Dec 31, 2016

Dec 29, 2016

Coco Cups (Debbie Mumm, Tony Minieri and Laura Taylor) UPDATED

With wintery weather coming on here in the USA, folks are thinking about hot chocolate, hot coffee and hot tea.  And stitch guides, naturally!  A favorite canvas is Debbie Mumm's "Coco Cups" which is available in two cup or single cup canvases as well.  Shops can order the canvas from Melissa Shirley Designs.
http://www.stitchtherapyneedlepoint.com/feature.php?id=26173&title=Coco%20Cups&itemtype=hand%20painted%20canvases

http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galsearch/index.cgi?index=1447195084_28629&col=

http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galsearch/index.cgi?index=1412718985_2853&col=

Stitch guides for the wonderful warming five cup design are available from Laura Taylor and also from Tony Minieri.  Here is Tony's version.

Dec 28, 2016

Peacock Party (Eye Candy and Sharon Quick)

Sharon Quick has finished stitching Eye Candy's "Peacock Party" and posted a photograph on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NeedlepointNation/permalink/1237928766284279/

https://www.facebook.com/gardengateneedlepoint/photos/a.205983179418562.65565.194670147216532/1765232560160275/?type=3&theater

Your favorite shop can order the canvas from Eye Candy and you can pick up the guide via Sharon's Facebook page. Here's another view of Sharon Quick's guide.  Ada Hayden of Eye Candy says that Robin King has a guide for this as well.  Contact Robin for her version.
http://eyecandyneedleart.blogspot.com/2017/03/its-party.html


Dec 27, 2016

Colorful Lion (Birds of a Feather and Robin King)

Alice just finished her colorful lion (canvas from Birds of a Feather ) using Robin King's stitch guide.  Isn't this FUN?!  Use the right side arrow to see a closeup of the lion's mane.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210715674035711&set=pcb.1203532909723865&type=3&theater


Dec 26, 2016

Petei Santa Wondeland (Petei and The French Knot) UPDATED

Petei is famous for her small Santa stand up figures, so it was fun to see some of them featured on Stephanie's blog.  These were all stitched using stitch guides from The French Knot in Fort Worth, Texas.  I think all of the guides are from Diana Bosworth although I can't be sure.
http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2016/12/here-comes-santa-claus-petei-santa.html

UPDATE:  Steph found more photos of Petei Santas stitched using Diana Bostworth guides.  Fun!
http://stephsstitching.blogspot.com/2016/12/more-petei-santas.html

Your favorite shop can order any Petei Santa you like for you from Painted Pony Designs but you'll need to pick up the stitch guides for the models shown on Stephanie's blog from The French Knot.  Here are the guides they offer.
http://www.thefrenchknot.com/x-petei.htm


Dec 25, 2016

Three Kings (Debbie Mumm and Paulette Paquette) UPDATED

Jeannine just posted a photograph of her completed Debbie Mumm "Three Kings" from Debbie's large Nativity set for Melissa Shirley.  It's wonderful!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1244109532321585&set=pcb.1198788623531627&type=3&theater

The stitch guide was done by Paulette Paquette of Family Arts in Phoenix.  Call the shop or use Paulette's Facebook page to inquire about the guide.
http://www.familyartsneedlework.com

UPDATE:  Rhea McCutchen Irish has stitched the entire series.  Contact her through Pocket Full of Stitches (second link below) to get her guides.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2242575329119881&set=gm.2035661809844300&type=3&theater&ifg=1

http://pfos.com

Dec 24, 2016

John Johanssen's Nativity Set (David McCaskill) UPDATED

David McCaskill just posted photographs on Facebook of John Johanssen's Nativity set.  David did the stitch guides (contact him to pick them up) and the canvases are still available from Melissa Shirley Designs.  Use the side arrows to see the entire set.  Lovely!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1366490703361066&set=oa.1213093168767839&type=3&theater

UPDATE:  Carolyn Hedge Baird has done stitch guides for the Three Wise Men in the set in case you like her style better.  Contact Carolyn to see if she has done others in the set.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1559629554098114&set=pcb.1485266424883844&type=3