Sue Hawkins makes delightful needlepoint kits that she sells direct from England. Her new products include Several new geometric scissors cases that are rectangular instead of the more usual pointed shape. If you use snips instead of scissors, this is the shape for you. She has also added several new items, including a tool roll, to her Heartsease Collection in two color schemes. These pieces depict charming pansies with coordinated textured stitches.
Abigail Cecile has a lovely new collection of 4″ squares with different fruits on each. These are very pretty with soft pastel backgrounds. There are six in all: raspberries, cherries, a fig, strawberries, a lemon, and an orange. Devn Nicholson ha a lovely new canvas of a phonix called “Rise!” It’s available as an ornament and two sizes of pillow. Raymond Crawford has two ornaments, one for a barber and one for a hairdresser.
kirk & Bradley has new ornaments tht have several of their Florentine patterns in a new ogree shape. There are six in all. They have added lots of new travel ornaments. There are four ski resorts (Aspen, Vail, Jackson Hole, and Lake placid). There are three new destinations (Maine, Santa Fe, and Williamsburg). Also new are six new Christmas trees with different themes of decorations. These could be a lovely way to add something more traitional to a theme tree.
For Christmas from Kirk & Bradley, there are new two-sided nutcrackers and triangular Santas. There are six designs for each. For dog lovers, there are eighteen different breeds in midnight dog ornsment rounds. Finally, there is a new series of Russian nesting dolls canvases including a pillow and five two-sided individual dolls.
Kate Dickenson has several dog ornaments where the dogs are in shades of blue. There are also two others in white with pastel accents. A new baby’s sleeping door hanger has an adorable bunny on it. She ha added several new geometrics, including a great plaid in pink and blue. Kathy Schenkel has lots of new travel and college rounds, including some with tem colors. At the risk of repeating myself, i love her little “I love” rectangles. I finished my ILove Cats ornament yesterday. There are seeral new ones. She also has a series of 12 Days popsicle.
Pippin has made their lovely oranges design available as a doorstop/brick cover. There is a series of three new canvases with single ol-fashioned tennis shoes. A Judica canvas has been added to the holiday and seasonal collage canvases. A new fives canvas ha five great garden shears. Other new canvases include four single ornament squares, twelve pumpkins, and a foxes stocking that coordinates with their other full-size stockings. There are two new canvases in a more realistic style. One is an overhead view of baskets of strawberries. The other is orange slices on a plate.
Remember to check out all my Monday and Thursday posts throughout October for information on tons of great new products.
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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