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More Stash-busting projects with Cones

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Remember those great yarn cone angels I blogged about recently?

Pam has come back with even more creative uses from yarn (i.e. our stashes) and cones. While she uses cardboard yarn cones from Yarnia, you can also use the more widely available styrofoam cones from your local craft shop.

In her post you’ll see step-by-step how to make the snowman and Santa pictured above.

But I really like the trees. I can easily imagine making several in different sizes in different colors of green and then decorating them with goodies you pick up at thrift shops and garage sales.

This would be easy enough to do that you could get your kids inolved.

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Stitch your Stash – My Colors

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Originally posted 2008-08-11 18:51:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Palette of threads for Stitch your Stash

I finally got around to getting this project in gear. I cut the canvas this morning. Based on Barbara’s block size, it’s about 9″ square on 18 mesh and a little over 11″ square on 14 mesh.

I’m using 18 mesh.

I was going to use Silk & Ivory, but decided on using Gloriana’s Lorikeet,a simply stunning wool, because it’s hand-dyed, so has a lovely variation in color. Because it has nine strands in a bundle, it’s versatile as well.

I want this to work with our beach glass + coral color palette for the new house, so I went with aqua for colors 1 & 2 (they will also be 7 & 8). I picked corals for colors 3-5 and a very dark gray for the neutral.

The colors are:
1 & 7: Jewel Turquoise Pastel (020W1)
2 & 8: Tropical Sea (019W3)
3: Cinnamon Pastel (151W1)
4: Pomegranate (139W3)
5: Cinnamon Light (151W2)
6: Charcoal (001W3)

You can see them spread out in the picture above. Gloriana can be found (with superb on-line color cards) at: http://www.glorianathreads.com/.


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Pesky Needlepoint Project?

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Originally posted 2006-11-10 07:13:55. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

This fantastic tip comes from Caela Conn Tyler and was posted by Gini Armstrong on the ANG list. The ANG list is a fantastic resource for discussion and information about needlepoint and is hosted by the American Needlepoint Guild (http://www.needlepoint.org). It’s a must read!

Gini told us that “At a pilot class early this year, Caela Conn Tyler mentioned a great way to get through a long project. She suggested doing 2 stitching lengths each day. That also sounds like a great way to work off UFOs. Two lengths is a manageable amount and by breaking the project into those manageable bites, it doesn’t seem so overwhelming. Caela used that example to share how she’d spent less than a year to stitch a large Christmas stocking that had been in her “collection” for some years.”

Caela added that doing this is part of morning routine. She stitched two lengths after he coffee and before starting the “official” part of the day. Doing this allows her time to work on her personal projects.

Caela is a marvelous stitchers and teacher (I’ve taken some great classes from her). A stocking she stitched took first place in the professional non-original at the AN Exemplary in 2006. You can see it at NAN’s website (http://www.needleart.org). She also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from NAN in March.

I love this idea and am going to put it to use on those UFO’s.


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