Stitch Notes

Watercolor chicken, seam ripper and frog on a white background

Mayday: White Is Not Always White

My best friend sent me a photo and one word: Mayday. What a dye lot is, what thread chicken means, why the tag stays in the bag, and how to...

Mayday: White Is Not Always White

My best friend sent me a photo and one word: Mayday. What a dye lot is, what thread chicken means, why the tag stays in the bag, and how to...

Watercolor pumpkin pincushion with a needle, green thread and pins

What Is the Autumn Needlepoint Reunion?

I wasn't at Fall Market, so I followed it the way most stitchers do. What a needlepoint market is, and what I saw come out of this one.

What Is the Autumn Needlepoint Reunion?

I wasn't at Fall Market, so I followed it the way most stitchers do. What a needlepoint market is, and what I saw come out of this one.

Watercolor of a January desk calendar on a gold bamboo stand, the 17th circled, with blue hydrangeas at its base

Why I Made a Needlepoint Retreat Calendar

I have never been on a needlepoint retreat, and when I go looking for one, it is almost always sold out. So I put the retreats coming up in 2026...

Why I Made a Needlepoint Retreat Calendar

I have never been on a needlepoint retreat, and when I go looking for one, it is almost always sold out. So I put the retreats coming up in 2026...

The Disco Perfume needlepoint chart, a disco-ball perfume bottle with a tasseled atomizer in blues and greys, with its nine paint colors, made in Chart Studio

Disco Perfume: A Free Needlepoint Chart, Made i...

Freebie Friday. A disco ball on a perfume bottle, charted in Chart Studio: 18 mesh, 90 by 91 stitches, nine colors, free to download.

Disco Perfume: A Free Needlepoint Chart, Made i...

Freebie Friday. A disco ball on a perfume bottle, charted in Chart Studio: 18 mesh, 90 by 91 stitches, nine colors, free to download.

The Witch Ladi needlepoint chart, a witch riding a pair of scissors across a cream moon, navy and gold, made in Chart Studio

The Witch Ladi: A Free Needlepoint Chart, Made ...

Chart Studio now matches colors to DMC. As a thank-you for the feedback, a free chart of my own: The Witch Ladi, uploaded to Chart Studio and charted in under...

The Witch Ladi: A Free Needlepoint Chart, Made ...

Chart Studio now matches colors to DMC. As a thank-you for the feedback, a free chart of my own: The Witch Ladi, uploaded to Chart Studio and charted in under...

Chart Studio: a watercolor hydrangea in a pot beside the needlepoint chart it generated

From Canva to Needlepoint Chart: Why I Built Ch...

I built Chart Studio after too many clean Canva designs turned to mush in charting software. Needlepoint Check makes it much easier to find and fix the parts that did...

From Canva to Needlepoint Chart: Why I Built Ch...

I built Chart Studio after too many clean Canva designs turned to mush in charting software. Needlepoint Check makes it much easier to find and fix the parts that did...