Monday, May 7, 2012

Is That You, Sherlock?

Robin Chapman and I have something in common: we love Sherlock Holmes!
http://robinchapmannews.blogspot.com/2012/05/sherlock-holmes-that-is-is-back.html

There are lots of needlepointed Sherlocks.  Becky did a lovely outline of the deerstalker and magnifying glass.
http://photobucket.com/images/Sherlock+Needlepoint+By+Becky/

dede Odgen has a wonderful Sherlock mouse in a deerstalker hat and cape but I can't find any photos online.  How about this English mouse to stand in as Watson instead?
http://www.needlepoint.com/designers/dede/english-santa.html

There's a Sherlock bunny double-sided piece by Barbara Eyres.
http://www.needlepointheaven.com/christmas-ornaments.html

Painted Pony has a Sherlock nutcracker piece.  (If that's not your style, how about Davy Crockett or Robin Hood?)
http://www.paintedponyneedlepoint.com/lchrist.htm

Here are two embroidered portraits of the most recent Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch, and his Watson.
http://weirdthingsivemade.tumblr.com/post/18730076716/needlepoint-of-sherlock

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=402663.0

In case you haven't seen any of the new Sherlock series, here's a bit from the first season of the BBC's Sherlock.  The first of three episodes from Season Two aired on PBS's Mystery last night. We taped it and will watch it this evening but I suspect it'll be available for streaming online as well.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/sherlock/studyinpink.html

By the way, the set for Sherlock features a Union Jack needlepoint cushion from Jonathan Adler.
http://www.sherlockology.com/props/union-jack-cushion


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Tools on Sale

Needlepoint Tool Time has announced a Mother's Day sale.  From May 6 until May 19 anything on their website is twenty percent off.  If you need more magnets, want an eBook or iPad cover to stitch or have always wanted to try a thread zapper, now's the time.
http://www.NeedlepointToolTime.com/


Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Needlepoint Newsletters

Two May shop newsletters are now available online for your viewing pleasure.  Amy's Golden Strand had a little trouble with their newsletter link last week but it's viewable now.  You can read a book review, see new colors in Belle Soie silk from Crescent Colors, learn a bit about using the new stiff tubular Sparkles, catch up on news about Amy's Home Study classes both new and old, and make a note of the announcement that the shop is going to be closed on Mondays starting in June and more.
http://www.amybunger.com/f/AGS_May_12.pdf

The Needle Works newsletter is also online.  It's full of things like a brief interview with Cassie Prescott of Sundance, information about stitching with ribbon plus diagrams of how to create some common and useful ribbon stitches, an announcement of their Kimberly Designs Biscornu of the Month, class and sale announcements plus a new stitched model of the Angels of the Month and more about shop projects.
http://theneedleworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/201205newsletter.pdf

Makes me wish I lived closer to both shops so I could visit in person.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com

Trendy Needlepoint

Like everything else, needlepoint follows the trends in colors and styles that we see in fashion. Remember the harvest golds and avocados and browns of the 1960s? How about the blues and purples that were the most popular colors in the 1990s?   I bet if you lined up your finished pieces you could date many of them by colors alone.  Barbara Bergsten follows fashion just like the rest of us and has noticed the color blocks that are becoming popular.  She has new designs that are ready to come out at the June trade show in Columbus that take full advantage of color blocking.
http://createneedlepoint.typepad.com/create_needlepoint/2012/05/needlepoint-color-blocking.html

Here's a bit from Glamour about color blocks in women's clothing.  Needlepoint can be as fashionable as anything else, after all!
http://www.glamour.com/fashion/2011/09/spring-2012s-most-wearable-fashion-trends#slide=1

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com