Christmas Stocking - Needlepoint

For the book I'm writing I would like to have a character be
needlepointing a Christmas stocking - a really nice, big one, with a
steam locomotive theme. Santa as an engineer, a locomotive with a
Christmas wreath around its headlight, something like that. Can
someone suggest one? I've been looking with no success.

Reply online to privately to me, whichever. Thanks so much!

Mary Monica

On Oct 1, 10:04*am, Monica Ferris wrote:
For the book I'm writing I would like to have a character be
needlepointing a Christmas stocking - a really nice, big one, with a
steam locomotive theme. *Santa as an engineer, a locomotive with a
Christmas wreath around its headlight, something like that. *Can
someone suggest one? *I've been looking with no success.

Reply online to privately to me, whichever. *Thanks so much!

Mary Monica

Here's a premade one:

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/i/9...-Gusseted.html

This is not exactly what you are lookiing for, it is a toy train and a
little cartoonish but it might work
http://www.needlenookoflajolla.com/d...s/sc_cs182.jpg
This one is a little closer to what you are looking for but it is still not
exactly right
http://store.littleshoppeofstitches.com/saexst.html

Beverly B

"Monica Ferris" wrote in message
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For the book I'm writing I would like to have a character be
needlepointing a Christmas stocking - a really nice, big one, with a
steam locomotive theme. Santa as an engineer, a locomotive with a
Christmas wreath around its headlight, something like that. Can
someone suggest one? I've been looking with no success.

Reply online to privately to me, whichever. Thanks so much!

Mary Monica

A lot of NP is hand-painted, and those have variations. I was in a shop
with a lot of hand-painted canvases, and said "that's cute, too bad it
doesn't have X on it", and she rummaged through her files and found a
canvas exactly as I described. Seems the artist had gone on a kick,
painting a series of canvases on the same theme, with this, that and the
other prop added.

So maybe if you make it a hand-painted or custom-painted canvas instead
of a kit?



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On 10/1/08 11:04 AM, "Monica Ferris" wrote:

For the book I'm writing I would like to have a character be
needlepointing a Christmas stocking - a really nice, big one, with a
steam locomotive theme. Santa as an engineer, a locomotive with a
Christmas wreath around its headlight, something like that. Can
someone suggest one? I've been looking with no success.

Reply online to privately to me, whichever. Thanks so much!

Mary Monica

Mary Monica,

I'd really suggest that you contact Susan Roberts NPt. I'll send you some
info separately. On this link is a mini-stocking with Santa and a train,
http://www.pfos.com/Needlepoint/SusanRoberts/page3.HTM

Just to give you an idea, but she has lots of full size ones.

I know that she has what you're looking for, between her own designs, and
those others she reps under her label. I saw a lot of her things, and
ordered them, when at TNNA (the big show) in June. Alos, you could contact
Cindy at "The Hang-Up" in Sterling, VA. Cindy just had a big trunk show of
Susan's during the summer, and has quite a lot of her painted canvases in.
http://thehangup.biz/

I'll take a look at the catalog when I'm in the shop next, but I'm fairly
certain that Susan would be the best quality of what you're looking for -
with that design.

Good luck,
Ellice