
Rachel Barri has several new canvases of animals with patterns on their bodies. These include a lion, a rabbit, an elephant, and a retriever. She also has a snowglobe canvas with a winter scene. Doolittle has a charming new bauble ornament with lots of simple ski figures. VNG has new mini tote bags and new snowglobes, including one of African animals. Voila has a new lady in big sunglasses. She’s a blonde with short hair.
Walker Wholesale has two new pillow canvases that remind me of Christmas wrapping paper. Do you know someone who likes gummy worms? Walker has a new canvas of Trolli night crawlers. Plum Stitchery has new Halloween rounds. My favorite has a skeleton hand opening a door. The company also has a great new pillow of three red poppies on a crazy quilt style background of black-and-white stripes. Shelly Tribbey has a new nativity with a triangular top. A new Halloween ornament has a skull crescent moon with a cobweb coming off it. Love You More has a beautiful nw dove of peace canvas with a gold background.
KCN has new destination hearts, including Nashville, the desert, and Spain. There are also new Christmas animals, including a red panda and an adorable yellow jacket (that’s three words I never expected to see together). New rounds from KCN include one of a trio of Fairy Godmothers and another that’s called “Swimming with the Sharks.” A new set of rounds is designed for swimmers with swimming lanes (2 canvases), a lifeguard’s chair, and a pool ladder. There are lots of new luggage tags and sayings as well from KCN.
New from CBK is a cowardly lion canvas as well as a moose, not a reindeer, with ornaments hanging from the antlers. Two other CBK canvases could be called Black Lab vs. Christmas Tree. In one, the dog is pulling the tinsel off the tree. In the other he has. succeed in knocking the tree down. Danji has new llama candy canes., each with a llama dressed for winter. The company also has three new Janet Zickler Casey Santa faces. A new designer, Fresh Mesh, has geometric canvases, including one of the Bear’s Paw quilt block.
Patricia Sone has two-sided triangular trees in green or white. There are three sizes, and some include stitch guides. She also has a new map of Texas showing the state’s regions. Zecca has two lovely new canvases of a waterlily bud and a blooming pink magnolia (I think). The Meredith Collection has new gift tags with Christmas words and geometric patterns. Cate La Vie has a new Bargello-like pattern available as a stocking or a rectangle. She has another new stocking with a plaid body and a horse’s bit border. Finally, she has a round based on the tobacco leaf china pattern.
Blueberry Point has a great new canvas of a three-tier Christmas tree, all made from plum pudding. It’s adorable! The company also has canvases of blue-and-white Chinese jars. A Stitch in Time has a new canvas with multi-colored circles in different colors. Another canvas takes smaller dots and arranges them around a circular center making flowers. Anne Brinkley has a lovely new nativity set where all the figures are grouped. Canvases include the Holy Family, the Three Magi, a trio of angels, and two shepherds.
The Princess & Me has three new princess ornaments for stitchers, sewists, and knitters. There are also boy and girl piano students and a young horse rider from the company. A polar bear has glasses and a scarf while a duck is dressed for winter in sweater, scarf, hat, and boots. Another new canvas from the company has a cactus cat in a pink pot. Finally, a new series has rainbows in appropriate colors for different holidays, with a seasonal icon under the rainbow.
Labors of Love has new pudgy Christmas figures, including an elf, Rudolph, and a snowman. New from Colors of Praise are two beautiful dark butterflies. One is black and lilac, while the other is mostly black with touches of white. Alice Peterson has a new canvas of a tequila bottle table. She also has some new stitching girls, including a bride.
The Penny Linn wicker purses come in four shapes (round, oval, square, and rectangle) and three colors (white, cognac, and black). The company has dozens of canvases that are inserts for the bags. These new canvases include three-letter destination ovals in the company’s cleverly decorated style, geometrics, a monogram wreath, plaid, and a lovely pair of swans. Morgan Julia has a new insert for the rectangular purse with magnolias and a place for a monogram.
Accoutrement Designs has new needleminders of popular cartoon characters. KCN has added new nedleminders to their line. Victoria Whitson has new needleminders of iconic items, think Hermes Kelly bag, and people, like Grace Kelly. She also has new mini laying tools with beaded tops. Zecca now has beaded scissor fobs.
Pepperpot Silk is now available on 10-yard cards.
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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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