Making 3-D Bubbles: The Movie

Gabrielle.ndlpt over at Instagrm just posted a video tutorial on how to create very dimensional bubbles on your canvas.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaVe3rYRCf1/

Works for boobs, too!  And the little bobbles on the tip of gnome hats.  They can also be cut in half with sharp scissors if the round balls are too wobbly for you.

(You'll need wool felt balls, the smaller the better in most cases.  A pack of assorted sizes you can share with your stitching buddies might work well.)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/226743734/1cm-wool-felt-balls-colorful-pom-poms?ls=a&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=small+felt+craft+balls&ref=sc_gallery-1-16&plkey=Euhmd62EOlBVe2q3zGBjjcpq5Kb8%3ALT44c07e7dabd905a5bfe78adb20ef9a98e9de1873

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Laying Tool Minder

The Wool and the Floss has posted a photo of the Laying Tool Minder from Tools of the Trade.

https://www.woolandwillow.com/products/laying-tool-minder?se_activity_id=201907962135&syclid=d93r5f65urmc73fb8si0&utm_campaign=Holiday+Hours+%26+Fresh+Arrivals_201907962135&utm_medium=email&utm_source=shopify_email

It looks a bit like a slinky (remember those?) and is magnetic.  You can attach it to your needlepoint canvas and it will hold youir non-magnetic laying tool.  Check the diameter of your laying tool before you buy one.  Some of the very fat wooden laying tools likely won't fit.  

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Why Anna Loves Her Brick

The Australian embroiderer and teacher Anna Scott does really lovely work, so I've followed her a long time.  She doesn't do needlepoint as a rule--crewel is mostly her thing--so you won't have seen her mentioned here often, but this blog posting on her website struck a cord with me.  

https://www.annascottembroidery.com.au/journal/the-story-of-a-very-special-brick

I have a very special brick currently keeping my husband's 7 foot tall cactus from overbalancing.  I need to make a cover for it, don't I?

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Organizing DMC Cotton Floss

Mary Corbet is a well-known embroidery teacher and blogger, and she uses a ton of DMC cotton floss.  So you can imagine how much she must have in her studio and the organizational problems it caused.  But Mary, being clever, has a great solution that means with the use of a DMC color card, she can reliably locate any color she wants in her storage drawers now.

https://www.needlenthread.com/2026/07/thread-drawer-re-organization.html

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Five Types of Needlepointers

The Stitch Ladi at Instagram says there are five types of needlepointers.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaOxMWrmLXB/?img_index=8

Use the side arrows to see each of them and figure out which "house" you belong to.  (Hint:  It's ok to be several types, according to your mood, and besides, you are what you are.  Nothing wrong with that.   I don't judge.)

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