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Use Giant Cookie Cutters for the Basis of Great Needlepoint

January 2, 2014 by Janet M Perry 4 Comments

While I am a pretty good cook and baker one thing I'm NOT good with is rolled out and decorated … [Read more...]

Summer SAL: Open Compound Stitch

This week’s stitch, Poverello has bars of six short straight stitches that are connected by oblong crosses. It’s best to make this in stages. Stitch the bars first, then make the crosses. It might look complex, but it stitches up fast once you get going. Although it’s an open stitch, it could add n interesting […]

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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