Whether we actually stitch Halloween themed needlepoint or not, we all have seen them everywhere. I know there's a canvas you secretly love, find hilarious, memorable, or just dream of stitching One Day. I thought it would be fun to nominate our favorite Halloween canvases. Lots easier and quicker than actually stitching them! Let me start with a nomination for the oddest Halloween canvas I've ever seen--the Yoga Witch from Bongo.
http://rittenhouseneedlepoint.com/index.php/canvas/holiday/halloween/yoga-witch.html
I find the Dashing Devil from Needle Deeva hilariously smug. This is the full figure, not the candy corn shaped ornament in the Creeps series.
http://rittenhouseneedlepoint.com/index.php/canvas/holiday/halloween/dashing-devil.html
Melissa Shirley's "Pumpkin Pie" in her vintage postcard series for Halloween is a sweet and sentimental approach to the holiday. All of the little girls in the series are darling but this one is my favorite.
http://rittenhouseneedlepoint.com/index.php/canvas/holiday/halloween/pumpkin-pie.html
If you like more modern, clean designs (and have teenagers or are one at heart), you'll love Stella and Dot from Mile High Princess.
http://bestitchedneedlepoint.com/news-and-updates/things-we-love/
Well, enough about me. What Halloween canvases have caught your eye?
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Nominate Your Favorite Halloween Canvas
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Melissa Shirley,
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Being a Halloweenaholic it is very difficult for me to choose a favorite but there's one I fell in love with the first time I saw it. I got it and it is somewhere in my stash - maybe waiting for some inspiration. It's a Renaissance design canvas and is called "Time for Halloween"
http://www.stitchtherapyneedlepoint.com/optioncart/image.php?image=http://www.stitchtherapyneedlepoint.com/images/products/12430.jpg&id=12430&item=Time For Halloween&price=220.50&itemtype=hand painted canvases&cat=CL101&ret=www.stitchtherapyneedlepoint.com/publishers.php?page=4&category=Renaissance Designs&all=yes&itemtype=hand painted canvases
Palma, the Halloween clock is hilarious. Can't wait to see what you do with this one!
I got a note from Ceil R. that she also likes the Halloween Time canvas, plus Tapestry Tent's tic tac toe board for Halloween and Gail Hendrix's Eeek canvas. I can't find the Hendrix canvas online but here is the Tapestry Tent Halloween game board.
http://www.bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/details.php?pid=11725&pname=Halloween+Tic+Tac+Toe
I really like this canvas from Share One's Ideas, which I found on The Busy Needle's website:
http://www.busyneedle.com/images/Holidays/Halloween/Cropped/11589.jpg
I also like this paisley interpretation of a ghost by Renaissance - it speaks to my love of paisley and feminine things. The movement in this is great. I just wish it were on 18 ct instead of 14 ct:
http://www.busyneedle.com/images/Holidays/Halloween/Cropped/7055.jpg
With Ceil's help I found the link to the Eeek canvas she likes.
http://www.needlenook.com/storedir/proddetail.php?prod=p244
And there is a second color variation of Eeek.
http://www.needlenook.com/storedir/proddetail.php?prod=sq5277b
Of the yet-to-be-stitched Halloween canvases I have, the one that makes me chuckle is "Git" by Sandra Gilmore. Seeing the black cat driving the pumpkin coach coach with the mice pulling just makes me smile.
http://www.fleurdeparis.com/products/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=SG-18-327
Nancy
Thanks for featuring our store in your blog! I personally love NeedleDeeva's Maria Bitchy Witchy! http://rittenhouseneedlepoint.com/index.php/maria-bitchy-witchy.html
Wow, that's a cute witch! Thanks for the tip, R. I am pleased to mention the shop whenever I can. Just wish I was close enough to visit occasionally.... I love shops.
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