Needlework Retailer News

Planet Earth Opal

Heading to the tropics this summer? Opal will heat up all of your canvases in hot summer colors. The reflective quality will dazzle and electrify all sorts of projects. Opal is also very soft with no tangling or splintering. Contact Planet Earth Fiber/Tilli Tomas.

Sweetheart Roses

Available in two colourways! Each accessory pack contains enough materials to stitch a beautiful 15 sided biscornu, a smaller 6 sided biscornu, and a tiny 4 sided biscornu fob in the colours of your choice. Stitched with either violet/green or rose/gold silks and ribbons. Leaflet retail US $17.20 (chart with 3 pages of colour finishing photos); Ant. white linen pack retail $30.00; accessory packs retail ea US $49.00 Contact The Victoria Sampler.

 

Handbag Strap Finishing

Enhance any handbag with a new look. Simply pick your favorite belt canvas and have it finished with these stylish hooks that easily attach to any handbag equipped with rings. Shown here is Voila’s Leopard Belt Canvas, a fashionable selection. Canvas, stitching, and finishing available from Voila!

Wool Fabric Collection

Weeks Dye Works has 65 colors of hand dyed, 100% wool fat quarters. Each color comes in solid shades, or coordinating houndstooth and herringbone patterns. The three can be used separately or mixed within a design or project. The wool is packaged in fat quarters. Retail $18.00/fat quarter. Contact Weeks Dye Works.

 

Verona Kitchen Towels

Classic, yet stylish, this checkered fringed towel will never go out of fashion. It features a generous 3¼" 14ct aida border. This 16"x 24" 100% cotton loop terry kitchen towel is sure to become one of your best sellers. Color checks alternate with white. From STS Crafts. Colors: white, green, yellow, orange, blue, brown, and black (new color). Retail $7.00. Contact Yarn Tree.

Hutari Mai

From the MAIA collection, this richly colored and beaded cross stitch kit includes 16 count cream Aida fabric, Anchor threads, beads and easy-to-follow charts and instructions. The finished size is 5½" x 10½". Retail $68.00. Contact Westminster Fibers.

Mirabilia’s Tree of Hope

Tree of Hope, is a must have for any Mirabilia fan. Serene maidens are harvesting wishes from the tree amidst intertwining leaves. Cross stitched on 32ct natural brown linen from Wichelt Imports, the design is approximately 11½" x 15.2". An embellishment pack with a sufficient number of Mill Hill Beads and Treasures is also available to complete the project. Contact Wichelt Imports, Inc.

Alphabet Kitties

Combine a whimsical collection of fluffy kittens with the entire alphabet and you have the newest leaflet in Zweigart’s needlework heirloom collection. Model stitched on August Afghan. Contact Zweigart.

Spool design — I Remember Santa...Skating

Due to popular demand, the chart for "I Remember Santa . . .Skating," will be a part of Spool magazine’s first issue, Fall 2010, available Sept 15. De Selby, the designer of Santa Skating and editor of Spool, says, "I’ve had lots of requests for this pattern to be re-released, so I’m putting it in our first issue." The tabloid quarterly will have several variants of each pattern to please consumers of different techniques. Contact Contact De Selby, editor at Spool.

Take me out to the Ball Game

Renowned New England artist Elizabeth Mumford has partnered with Needlepoint of Back Bay to put her paintings on canvas. This piece is 15" x 15" on 13 mesh and includes Elizabeth’s signature black border with scallop shells in the corner. The model was stitched with Planet Earth Silks. Contact Needlepoint of Back Bay.