Saturday, February 18, 2012

The Missing Sheep and Her Kin

Remember me posting about a sheep canvas I was trying to track down? Thanks to my spy network, I have more information about the canvas. It is a discontinued design from S and S which Julia's Needlework used to distribute.  There were quite a few animals in the series which was taken from the Krinkles ornaments that Department 54 sells, and since the copying was done without permission, the series was dropped.

Carole has graciously shared photos of the ones she owns. They are in a photo album at the link below. You can play a slide show of the canvases by pushing the Slideshow button above the canvas of the chicken in a bow tie. (CHICKEN in a bow tie?!!) To end the slideshow, push your Escape key.
https://picasaweb.google.com/102117864343802967606/SSJuliaSAnimals?locked=true&feat=email 

I've also created a second slideshow here. I'm testing new ways to show photos since the old Slide.com site I used is shutting down in March. I'll do a poll shortly asking which type slideshow you like best. (Stay tuned for that excitement. LOL)

Click to play this Smilebox slideshow
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This photo slideshow personalized with Smilebox

Carole thinks there are more in the series, but only one is left at her LNS--the cat in the red ermine trimmed robe. If you are interested, give the shop a call. http://www.stitchandframelafayette.com/Needlepoint_by_Designers/Needlepoint_Designers/Julia.htm 

That cat happens to be a canvas we've seen and admired before. It is on the Homestead Needlearts's website where it is called Queenie and is beautifully stitched by Cheryl Robinson. Sadly, Homestead doesn't have any of the series left. http://www.homesteadneedlearts.com/StitchersShowcase.html 

Many thanks to Cheryl, to Theresa, and to Carole for help tracking that illusive sheep. Anyone who has one of the series in their shop or stash and wants to part with it, let me know by email to chillyhollow at hotmail dot com or in a Comment below. I'm still hunting that sheep!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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6 comments:

karen said...

FYI. The Picasa link goes to a "page not found" message. The Smilebox show took about 5 minutes to load.

The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure said...

Good to know, Karen. The Picasa album loads for me just fine and the Smilebox takes about 30 seconds to load. That's why we are doing the survey. I need a slide show that works for everyone!

Nancy L said...

I had the same problem as Karen with the Picasa link. The Smilebox loaded so slowly that I about gave up. I'd have to want to see something badly to wait for it. And for me the all the snowflake graphics distracted from the slides.

The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure said...

Thanks, Nancy. I want to know all the reasons folks prefer one type of slideshow over the other, so any input is very welcome.

NCPat said...

Sorry to take so long to get to this.....Picassa would not open for me either :( Smilebox was very very slow.....

The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure said...

I wonder if folks have to be signed into a Google account to view Picasa albums? i am pretty sure the Smilebox problem is a slower connection, either on your computer's end or their server's, but Picasa I am not sure about.

Obviously, I need to look at alternative slide shows!