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Front Cover Neptune's Treasure by Marjorie Vig is bold and exciting and so much fun to stitch! We list our stitching threads for the sampler, but encourage you to use threads from your own "stash." Article and first set of instructions for our new continuing project begin on page 7. Back Cover Gail Sirna is a popular designer who teaches us how to "paint with a needle" with her beautiful and realistic embroideries for the experienced stitcher. This one captures the charm of long ago in this quaint cottage from the British Isles. Article and instructions begin on page 13. Jennifer Ashley Taylor, our talented staff photographer, created and photographed both beautiful covers. Art and Inspiration 18 Marnie Ritter is Gail Sirna's subject for this issue. Read about Marnie's exquisite sense of color and style as you view some of her colorful and expertly shaded works. We show a detail from her embroidered sofa. Sew Together 21 This two-sided eyeglass case shows Marnie Ritter's great love for flowers as well as her expertise in working with color. Techniques include florentine, laid patterns, surface embroidery, counted patterns, a background variation and a charted flower design. Little Bits 26 Peg Dunayer helps us to celebrate the seasons with fun projects that you can stitch in a couple of hours. In this issue she gives us two versions of geometric designs that welcome fall. Historic Needlework 29 We extend a warm welcome to Robin Berry and her exciting new feature that will increase our knowledge and appreciation of the history of needlework in medieval and renaissance periods. For your stitching, Robin offers a pomegranate band bookmark in the Assissi style. Adventures in Embellishment 12 Tony Minieri continues his voyage into the world of stitching flowers in his popular column. In this segment he talks about flowers that don't have to be realistic looking because you just want to interpret them with some fun stitches that move well within the flower shape. Noteworthy & New 20 In this market news column Ann Caswell features handsome wood thimbles and stilettos from Lacis as well as overdyed perle threads and overdyed stranded threads from House of Embroidery. From the Bookshelf 35 Suzanne Howren gives excellent insight into the world of the needlework books. In this issue she reviews Phillipa Turnbullā's Introduction to Crewel Embroidery Part One on a DVD. Barbara Jackson lends her keen insight to her guest review of Stitches to Go, the new book by Suzanne Howren and Beth Robertson. "Amy"able Advice for the Stitcher 37 Amy Bunger continues her series of information about water -- all types from waterfalls to a drinking glass. In this issue she teaches about puddle jumpin' -- still water in a pan, puddle or pool with no flow of direction. See the exciting presentation of our website. Visit us at www.needlepointnow.com

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