Kathy Schenkel has lots of new college ornaments, including mini-socks. She also has new destination rounds. In addition to his Halloween cake, Raymond Crawford has a three-tier Christmas cake. He also has two lovely nativity stockings as well as an adaption of Van Gogh’s Starry Night. There are new fruit glasses cases with citrus fruit slices or a patchwork watermelon slice. There are also four new Broadway canvases. He has new Halloween ornaments inspired by vintage decorations.
Julia Snyder has a new book coming out. It’s called Next Step Stitches. Stitch by Stitch in Larchmont, NY has four new Starke Art toppers and wrappers for Halloween. They are exclusive to the shop. Poppy Monk has a delightful new kit of different fruits. It’s on 13 mesh. They also have new kits for reading glasses cases that come with the self-finishing cases. The canvases are 5×1″. Ridgewood Needlepoint has an exclusive fall floral canvas from VNG that’s bright with three sunflowers. A stitch guide is available.It is available in both 13 and 18 mesh.
Blue Dogwood has a canvas with a crowing rooster inside a border with coffee cups in the corners. It comes with a stitch guide. Rebecca Wood has a new panel for Halloween. It features two stunning red and black dragons and tons of embellishments. A second Halloween panel features a pirate ship. She also has a new series of a dozen ornaments for Christmas with little green men, i.e. aliens! A new Santa from Ann Kaye was previewed recently; he’s baking cookies. Another Ann Kaye design has a lighted match & the saying “I was hot in the ___.” A chart comes with it for filling in your decade of choice.
Melissa Prince has a super new canvas of a Gilded Age mansion with Victorian ladies and a carriage in front. You can get it in 13 or 18 mesh. Ann Fisher has new geometric inserts for the Rachel Barri clutch. They come in several colors. She also has a lovely new tray insert featuring Staffordshire dogs. You can use a chart on her site to add initials to it. Fleur de Paris has a new Judaic design of Stars of David in a quilt-like pattern. It’s available in several shapes.
Madeline Elizabeth has new sayings, including one that says “Welcome to the Stitch Show.” Rachel Donley has added many new inserts in different sizes (2×3’s, 3×6’s, inserts for the Acrylic Purses). She also has lots of new canvases for cozies. Think of these all as quick-to-finish gifts. From The Collection is a smaller size of the popular Ellen Crimi-Trent floral skirt girls. A new artist for the company is Victoria Bright who has geometric canvases.
Sara Fitz, a designer for The Collection, has delightful new small canvases of many different items including a cow, a caramel apple, and a gull in a Santa hat. I also love her New England fisher Santa. It comes in two sizes. Needlepaint has a new collection of pickleball rounds. The Salty Stitcher has a new 12 Days set on old gold backgrounds. They also have canvases with Mr. and Mrs. Claus playing golf. Finally, they have a lavender voodoo doll.
NDLPT Designs has a charming new set of nativity rounds. With a background of rays from the star, you’ll find five ornaments, most of which are silhouettes. They also have canvases of cookie-cutter shapes with plaids in red or blue. To attach to your baking jars with Velcro, the company is also making sets of labels. Patricia Sone has a new bunny decorated with pink flowers. It matches her blue bunny. Stitch Style has a new series of five canvases showing reindeer in North Pole settings (with trees, sleighs, and Santa). They come with stitch guides.
Robbyn’s Nest has lots of new hamsas. My favorite is the one featuring a peacock feather. She also has new fall designs featuring pumpkins. Jean Smith has new canvases of vases in several shapes. Painted Pony has new animal canvases similar to the lovely swan, all with black backgrounds. The Meredith Collection has four new tooth fairy pillows and six new binoculars with city destinations. Their licensed artist Ellen Skidmore has new canvases of delicate ladies.
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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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