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to Infostitch.com |
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Infostitch.com
is a place for anyone interested in Needlepoint. It is
intended as a resource site with book reviews, background
materials on designers and links to their sites, descriptions
of suppliers of kits and materials as well as a searchable
database of designs (see Kits
and Charts section).
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What's New
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I recently
stumbled on a great line of zodiac cushions by a company called
Fat Quarter Designs. The kits contain unprinted 12-count
Zweigart interlock, DMC tapestry wool and clear color
charts. There is room to personalize the cushion by adding
name and date and several styles of letters are provided.
The designs are quite intricate, as you can see - thus the
charts.
They are available online from www.sewinspiring.co.uk
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Karen Dixon of Millennia Designs
has a new line of Shaker Patchwork cushions. The entire
line can be viewed at: www.millennia-designs.com
Here are a few examples:
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This website is in serious need
of updating. So that's the current project and I'll keep
you posted as to what sections have been revised.
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For those interested in seeing
the designs recently added to the database - click on the
month to see designs added in:
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Judy
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Kits
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 When
I think of Cleopatra's Needle, I think of flower and fruit
designs much like those shown at right. Their extensive line
includes cushions, eyeglass cases and pincushions in these
textile like designs.
Recently, I've
been seeing newer designs featured in stitching magazines. The
Cat Cushions by Katrin Eagle (available in both 14 and 16 inch
square) are popping up frequently as are the Boats and Balloons
series by Chas Jacobs. Below are a few examples.
The entire line
can be viewed at: http://www.cleopatrasneedle.co.uk/
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Current Projects |
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 I'm
currently working on reducing (preferably eliminating) my stash
of kits. This is Parrots at a Fountain by Karen Dixon of Millennium
Designs. I like this design and the colors consist of 4
blues, 3 greens and the cream background. I bought mine at
Liberty's in London but they are available online at: www.millennia-designs.com
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This Keyboard
kit is by Permin of Copenhagen. I bought my online at: www.spinningjenny.co.uk
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I've finished Rousseau Jungle by Margaret Murton. I'm on a
mission these days and won't start a project until I have a home
for it. This one, I'm keeping for myself.
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Here are the
finished Klimt Blue and the Chocolate Klimt. These are
wonderful kits and a pleasure to stitch. The designs are
quite powerful and I won't display them so close together -
perhaps in different chairs or at different ends of a sofa.
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Click
here to view other recent projects.
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| Other
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For those of
you who have favorite photo that you'd like to have charted,
try www.charts-is-us.com
This is a wonderful place to get fabulous charts at a
reasonable price.
Fine Cell
Work is a British charity that provides materials and training
in needlework to prison inmates in England and Scotland.
The completed needlework is then sold, providing the stitcher
with personal funds to be used to pay for housing and other
expenses on their release or to be sent to their families. The
website is: www.finecellwork.co.uk
HP
Designs not only produce high quality painted canvases, they
are now selling lacquer boxes in which you can insert a small
needlepoint design. Of course, they also provide small
canvas designs, specifically for this purpose. To view the
variety of boxes available, try the following link to Pocket
Full of Stitches: http://www.pfos.com/needlepoint/HPDesigns/page5.HTM
See you again soon. JS
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