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Learn Open Stitches in this Class

April 15, 2019 by Janet M Perry Leave a Comment

Open Stitches were not always popular in needlepoint. in fact for decades after I learned to … [Read more...]

My 2020 goals:

Publish at least one printed stitch dictionry
Create an archive & membership site for the daily newsletter
Learn and share with you great non-painting ways to color your canvas
Finish a bunch of projects
Learn how to do beading & ribbonwork better
Develop a permanent beginner’s site
Publish 20 new stitch guides & 5 new PDF projects

Watch my stitching!
38 projects finished
7 new projects added to the shop
13 stitch guides published
finishing stash reduced by 1/3

Great Stitches for Triangles and Circles

Today we’ll finish stitching the triangles and stitch two of the circles. Next Thursday I’ll finish up with the remaining circles and the background. Remember this canvas is being used as a scrap project. I’m using threads from my stash for it. The triangles took less than 3 yards of thread. The circles took less […]

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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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