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Designer Spotlight Jeannette grew up in Southern Ontario, Canada on a dairy farm to immigrant Dutch parents. Jeannette's love of architecture and interior design has been mixed with her love of stitching and the result is her own unique style. Much of the inspiration for her needlework comes from nature itself. A rainy thunderstorm day in the mountains gave birth to her Canadian Journey series, and launched the beginning of her career in needlework design – It started with quite a bang! From there she created a commemorative sampler for a city as she had done for the Canadian Journey series of Canada’s regions. Once she did that more word of mouth spread. Since then she has done a number of Canadian cities across the country in band sampler style. At the Nashville Needlework show, where she had her first booth, she was asked to teach there and from there it, too, was word of mouth. Next year she will teach in England and in many cities in the United States, details are available on her website. More about Jeannette...
Jeannette treats our visitors to a classic sampler design which adorns a pencil box by Olde Colonial Designs, pictured above. Luscious Caron Collection silk threads, Watercolours and Soie Cristale are used for the bulk of this project which is beautifully diagramed and charted for our visitors. Jeannette has also provided a complete PDF file of the project, which makes it a breeze for you to print out and follow as you work. We encourage our visitors to take advantage of this treat from Jeannette. Threads can be ordered online or are available at you local retailers.
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KIDS PROJECT From the "Learning to Needlepoint" Class feature story (right), one budding needlepoint star, Crystal Vu, creates the perfect design to get young stitchers started. The Smiley Face design is perfect for all kinds of uses. One use was a luggage tag, a gift to Lois Caron that helped her quickly identify her luggage on a recent Balkans trip. Another clever use was to personalize Crystal's mom's cell phone. Your own little stitcher will find their own use for this simple and fun project. Available as a PDF for ease of printing and to save.
19 NEW THREAD COLORS Just released, 19 new hand dyed variegated colors to add some drama to your stitching. Choose from the sun streaked colors of "Sunrise Tequila", or the golden hues of "Daffodil". And the pale shades of "Wasabi" or "Mint" have to be seen to be appreciated. Check out all 19 new colors and place your order! |
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