Lots of New Needlepoint Coming!

A new stocking by Liz Goodrick-Dillon has Santa on a rooftop in her characteristic detailed style. Her daughter Ashley Dillon-Davis has three canvases with a little witch in violet coat & hat gardening, cooking, or looking out to sea on Halloween. The animal canvases from Kate Dickeson’s licensed artist, Mia Charro, have more than the fox. The other canvases in this series include a bear, a hedgehog, and a deer in sweaters and scarves with floral wreaths on their heads.

CBK’S licensed artist, Leslie Murray, has a canvas of a witch holding a sign reading “BOO.” The background has a violet sky with a crescent moon. Renaissance Designs has a bold rectangular design, Smile, where each letter is in the bright, highly patterned style of the late 60’s. Painted Pony’s licensed artist Lori Siebert has a set of four Halloween rounds. They are 5″ round and in a clean graphic style. Other new canvases from their artists include a bold large sunflower, a group of pumpkins, and a charming twig wreath with an English robin perched on it.

I love Pippin’s new nine — Nine Christmas ornaments. I believe that some of these are also available singly as 3″ squares. All are on 13 mesh. Pippin also has a new Halloween canvas of three witches. The sky is full of bats, and three black cats accompany the witches. Tapestry Fair’s artist Dominic Bourbeau works in a great Mid-century Modern style. The newest canvas from this artist features three overlapping cats. Alice Peterson has three new canvases that feature chic ladies whose mirror glasses reflect either ski slopes, the beach, or a city skyline.

Colors of Praise has added a lovely new detailed canvas of four Oriental urns. This large panel would coordinate will with her teacup and teapot panels. Susan Roberts has many geometric designs, the newest is called “Boxes” and features telescoping squares of different sizes and colors. The design, with 25 square patches in all, would be a great, restful stash project. The square is 14″ on 13 mesh.

A delightful project bag is from Bee in my Bonnet and distributed by Yarn Tree. It is 12-count open-weave mesh in a pouch shape. The size is 12.5″ square and 3.5″ deep. You can stitch on the mesh to customize the bag. Sisters & Company has a lovely hare that’s in shades of blue and inspired by printed French textiles. Pepperberry has a new series of 5″ animal squares. Choose from squirrel, rabbit, fox, llama, polar bear, moose, and reindeer. These animals are ready for winter and have simple borders.

Looking at more traditional designs, Decorations has a magnificent 18″ square wuth a paisley design in celadon, pink, and light rust. Also traditional is a canvas from JP Needlepoint that is Chinese in inspiration. It has multiple borders that highlight Chinese keys and lattices in yellow, red, and black. A fresh twist on the traditioal leopard print is the newest Stitch & Zip design — a blue-and-white leopard print.

A lovely new series of collectible canvases from Kate Dickerson has 35 different shoe canvases. They are all between 4×6 and 5.5×7 on 18 mesh. They feature both casual and fancy shoes. At least one has a stitch guide. Machelle Somerville has a great new saying canvas. “Hang on, let overthink this . . .” has. It has pink lettering on a pink-and-white striped background that’s embbellished with dots.