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Posts Tagged ‘Needlepoint’
Sunday, February 12th, 2012
In January last year I posted a picture of a needlepoint American Flag that I stitched for Mr. D and gave an explanation of how I created the piece. Since then he framed the flag and his eagle and it’s been hanging in the shop. Yesterday I realized I’d never shown you what he did with the piece so here it is.
 I love this piece! He did an awesome job of framing this design and including the flag just made it all the better. He has such great ideas about how to compose a piece!
As you probably remember, the flag is stitched on 18m canvas with Trio by brown paper packages and Kreinik Braid. Let me know about pieces you’ve created for unusual applications or just because your best friend wanted it!
Pat
Tags: brown paper packages, Counted Canvas, Kreinik, Needlepoint, Trio, Zweigart
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Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Do you have a stitching group you meet with? Here’s a great article about a stitching group in Charlotte, North Caroline I thought you would enjoy!
We have a reasonably new group called “Outside the Box” meeting here at the shop the Third Saturday of each month. Any and all are welcome so if these projects catch your interest, plan to join us. The group is an off shoot of the Quilt Guild I belong to but it’s open to anyone who’s interested in exploring design and creativity.
 Can you find my name in this piece? Our first meeting we wrote our name on a piece of paper, folded it just below the name and copied it on the folded over space. Our challenge was then to create something from the resulting outline. After I filled in the blanks, I copied the outline over on a piece of muslin and painted it. This will be my cartoon for further development. At this point I’d like to create both a quilted piece and a canvas piece from this. Exploring ways to make that work will be a ton of fun!
 Let me introduce you to Ms PataName! Our second meeting we explored flower pounding, a perfect way to get out any built up frustrations. Everyone there created awesome pieces dyed with the stain of the flower or leaf they pounded. We’ll use the resulting pieces in future projects. Here are a couple of mine…
 Here's what I was able to create using the Wisteria I showed you a few weeks back. I think I’ll do some Stumpwork on this piece. Perhaps a few leaves and blossoms and a bumble bee!
 Hibiscus pounded with a small head hammer. Hibiscus is a really moist blossom so they transfer color beautifully. I really liked the effect of the small hammer marks on this one but I’m also going to do one with the large mallet to see the difference.
At our next meeting we’re going to play with stamping on fabric. Come join us! We meet here at the shop at noon for a sack lunch and then play until about 3pm.
After we collect a number of items we’ve created we’ll decide what project to use them on. Perhaps an embellished collage type piece, all original, all fun! On the machine or by hand we’ll add wonderful threads, beads, buttons, and attachments to enhance our designs. Gosh, I can’t wait!
Do you have a stitching group you meet with? Tell us about your group’s activities, who knows you might just inspire another group to get started stitching together.
Keep stitching,
Pat
Tags: Beads, Creativity, Design, Embellishment, Embroidery, Needlepoint, Quilt, Quilt Guild, Stitching Group, Thread
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Friday, April 22nd, 2011
CORRECTIONS!!
My apologies to Pat Starks for spelling her name wrong and to Kathy Schenkel for giving credit for her design to A Collection of Designs. Don’t know wehre my brain went while I was working on this…
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These pieces were finished by Pat Stark, a regular at Needlework Hideaway, after we had a talk about finishing and a demo of finishing needlepoint canvases. Isn’t it great when someone takes what you’ve shown them and creates such fun pieces!
 Pat wanted a different finish for this cute little chick and the "Gift" finishing technique was just what she needed! (more…)
Tags: Beading, Beads, Canvas, Customer's Work, Delica Beads, Finishing Supplies, Kathy Schenkel, Miyuki, Needlepoint, Needlework Hideaway, Red Apple Inn, Threaded Needle Designs, ThreadworX
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Busy, busy month! For the first time in quite a while we have a needlepoint Trunk Show in the shop. CanvasWorks/Traditions has sent in some adorable Christmas Stockings and some lovely floral canvases. I’ll be taking photos and posting them to the site a few each day. The show goes home on Friday, February 25 so be sure to check it out while it’s here. We’re offering 15% off the canvases while they’re here. The shopping cart will not show the discount but we will apply it. Of course, best is to just come see!
By the way, the shop will be closed Friday, February 11 and Saturday, February 12 as I need to be in Texas for a SCR meeting.
Just in are the Lizzie Kate and Sweetheart Tree automatics. Click on Cross Stitch and then on each designer to see them. Lizzie Kate has a new Double Flip series called Halloween Rules that is really cute and of course, we’ve set up an automatic for that so you know you’ll not miss a thing. Take a look.
Sweetheart Tree has begun a new series called Quadrielle and I think these are awesome! She has kitted the designs so you get everything you need to complete it except the stuffing and any decorative trims you might want to use to dress yours up. The series will include special occasions and holidays so start your collection now!
 M'Lady's Quadrielle New colors of ThreadworX and Gentle Art are on the way and new colors of Rainbow Gallery, Caron Collection and Weeks Dye Works will be in soon. Watch for the updates. While you’re on the Thread page check out the Thread of the Month Club. We’ve had a surge of new subscribers to these clubs and all are enjoying the excitement of receiving a packet of new threads the first of each month.
Blogs are the thing this year. Here are a couple of new blogs you might want to follow. Most have a Facebook page and are on Twitter as well. Get connected!
Just Another Button Company Blog
Lizzie Kate
Here’s a link to an interesting antique needlework book. I understand this can just be downloaded but check it out first. I haven’t looked any further than just this page so I don’t want to lead you astray!
Ladies Worktable Book with stitch diagrams, etc.., enjoy!
Until next time, keep stitching and keep warm.
Pat
Tags: CanvasWorks/Traditions, Caron Collection, Collector's Club, EGA, Gentle Art Sampler Threads, Lizzie Kate, Needlepoint, Newsletter, Stitching, Thread, ThreadworX, Weeks Dye Works
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Thursday, October 21st, 2010
The Online Needlework Show starts today! This is a virtual marketplace for shopowners but I always invite my customers to come in, take a look, and let me know what it is they find exciting. You’ll find big names like From Nancy’s Needle, DebBees Designs, Threaded Needle Designs, Fern Ridge, The Sweetheart Tree, Crossed Wing Collection, well over 100 top designers.
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You can order anything you see on the show by dropping us an email at pat@stitchersworkshop.com and we’ll get the items coming your way. This is a fun way to experience the excitement of Market without the tired back and sore feet! Take a look…
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Call the shop during regular shop hours with any questions you have but don’t delay because the show closes at Midnight on Sunday, Oct 24. Get your orders in by Monday morning.
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 Come visit the shop soon!
Tags: Beads, Counted Canvas, Cross Stitch, DebBees Designs, Fern Ridge, From Nancy's Needle, Needlepoint, Needlework, The Sweetheart Tree, Threaded Needle Designs
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Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Lots to talk about this month! The kids are back in school and it’s time to stitch…
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To get you started take a look at the next Blog entry, called Ornament Contest. I know it’s scary to think about designing a piece but this is a small ornament where you can play. Grab a piece of 14ct and start doodling. Use Kreinik threads and keep the design round or something that will fit in a round and have fun! I didn’t do the math in the contest announcement but on 14ct the piece needs to fit in a 5-1/4″ circle. Not a big piece but large enough to allow for some detail. Think Christmas with this one. The best part of participating in this contest is that whether or not you win you can use your design as the entry fee for our 15th Anniversary Celebration. Well, maybe the best part is the $100 of Kreinik threads that’s the Grand Prize or the Gift Certificates to the shop?
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Don’t forget that October 15th is the big day, lots of fun activities both in the shop and online and lots of great deals to be had. In order to receive the discounts we’ll offer we need you to send an ornament for the Salvation Army/SAAC Christmas Tree we’ll decorate this year. Get the ornament to us by the 14th so we have time to register it and you’ll be eligible for the discounts! A stitcher who is planning to participate was admiring Rhonda’s finishing techniques on an ornament and wished she knew how to do that kind of work so we’ll plan a finishing class for all the stitched ornaments we receive some time in early November so you’ll have plenty of time to finish yours for this Holiday season. Get stitchin on that ornament!
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We found this site and thought it was interesting enough to share. I’m not a math expert and don’t totally understand what he’s talking about with the math part but I did like the stitched piece. This link offers more choices of pieces to create based on math principles. Enjoy!
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Reminder, get your Fair entry in by Friday to be sure we can get it framed in time. We’ve framed some beautiful pieces this summer so this year’s Fair exhibit should be awesome.
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Recently we’ve had several customers request different Thread of the Month Club offerings. Take a look at what we offer and let us know what lines you would like to collect and we’ll add them to the list. Over the past couple of years the thread companies have had to increase prices. We’ve tried to hold the line on the prices of the TOMC but in January, 2011 we will have to change the individual collections to reflect the new pricing. The customers who are collecting a line will be able to complete that line at the price they signed on for, only new orders will be at the new price. That means that if you sign up now the entire line is available to you at this year’s price, a real savings over the life of the line! Sign up today and you’ll receive a fun suprise package the first part of each month. Available lines are in the Rainbow Gallery, Caron Collection, Au ver a Soie, brown paper packages, Gentle Art, Weeks Dye Works, ThreadworX, Trebizond, Accentuate, Soy Luster, Barouque Silk, and Bijou line. Plus you can request any other line we carry to build your collection, see them here.
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Ok, have to get to the shop and get the next fun thing started but before I go I want to remind you about the Needlework Hideaway. This fall we’ll gather at the Red Apple Inn on November 4th thru the 7th for fun stitching, good company and great food! Still room for you so take a look and register today!
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See you soon,
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Pat
Tags: Accentuate, Au ver a Soie, Barouque Silk, Bijou, brown paper packages, Caron Collection, Cross Stitch, Gentle Art Sampler Threads, Kreinik, Needlepoint, Needlework Hideaway, Rainbow Gallery, Red Apple Inn, Retreat, Soy Luster, Stitching Retreat, Thread, ThreadworX, Trebizond, Watercolours, Weeks Dye Works, Wildflowers
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Friday, August 27th, 2010
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This is your opportunity to put your creativity to work and earn some great prizes at the same time!
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Kreinik Manufacturing, the folks who bring you those wonderful metallic threads, silk Mori floss, needlework kits, silk gauze and other great products is introducing a new product that combines the joy of stitching on silk gauze with the convenience of finishing included. To celebrate this new idea Stitcher’s Workshop and Kreinik have teamed up to bring you a challenge!
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Design a piece (think ornament) that, when stitched on 40ct silk gauze, will fit in a 2″ round area. That would give you a stitch count 80 stitches high by 80 stitches wide on the diameter but remember that it’s round so don’t go 80×80! I would suggest you draw a circle on graph paper that is 80 threads on the diameter and you’ll have the correct area to work with. You don’t need to stitch it on 40ct but the design must fit in the area if it was stitched on 40ct. The 2″ allows for sufficient border around the design so just make your piece fit within the 2″ circle. I’ve loaded a .pdf of even weave graph paper to help you work this out. Click here and then click on the counted ground paper link to download the .pdf
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Don’t forget to include the great Kreinik threads in your design. Silk Mori and the finer metallics will be perfect for this piece! You’ll find those threads here.
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Designs are due in to us by October 1, judging will be completed by October 10 with winners notified immediately so they have time to send the actual piece for presentation at our 15th Anniversary Celebration on the 15th of October. Pieces do not have to be stitched, we can judge from the chart but we will want a stitched piece by the 14th.  Submission may be in person or mailed, or as electronic .jpg files. Judges are independent needlework professionals who are NOT employees of Kreinik Manufacturing or of Stitcher’s Workshop.
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Now for the prizes! Grand Prize is $100.00 of Kreinik products. First Prize is $75.00 Gift Certificate, Second Prize is $50.00 Gift Certificate, and Third Prize is a $25.00 Gift Certificate to Stitcher’s Workshop to be used in the shop or online.
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Here’s the fine print. Winning entries become the property of Stitcher’s Workshop and will be charted and sold as patterns or kits by Stitcher’s Workshop with credit for the design to the designer. Contestants agree to have their designs posted on the Stitcher’s Workshop Blog or the Kreinik Manufacturing’s Blog and elsewhere online or in traditional media for promotional purposes. Credit to the designer will always be given. Stitcher’s Workshop and Kreinik Manufacturing may, but are not obligated to, offer to purchase designs that are not prize winners for the purpose of charting and selling that design.
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Ok, get started and have fun. Who knows, your piece may be the next new design featured with this fabulous new product! Call me if you have questions at 866-862-2239 .
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Enjoy,
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Pat
Tags: Contest, Counted Canvas, Cross Stitch, Customer's Work, Kreinik, Needlepoint, Needlework, Silk Gauze
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Sally came looking for a different way to finish the lovely Needle Delight piece, Rainforest Crunch, she had completed. She fell in love with our Dugan Specialties Tea Tray. Don’t you agree she made a great choice in presentation?
 Here you see the tray ready to serve.  This image shows the piece a bit clearer. Lovely! This piece is stitched with 13 different Watercolours from Caron Collection and Kreinik metallic threads on 18m Canvas. You choose the colors or use the designers colors as Sally did. Thanks for sharing Sally! And thanks for such beautiful work.
What do you have to share with other customers? Bring your pieces in for the Customer Gallery or just to share when they’re completed.
Until next time, keep stitching!
Pat
Tags: Caron Collection, Counted Canvas, Customer's Work, Kreinik, Metallic Thread, Needle Delight, Needlepoint, Watercolours
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Saturday, June 5th, 2010
I’ve been busy stitching the past couple of months and it feels good to get back at it. Mr. D and I have spent lots of time in doctor’s offices and hospital rooms and let me tell you there isn’t much else to do there! Thought you would enjoy seeing the new Collector’s Club frame I’ve just finished. Those of you in the club should be seeing the August frame real soon and this one in July. I’ve started on the October and the scare crow on it is adorable, you’ll love this one.
September Collector’s Club Frame
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One of our collectors of the Lizzie Kate Needlepoint Blocks stitched the February Block for us and did an awesome job. Take a look!
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And I finally finished the Lizzie Kate Block I was doing. These really are a fun project!
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Let me know what you’ve been working on. It’s fun to hear about other stitcher’s projects and to join in the happy dance when one is finished.
Pat
Tags: Collector's Club, Customer's Work, Lizzie Kate, Needlepoint, Pamela Hill Designs, Stitching, Thread
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Saturday, June 5th, 2010
A change in schedule you need to know about. We will NOT be closed in June after all. A medical issue with Mr. D changed our plans so we’ll be here all month. Come see us! June’s 15th Anniversary Celebration special is one thread of your choice (limit $3.75 in stock thread) with every $25 thread order you place this month. Use this opportunity to try a new thread or fill in your collection.
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Get your pieces together for our annual Christmas in July Customer Gallery. You remember all the beautiful pieces we had here last year. Many of you have completed lovely pieces that will be perfect for this show. Please have your pieces here by June 30. We’ll get them on the site by end of day, July 6 for the voting to begin! Remember there are great prizes for everyone who enters and for those who receive the most customer votes. First, Second, and Third Place prizes will be awarded.
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We will be closed for the 4th of July holiday July 1 thru July 5 as we have two new great-grandsons to visit over the holiday. Can’t wait!
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We’ve completed a couple more of the Lizzie Kate Painted Canvases. You can see them here or on the blog. Also finished another of the Collector Club canvases. These are both fun clubs to offer and to collect. Sign up today and you’ll receive a new kit each month (or every other month if you prefer) and unlike those who signed up early you shouldn’t have to wait for me to catch up!
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New to the site this month, the Soie ‘d alger Thread of the Month Club is a great way to get this beautiful thread coming your way. This silk floss has a wide range of colors and three or more shades in each c! olor so creating beautifully shaded projects is easy. I’m wanting to add to the blue and white theme in my guest room and a lovely pattern for a vase that I’m converting to Soie ‘d Alger will be the perfect addition. Give this great thread a try, sign up here. While you’re there check out the other great threads in our Thread of the Month Club.
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Create your own charts using alphabets at this site. Enjoy!
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Rhonda is going back to school this fall and her time to work will be limited so if you think you’d enjoy playing with the threads, seeing all the new charts as they arrive, working with people who love needlework as much as you do, and just being out of the house, give me a call. We’re looking for someone who’s interested in part time work so if you’d like a few hours a week, this job’s for you.
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Thanks to a customer for a link to this site where you’ll find color listings for lots of the more common threads. Use the lists to help organize your stash. Click on the link to “Creating Order Out of Chaos” for great hints to get organized.
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I know many of you enjoy surface embroidery as much as I do. Here you will find some awesome inspiration and great information. Even if you’re not crazy about crazy quilts and surface embroidery the site has a great stitch dictionary so check it out! You know we have all the threads you’ll need to create your special design.
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 Enjoy!
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Pat
Tags: Alphabet Chart, Christmas in July, Collector's Club, Crazy Quilt, Cross Stitch, Customer's Work, Embroidery, Needlepoint, Newsletter, Pamela Hill Designs, Soie 'd alger, Stash, Stash Organizing, Stitch Dictionary, Stitch Guide, Stitching, Surface Embroidery, Thread
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