Needle Pointers

  Vol. XXXIII, Number 4 -- July 2005
 
 

 
 
 A field of dreams, page 22
 
 
 D E P A R T M E N T S
 
4 Date Book
 
4 President's Column
By Susan H. Davis
 
5 Shay's Solutions
By Shay Pendray
 
7 Trade Secrets
7 In Stitches
By Carole Lake
7 Book Review
By Carolyn M Humes
8 Legends of the Past
By Jill Becker
8 Product News
By Sandy Rodgers
9 Technique
By Jill Rabius-McGrath
 
35 Guild News
 
38 Chapter News
 
39 Volunteer Staff
 
 
F E A T U R E S
 
10 She's Got A Great Dye Job
The owner of JL Walsh Silks tells us how she got started and where the inspiration for her handsome hand-dyed yarns comes from.
By Kirsten Barrere
 
 
12 To The Letter
In the first of a series of stories featuring charts from her popular alphabet books, Tink helps stitchers spell success.
By Tink Boord-Dill
 
 
14 Pick A Square
This mesmerizing geometric certainly makes it hip to be square.
By Ro Pace
 
 
22 Fields Of Summer
Soak up the season with this pastoral project.
By Diana Morrison
 
 
26 Buttons The Clown
A funny fellow who will bring a smile to adults and children alike.
By Janet Zickler Casey
 
 
30  Ode to Michelangelo
How one enterprising stitcher swapped paintbrush for needle to capture the beauty and intricacy of the famed Florentine artist's masterful Sistine Chapel.
By Joanna Lopianowski-Roberts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Buttons The Clown, page 26
 
 Toy Story: How a childhood gift
 inspired this jolly jester.
   
 
 
 
 Legend for Projects
Each needle indicates a suggested degree of difficulty.
Least difficult       Most difficult