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2008 September/October
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Fascination by Marnie Ritter is the most exciting accessory to help celebrate a festive season! Marnie has a wonderful color sense that is so obvious in this beautiful design. You will learn how ot work with colored metallic threads mixed with many other textures, beads of all types, sizes and colors as well as shimmering paillettes in a rainbow of color. The entire project is presented in this issue and starts on page 7.
Back Cover
Can you do creative stitchery on a painted canvas? You bet you can! Be sure to read this informative story. The famed art, The Kiss, by the renowned artist Gustav Klimt, was an inspiration to needle artist, Rosalyn Cherry-Soliel. Her interpretation in stitching is magnificent! Read her exhilarating story, "Joy of the Painted Canvas," and get motivated to do your own work of art. This fascinating article begins on page 12.
Winter White Kimono
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Margaret Bendig’s wonderful series of kimono projects for all four seasons is now complete with our final installment featuring the winter whie version. We know that many of you have stitched the other three and are eager for this final step. However, if you plan to frame them as a group, you may want to hold on until a surprise that may appear in our next issue.
Stocking Ornaments
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Barbara Richardson shares her charming desing for a stocking and stitches the same pattern on two very different versions. The holiday stocking is done in traditional red and green, but the Tucson stocking is done in southwestern colors. Select your favorite or stitch both versions. Or you may want to work one of the smaller ornaments that we present.
Possibilities
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Our popular feature writer, Judy Harper, is inspired by Nandra of Sundance Designs, and Alice Borge of Old Town Needlework, and the Arizona "Walk For The Cure" to help fight breast cancer and hopes to motivate others to follow in this sort of fundraising!
Kris' Crosses
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We are delighted to welcome Inez Eppright as a new contributor to needlepoint now. I suggest you try this one, as small projects are wonderful and have so many uses. You can stitchem up in a hurry for your own decorating, or use them as an insert for a coaster or a book. You will find that they also make great gifts, party favors or door prizes. You may want to exercise your own creativity, and work your project in your favorite color palette. Enjoy.
"Amy"able Advice For The Stitcher
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Amy Bunger leads us into the holiday season with hints on holiday stitching beginning with Halloween. Check out her really neat ideas for creating A"spooky" stitches fun stitching.
From The Bookshelf
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In this issue Suzanne Howren reviews two new books: Bead Romantique, Elegant Bead Weaving Designs by Lisa Kan and Stumpwork Seasons by Kay and Michael Dennis. This book offers great ideas for incorporating stumpwork techniques into canvaswork projects.
Jody's Needlepoint Excitement
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Jody Valentine informs us tha tthis is the time to check your "stash" and gives us great ideas not only on how to keep our "stuff" protected and clean.
The Stitching Fool
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It's time to laugh with our loveable "stitching fool" and her hilarious tale of attaching her "UFO's" - not the ones from space, but those hiding under the bed.
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