Kate Dickerson has new baskets for Easter, Independence Day, and Halloween. All feature woven ribbons. For the Halloween basket, there are eight rounds to go with it. My favorite of these has small Halloween candies on lime green. Kate’s mini-Chinoiserie collection of jars and vases is available in pink and green in addition to the original blue and white.
Wipstitch has a pink lemonade canvas in a pickleball glass. It comes by itself or with a blue background and “Dink responsibly” underneath. They also have a canvas of the Cracker Barrel sign. The company is making a series of postage stamp canvases featuring state birds and flowers. The designs are charming in a style like Charley Harper. I have the California one on my wish list. New Christmas canvases include a rose topiary, a Santa mug and an eggnog carton.
Ruthie Carlson Art has an adorable 4″ round of a crane putting the star on top of a Christmas tree. Another round has a Christmas tree on a background with red dots. The canvases are available through Walker’s Wholesale. For those nostalgic for childhood favorites, Walker’s Wholesale has a canvas of a can of Spaghetti-O’s. Another canvas is a Sweet n’Low packet. They also have a charming basket with either pink or blue hydrangeas. A new designer for Walker’s is Ad Astra Stitching. I love their lattice-topped pies with different colored pie plates.They also have two square canvases with sweet angels in pastel colors. A new and fun canvas is a pink flamingo pool floatie — it’s great! Finally, Walker’s is releasing a new New York City skyline.
Jessica Tongel has a Lily-inspired animal cracker box that’s now available for shops. Belmead Designs has beach bag tags in two sizes for six different destinations. Blueberrypoint has a 12 Days square in a Mid-Century folk art style. It’s in a more modern Christmas palette of red, pink, and olive. Barbara’s Needlepoint has introduced seven gingerbread cookie canvases. The 2023 Limited Edition is Bavarian Santa. It’s available in 13 or 18 mesh and has “a stitch guide from the fabulous Carolyn Hedge Baird.” These canvases, like her popular strawberries, are only available through the shop.
VNG has a new set of coasters with white silhouettes of sea creatures on an ombre-striped blue-green background, A clever Amanda Lawford canvas has the word ‘boat’ in the middle, decorated with nautical flags and “break out another thousand” repeated around the border. Amanda also has another beach canvas of four beach huts. There are also plenty of new sayings.
Zecca has new inserts for the Planet Earth key fobs. The designs include two fish, a ladybug, and a sweet snail with a softly-shaded pink shell. Raymond Crawford has two new lovely Art Deco ladies. The Gingham Stitchery has a new 4″ round in blue and red for Charles III’s coronation. Another new cocktail canvas from Morgan Julia is French 75. Even if you don’t care for this cocktail, the canvas could easily be changed to be a glass of champagne or another champagne cocktail. If you are thinking mimosa, change the cocktail’s color to orange.
One of my favorite designers, Froopy Designs, has now become wholesale only instead of selling on Etsy. They have wonderful canvases of fashion and British royal icons, popular culture items, and cheeky sayings. Two Sisters has a new shift in the traditional Mexican style. One of them is decorated with blue flowers in the Frank Lloyd Wright style.
Susan Roberts has a new brick cover that features three birdhouses. A new backgammon board has lighthouses; they are a perfect shape for the points. There are new two-sided gingerbread houses. Instead of showing front and back, they show inside and outside. A new mini-house is a bookshop. Susan Roberts also has new quilts and nutcrackers. There is a new 4″ round with a delicate fruit wreath, designed y Ashley Dillon. Ashley also has three new full-size stockings, one with three bright birdhouses.
ViviLux makes craft lights with and without magnifiers. Those without magnifiers have USB charging. Depending on the model, they attach using clips, velcro, or magnets. The battery lights can be bought with plugs for US/Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Australia/New Zealand.
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That’s it! I hope you’ve found a few canvases andother items you love.
About Janet M Perry
Janet Perry is the Internet's leading authority on needlepoint. She designs, teaches and writes, getting raves from her fans for her innovative techniques, extensive knowledge and generous teaching style. A leading writer of stitch guides, she blogs here and lives on an island in the northeast corner of the SF Bay with her family
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