Online Shops

Some online shops will design a custom guide for you whether you bought your painted canvas from them or not.  Here's a list, in alphabetical order.  Most of the shops listed don't give much detail so you will have to contact them and talk over what you need and how much it will cost. I will add to this list as I find more shops that offer this service.  Buyer beware!  I don't know how detailed or good any of these guides are.

NeedleHouse in Houston doesn't mention prices or any other details.
http://www.theneedlehouse.com/jm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=91

Old World Designs (California)
http://www.oldworlddesigns.com/

Needlenook of La Jolla (California) - They might only do guides for canvases purchased from them, however.
http://store.needlenook.com/Custom-Stitch-Guide-Service-p36795.html

Rittenhouse (Pennsylvania)
http://rittenhouseneedlepoint.com/stitchguide

Quail Run (Arizona)
http://quailrunneedlework.com/services/stitch-guide-design

Kelly Clark Stitch Guides UPDATED

This article was written in 2010 and there have been a lot of changes in Kelly's business and website. For the latest information, check the Contact Information tab for stitch guide writers.  Thanks!


Kelly Clark's website has a section showing three pages of guides that are available for her canvases.  Clicking on the thumbnail photo will show you some details and often the stitched version, but there is no pricing information, probably because this is a wholesale only site.  Ask your shop to find out for you.  Some of the stitch guides are credited to Gina Liuzzi and others have no stitch guide writer credited.  I believe some of the pieces are stitched by Kelly herself.
http://www.kellyclarkneedlepoint.com/stitch

UPDATE:  Kelly's designs are now owned by Colonial Needle which has them on her website.  Note that any canvas with a stitch guide is marked SG in the catalogue.
http://www.colonialneedle.com/files-customer/catalog/KellyClark_catalog.pdf

Some of the guides for Kelly's pieces were designer clubs, created by the designer and sold to shops who distributed them to customers.  The pear club had problems of supply as items didn't arrive when expected.  The firecracker club seems to have had a different sort of problem.  I'm adding these criticisms here so that you are a bit careful if you included in a Kelly Clark club created by the designer instead of by a local shop.
http://www.dianestakingtimeouttoneedlepoint.com/2014/03/firecracker-club.html

UPDATE:  You can buy Kelly's Katt Z. Witch (who reminds me of Hermonine Granger if you have a Harry Potter fan to stitch for) from Amy Bunger's website.  The best part?  The Robin King stitch guide is included.  I've seen this guide in person and it is fabulous!
http://www.amybunger.com/catalog/item/6292564/7740392.htm