New Stitch Monday – Happy Halloween

With Halloween happening on Saturday here are a few patterns for bats & spiders that you can add to enhance any of your Halloween canvases.  While I don’t really like to dress up for Halloween, I do enjoy stitching Halloween canvases because they are fun and you can add lots of beads& embellishments.  Not to mention you can also use a variety of different threads including Fuzzy Stuff, Kreinik, Entice and Neon Rays.  Below are a few of the various Halloween canvases that I have stitched.

Happy Halloween & Happy Stitching – Stephanie

Canvases by Melissa Shirley

Canvas by Kirk & Bradley

Canvases by Princess & Me

Canvas by Julia Designs

We have enjoyed a great month of special sales and we have one more to offer this week.  You can never have to many stitching accessories or project bags so this week we are offering 10% off of all in stock accessories.  Here’s a sample of just a few goodies you will find in the shop.  We have also gotten in more of the self-finishing Planet Earth jewelry boxes and canvases.   So make your appointment and come on over.

Sew Much Fun Virtual Trunk Show – Last Call

Time is running out!  The Sew Much Fun Virtual Trunk show will be ending at the end of the month.   So, don’t forget to let us know which canvas you would like us to order for you.  So many to choose from.  We are offering 20% off of all trunk show canvases.

Take a peek at their website at http://www.sewmuchfun.ca  as we are sure you will find something that catches your eye!

First Ever Virtual Needlepoint Trade Show 2020

Approximately 61 designers & collections will be participating in the First Ever Virtual Needlepoint Trade Show 2020 that will be happening from Saturday, 10/24 through Monday, 10/26.   They will be showcasing their new designs.  Since this is the first time this is happening, we will try to share as many posts as possible, without filling up your mailbox or your Facebook feed.   If you see something that you like please send us a picture and we will order it for you.  Right now, we are not sure of the lead time for getting the canvases.

Kelly Clark has some new Nutcrackers & Sweet Treats as well as some really fun mix and match Pumpkins, Gourds & Acorns.  If you love Halloween you are going to love her new collection of Halloween designs.

Remember if you like something let us know!

Lot’s of goodies to share.

Stitched by Lynn

Stitched by Gail

Stitched by Sherry

Stitched by Deborah

Stitched by Evelyn

Stitched by Susan

Stitched by Amy

Stitched by Helene

Stitched by Sue

Stitched by Pat

Stitched by Olga

Stitched by Gretchen

Stitched by Stephanie

Stitched by Donna

Danji canvases are always fun to stitch. We just got in a variety of great canvases.

The Jersey banner is great for all us Jersey girls (and guys)!   If you have a wedding in the near future the “Just Married” ornament can be personalized with the date and possibly put the names in the window.  You can really jazz up the Faberge egg by embellishing it with beads & metallic threads.  And let’s face it you can never have to many holiday ornaments for your tree.  Give us a call if something catches your eye!

For this week’s Staff Pick we have this classic quilt style design by Patty Paints.  There are many stitch & thread possibilities.   Use a metallic thread for the gold border.  The Rhodes stitch would be great for the diamond shape section outlined with gold and then Continental stitch the black with Neon Rays.   For the section with the small red squares use the Smyrna Cross stitch with either a flat thread or Neon Rays and then add Kreinik for the outline.  When finished this would make a beautiful pillow or Lucite Tray insert.

These are just a few ideas and we would be happy to help you pick out more stitches and threads.  This great canvas is on sale today for $140 and if you would like us to kit it, we will give you 10% off of the threads.

While we may all want to forget about Covid-19 that may be a little hard but Rebecca Woods has designed 2 canvas that we think you will enjoy stitching.  Santa and one of his reindeer with masks on.  Both are in stock today.

We also just got in fun Santa canvases that you can really enhance by doing turkey work for the fur on his coat and hat.  There are so many different stitches you can use for his beard and we will be glad to help you pick one.  The Double Straight Cross stitch would be great for the snow with a metallic tread.

Keep the stitching simple on the angel and use Neon Rays for her dress and add either beads or a metallic thread for the design within the dress.

Need more ideas?  Just ask us.

Even though I do a lot of stitching I always to go to my favorites and since I seemed to have shared most of my go to stitches, I thought I would venture out into my books and the internet and look for a new stitch to me and possibly to you.  I came across the Tweed stitch in my “Stitches to Go” book, a must have for all stitchers and then I went to the web and found a variation.

In the first diagram the base stitch of the Double Straight Cross is done over 6 threads with them touching both vertically and horizontally and the Cross stitch is in the center over 2 threads of the base stitch.  Once you complete that pattern you can then add the accent Cross stitches. As a general rule I don’t always like such open stitches because I feel it always looks like I forgot to stitch it.   I would try using this stitch in a large area or use as the background of my canvas.   I would play around with different threads such as an over-dyed with a coordinating color, metallic threads or ribbons to see what type of effect I could achieve.

In the Tweed Variation, shown below, the base of Double Straight Cross is stitched over 4 threads with the center Cross stitch over 2.  In this stitch the Double Straight Cross stitches don’t touch and the accent Cross stitches are placed in between 4 Double Straight Cross stitches.   I think this variation would be a great stitch for snow.  Give them a try.  I know I will.

Happy Stitching – Stephanie

Looking for a small project?  We just got 3 really adorable Two Sisters canvases in.  The 2 rounds will fit into the self-finishing boxes.  The blue/green plaid will make a beautiful frame.

We are continuing our celebration this week with 10% off all in stock books.  Here is a sample of our most popular books.  We do have other books in stock so come and take a peek. You can never have enough needlepoint books in your collection.