Patricia Sone has a lovely new stained glass cross, with diamond-shaped areas in bright colors, outlined in gold. Other lovely crosses feature violet jewels on a silver background and a pale yellow cross with a dove and olive branches. She also has a new series of 4″ square of saying for Girls Night out. The coasters feature a variety of patterned backgrounds. Susan Roberts has a new march canvas, this one for Chinese New Year, including a bright yellow dragon.
JP Needlepoint has an elegant square canvas in two shades of grey with space in the center for your initials. The 11″ square is on 13-mesh canvas. The company also has a new sea turtle pillow with an elaborate border. The turtles also appear in a new brick cover. Other brick covers feature a variety of sea creatures in a coral reef.
A new Pippin glasses case has falling leaves on a lovely shade of red. Another case features a pair of garden shears on a striped background. A hummingbird and fuchsia blossoms adorn another new glasses case, this one from j. child. Other new j. child glasses cases include a panda with bamboo on the reverse and a lovely swan with swan tracks on the back.
Judi & Co has a new canvas of three pink hibiscus blossoms that look like they came from a lovely Hawaiian print shirt. Dream House has three new stained glass designs by Carol Manning in their line. Leigh has eight new adorable chubby cherubs. These cuties are on dark striped backgrounds in oval shapes. New Mary Engelbreit canvases from Painted Pony include a bathing beauty and a colorful owl on black.
Mill Hill’s autumn bead kits on perforated paper include fun animals, an Autumn bouquet, and several Halloween scenes. There are six additional kits in the Autumn Harvest Collection. Michele Ink has an adorable pumpkin filled with Bargello in a new chart. Wichelt has a new color of 18ct. perforated paper — white. It comes in packages of two sheets.
Meredith Collection has an adorable new scissors case. One side has a Chinese girl and the other has a pagoda. In addition, they have 20 new croakies canvases in a wide variety of colors and styles. A new saying from Zecca says “Creativity is contagious.” Danji has a new saying from Frank Lloyd Wright added to their licensed designs. Kelly Clark’s Halloween Crow House in her birdhouse series now has a stitch guide available. The guide includes both beadwork and stumpwork.
Madeline Elizabeth has a new series of five charming woodland creatures. The canvases range in size from 4″ to 5″ rectangles. Gone Stitching is now distributing aviva canvases, including several adaptations of fine art. Pepperberry has elf hats in several colors. These have wide brims so they can easily be personalized. CBK has new adorable fish ornament rounds. The yellow fish wears a Santa hat, while the red fish sports green fins. A new canvas from Sandra Gilmore features a fuzzy bunny with an Easter basket on his back.
Kreinik has new Italian Silk sets. The sets contain a dozen skein of silk floss. Choose from yellow, pink, red, purple, blue, green, neutrals, or a mixed set. Treenway has added four new green shades of their silk eyelash thread. These include two coordinating shades of Christmas green as well as two yellow-greens. In addition, they have added a pink called “Bunny Ears.” From Painter’s Thread is a new braided rayon, it’s similar to Neon Rays. Rainbow Gallery has added three new colors to Rainbow Linen in shades of pink as well as an extremely pale blue, a mauve, and an apricot.
Emma’s Creations has scissors point protectors and business-card needle cases in seven colors of tiny polka dots. The Meredith Collection has a new series of Big Buddies featuring Bugs and Insects. Some of these include dragonflies in pink or blue and a black-and-white snail. Another new Big Buddy is an enamel lemon. Voila’s new summer bags feature striped sisal with leather handles, available in six colors.
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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