New Melissa Shirley Halloween designs at the Bristly Thistle

These 6 glamorous witches have flown into our Amelia Island store and are flying out. Just imagine a brocade stitch for a coat, fur trim, a darning pattern for the background, beads for extra bling. Start stitching now and these girls will be ready to step out next fall.

These are available on our web site.

Amy Bunger’s new needlepoint DVDs are in …

…and I know what I’ll be doing tonight—getting a “private lesson” from Amy and her special guest, Kelly Clark.

Volume 7 “The Ins & Outs of Needleweaving covers attached and detached needle weaving. Watch how to weave such things as an open pocket, a door latch, cute little sheep’s ears and seaweed. Kelly Clark demonstrates Picot needleweaving, a woven basket technique that covers the basket, the rim and the handle, and semi-detached weaving for a scarf.

Volume 8 is all about Spider stitches—raised, oval, padded raised, ribbed horn, woven spider and more. Who knew there were so many variations to add punch to our canvases? Amy, of course! With 18 “chapters” this is loaded with new techniques.

These are in stock now and are $38 each. Here’s to learning new stitch techniques!

Clara Wells Needlepoint Sale at the Bristly Thistle

From now until the end of November, we have over 150 canvases in our Florida store from Clara Wells and all are on sale at 20% off. The show includes belts, bracelets, bucket bags, clutches, clutch bands, shoes and sandals.