This week was our monthly meeting and the continuation of Jacqui C’s program about the color wheel. She finished the remaining colors and next month she will be showing us all about Grey Scale – a valuable tool (that I need to know more about!). I was taking a class in Black Work so I missed the meeting BUT – NJNA has been recording them. I can go back and watch what the remaining colors were and how they are used in picking out threads for your projects. Not all guilds do this! We try to be progressive so everyone can enjoy our programing. A thank you to Jacqui for her hard work and we are all looking forward to the next months meeting.

Registration for The 2026 ANG Seminar in Denver is open and as of today there are 10 classes that have already sold out. If you are planning on going you need to hurry to sign up for a class or 2. I looked at the catalogue and there are still some great looking classes but…..

National Office Elections are going on – make sure you vote. Great candidates are stepping up to bring a better ANG organization to us all. You can use the link in the email that came Friday or go to the ANG website.

Yikes – Spring Fling starts in April – another project on my plate !! Worth it though. Everyone should be hearing from Molly Boyne with instructions soon. Keep and eye out in your email.

Oh My !!The new Needle Pointers Magazine is on it’s way !! The cover is a math person’s dream! The back cover is so quirky that I had to read about it on the bottom of the contents page. Again, from the Shop Hop to the thread reviews to the other projects, many about Bargello – this issue is another winner. A Tale of Two Stitchers is adorable !! Check it out online if you can’t wait for the “Snail”.

April 1 – no fooling – there should be new online classes. ANG Independent Learning has a new offering that you should be able to register for. At this time the link is not available but the class, called Desert Rose will be taught by Jeanette Tombaugh. It comes in 2 color ways and believe it or not this is the same piece in the 2 color ways.

Check this out all you handbag lovers !! Rachel Barri Designs has new colors of her clutch bags – Green Croc and Chrome. She also has a deal right now on her web site – buy a clutch canvas insert and get 15% off any clutch bag ! https://rachelbarridesigns.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorR14h6S4ue2uFhgxA_FN3ezNG_uxDSNVRGrTdM6zj5V2Oh6nEk

Penny Linn just came out with an entire line of items on the theme of Eloise ! The 6 year old troublemaker that lives in the Plaza Hotel. From canvases to needle minders, project bags, tote bags, scissors, key chains – if you can think of it she has it and in PINK! Just adorable !! https://pennylinn.com/collections/eloise?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=3%2F20%20Eloise%20Launch&_kx=95-hSwAYM_w1abxIXjXQMDX2ZPJpMD1KDiXnRxmVLaI.RspkHP

Morgan Julia is about to launch a new club – a Garden Club. All canvases are 4 X 4 on 13 mesh and each one will be a different flower. She is using a variety of threads and it comes with stitch suggestions. She has to finalize details but expects to ship in April and it will be a monthly club under $100 per month ! Sounds like a great club for newer stitchers that want to move on from the continental stitch. No pictures yet. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVRmP5Yksxz/

Have you checked out Stitch Stash in DE lately? She has started her “Sunday Sale”. Each Sunday she sends out an email with three canvases along with threads and they are 20% off. When they go – that’s it. I have seen it 2 or 3 times and she puts up some interesting choices. The threads a very nice choices, one was a sunshine all done in Radiance. Get on her email list to see what new selections she has. https://stitch-stash.com/search?type=product&q=Sunday%20Sales*

On a similar note KC Needlepoint each week on Friday has “Happy Hour”. From the time the email comes out until midnight they have a 20% off sale on the “Theme ” of the week. It was all floral canvases this past week. Keep an eye out, they may have something you were looking for !!! https://www.kcneedlepoint.com/?srsltid=AfmBOooHnUjALQL5AZLRnPXk_nieRR5gmlEgm2M9GrDygZuvqOGbrf4a

Tips and Tricks: No matter how often you bead on your canvas you need something to corral the beads so they are not “every where” !!! I recently was introduced to the EZ-Beader by The Collection Designs. What a wonderful item. It’s a small piece of wood with a magnet on the back and sticky material on the top. No beads are falling off that !! Someone showed me that you can take the back of the magnet off, keep the wood in the plastic box and THEN put it on your canvas. This way if something does slip off it lands in the plastic box ! Genius !

Who was that Famous Stitcher? This is the most energetic woman in the needlepoint industry, Suzie Vallerie. She is the owner of The Enriched Stitch in Wilton CT, VNG, a company that represents various artists including Amanda Lawford, Enriched Threads – formerly The Caron Collection AND she now owns Needlepoint in Paradise in FL. Watch for what she does next as I am sure she is not done ! Good Luck to her as she turns the needlepoint industry in new directions.

Do you know who this famous stitcher is?