July/August 2014

Features

4th of July Cake Toppers Canvas by Squiggee Designs, Stitch Guide by Saundra Campbell
La Dama Elegante Canvas by Tapestry Fair, Stitch Guide by Lisa Kessler
Beach Bag Band Sampler by Merrilyn Heazlewood
Swirling Snowmen Canvas by Ewe & Eye & Friends, Stitch Guide by Suzie Vallerie
Watermelon Seed Packet by BB Needlepoint Designs
Not Exactly Blackwork by Susan Jones
China’s Needle Arts, Surviving Mao by Jay Bozievich
Miao Zigzags by Deborah Forney and Elizabeth Bozievich
Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour Canvas by Labors of Love, Stitch Guide by Anne Connerton
White Holiday Light by Susan Portra
Red Holiday Gift by Susan Portra
Meet Stella Lighting by Elizabeth Bozievich

Departments

Thread Tales by Suzanne Howren and Beth Robertson
From the Judge’s Corner by Connie Lynn Borserine
Making It Simple by Anne Stradal
Classic Books by Marianne Goodman
What’s New? What’s Hot? by Vicky De Angelis
Using Common Stitches in Uncommon Ways by Ann Strite-Kurz
Tips and Tricks by Vicky De Angelis
Down the Rabbit Hole by Coni Rich

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• Attaching the Beads
• Basketweave or Tent
• Basketweave Beading
• Brick Stitch
• Corkscrew Stitch

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• French Knot
• Raised Buttonhole Stitch
• Smyrna Cross
• Turkey Work

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