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Painted Canvases at TNNA – Part 1

February 25, 2014 by Janet M Perry Leave a Comment

As always there plenty to love at TNNA. Besides the trends I talked about on Wednesday, two other … [Read more...]

City Needlework Silk – Thread Review

August 25, 2011 by Janet M Perry 2 Comments

City Needlework is a fairly new needlepoint shop in the SF Bay Area. They also have their own line … [Read more...]

My 2021 goals:

Publish 2 new printed books
Create an archive & membership site for the daily newsletter
Learn and share with you great non-painting ways to color your canvas
Finish 50 projects
Learn how to do beading & ribbonwork better
Use up as many threads as projects completed/li>
Crete independent shopping site
Publish 20 new stitch guides & 5 new PDF projects
Publish 2 new ebooks
Reduce finishing stash

Watch my stitching!

17 projects finished
18 threads used up
2 new products added to Etsy
6 new stitch guides on Etsy
1 printed book published

Background Ideas: Alternating Little V’s

From Whimsical Stitches, volume 2, I was intrigued by this little stitch the moment I saw it. I was so happy to use it as a background for this Kathy Schenkel Tag. As you can see, it creates a fairly dense background. It will look best in thinner threads; thicker ones will overwhelm the small […]

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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