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Originally posted 2008-08-08 07:17:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Needlepoint version of Jane Cather drawing.

Don’t you just love it!

I finished this yesterday and I’m crazy about this Cooper Oak‘s canvas of the Jane Cather drawing.

I love all the texture which comes from a combination of textured stitches and great threads. The Prince’s shirt looks like pique fabric by using pearl cotton and Staggered Cross. The Lady’s hair is really textured because I used a simple stitch, Whipped Backstitch, using two threads, one solid and one overdyed. More texture was added because I deliberately stitched messy, so that the hair would have more texture.

The fringe on the pillow is done in a simple beading technique.

Everything combines to make a piece which is fun to stitch and easy for the advanced beginner or intermediate stitcher.

The guide will be available with the purchase of the canvas from Copper Oaks.

Go here to read the rest:
The Prince & the Lady – Sneak Peek

The Blog as a Work in Progress

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I have spent virtually all my working time for the past two days working on trying to get this and my new wordpress-based websites working properly.

I am more frustrated at my host rpovider and at the random things that keep happening than I can say.

It ruined my 30th anniversary yesterday and has made this evening EVEN WORSE than it was. And it already was pretty bad because the temporary veneer on my front tooth fell off for the THIRD TIME in four days, the permanent crown and veneer need to be redone, my head hurts and I can’t eat anything more solid than soup.

PLease be patient with me while I try to fix this ^$#&^ mess.

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The Blog as a Work in Progress

Needlecases

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Originally posted 2006-06-19 22:35:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I wanted to tell you about my most recent stitch guide, a charming needlecase from Whimsy & grace. I’m partway through stitching it and I’m having so much fun.

Whimsy & grace has a whole series of stitcher’s accessories – scissors cases and needlecases. Many of the scissors cases also come in 13 mesh. The accessories are characterized by lots of different patches and each stitch guide has lots of different effects, stitches and threads, so not only are they fun to stitch, they have ideas you can use on other canvases.

I’m so excited about the line, I worked on this yesterday instead of my usual Sunday stitching.

The whole line of scissors cases is on the Whimsy & grace site, http://www.whimsyandgrace.com. The needlecases are similar but rectangular.

Now excuse me, I’m going back to stitching!

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