Not Tardy for a Change!
Quick — someone record this on a calendar! I’m making the Friday post on Hoffman Distributing’s new releases for the week ON FRIDAY. That has not happened in quite some time!
It’s a light week for new releases this week, though … only ten new releases on Hoffman’s list. Yet somehow, I STILL managed to add two to my own wish list! Of course, as two are witch designs, which I mentioned I collect, I guess that’s not so surprising.
First up is Stacy Nash Primitives’ A Haunting We Will Go, whose witch is even holding a broom!
Then A Stitcher’s Hands offers us Bringing Spooky Treats — look at the adorable owl button on this one!
Waxing Moon Designs charmed me with their newest punchneedle design called Here Kitty Kitty. I really do want to start doing more punchneedle myself — I’ve just barely done more than try it and really enjoyed what I did so far — and this design looks like a really good one for me (in particular) to start with, don’t you think?
I also noticed a finishing technique I’ve seen before, though I don’t believe I’ve seen it used for punchneedle. It’s fairly frequently used for cross stitch, though. Anyway, I wanted to point out Waxing Moon’s Joy to Ewe to those of you who like quilting — or are just looking for other ways to finish things. I thought this was a really charming way to finish this design, and I have to admit that one of the reasons I haven’t gotten more into punchneedle sooner is because framing them just doesn’t look quite right to me somehow … But this quilted banner is a perfect style of frame for a lot of punchneedle designs.
We also have another winner with this week’s Friday Feature on Linda Stolz of Erica Michaels Needleart Designs. I always thought the designer’s name was Erica Michaels, too, so don’t worry if you feel like you missed something because I missed it right along with you — but now with this Friday Feature, we can both be in the know!
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August 20th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
That Here Kitty Kitty is one of the first new charts in a long time that I HAVE to HAVE. I have five cats and it will be fun to chart their colors on that design. I love the big clear pictures. Your color comes thru exceptionally well.