Robin is My Hero

Robin King has started to convert her listing of available stitch guides to make all the design titles clickable.  That way you can immediately see if that's the canvas you want a guide to.
https://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/p/stitch-guides-by-robin-king.html

Great idea, Robin!  Guess I will go that route myself.  It takes a while, folks, especially if you have written as many guides as Robin has.

The Tissue Toppers (Leigh Designs, Pat Miller, Sharon Quick and Carolyn Taggart)

Photo Taken by Osterville Needlepoint

Leigh Design's newest designs are a series of eight Tissue Toppers.  That's right, dimensional canvases that are folded into a cover for your box of tissues.  Colleen at The Needle Works took photos at the TNNA show in Las Vegas of the models on display and some of the unstitched canvases.
http://www.stitchinginthetexashillcountry.com/the_needle_works/2018/01/checking-in-from-las-vegas.html

Three of the eight designs have stitch guides.  To see the finished models click on the photo of any with a guide.  You'll see the stitched canvas both laying flat and after West Coast Finishing made them up.  It's a different way to use your needlepoint and pretty enough to proudly display your Kleenex for guests.
http://www.leighdesigns.com/Grp730x.html

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1833178256746785&set=a.787931307938157.1073741829.100001638852053&type=3&theater

Air (Pippin Designs and Gina Liuzzi)

Charlene just finished this darling Pippin design called "Air" using a stitch guide from Gina Liuzzi.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NeedlepointNation/permalink/1622320597845092/

American Flag (Patty Paints and Pat Dettman)

Pat Dettman has just gotten her American Flag back from the framers. 
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155772428195485&set=gm.1621109247966227&type=3&theater&ifg=1

The canvas is from Patty Paints and Pat's guide is now available.

Flower Party (Mindy and Terry Christopher Castillo)

Pam has just finished this spectacular "Flower Party" by Mindy using a stitch guide by Terry Christopher Castillo.  Guide available from Terry and your favorite shop can order the canvas from Mindy.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1317457115027591&set=gm.1620487581361727&type=3&theater&ifg=1

More Stitch Guides from Ruth Schmuff

Ruth Schmuff has had another embellishment class weekend at Bedecked and Beadazzled.  You can see glimpses of what she laid out for her students on her blog.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2018/01/the-results-are-in.html

Stitch guides for these beauties —canvases by Colors of Praise, Lani, Leigh, Rebecca Wood, Tapestry Fair, and Zecca— are now available.  Contact the shop for details.  The class just ended so everything may not be up on the website just yet.
https://bedeckedandbeadazzled.com

By the way, another of Ruth's earlier embellishment classes has shown up finished.  This is called "Skating" and is from Lulu My Pink Turtle.  I think it is darling!

http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2018/01/lets-go-skating.html

Four Elves from Patience Brewster

Ruth Schmuff has all four Patience Brewster elves, each with a stitch guide by Mary Legallet, available in her online shop.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2018/01/how-crazy-cute-are-these.html

The canvases are distributed by Kate Dickerson.

Robin King Stitch Guides for Christmas or Winter

Robin has updated her blog to list all her Christmas-y or winter-themed stitch guides.  If you are interested in one of the guides, just email Robin for help adding it to your collection.
http://needlepointstudyhall.blogspot.com/2017/12/robin-and-winterchristmas-stitch-guides.html

Mrs. Santa Sleds In (Tapestry Tent and Tony Minieri)

Joanne has finished the spectacular Mrs. Santa Sleds In stocking by Tapestry Tent using a stitch guide by Tony Minieri.  Use the side arrows to see all ten photographs.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10215237892360542&set=pcb.1600079833402502&type=3&theater&ifg=1

Your favorite shop can order the canvas from Susan Roberts while you can get the guide straight from Mr. Minieri himself.

Candy Claus (Melissa Shirley and The Needle Works)

Janice's "Candy Claus" was stitched using a guide from The Needle Works in Austin, Texas.  The design can be ordered for you from Melissa Shirley by your favorite shop.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NeedlepointNation/permalink/1596999313710554/

Create Stitch Diagrams on a Mac Using Pages

I've written up a brief description on how to use Pages (the Apple word processor program) to create stitch diagrams and posted it to this blog as one of the tabs above.  It's hard to be really specific as each version of Pages changes where items are located and sometimes calls them something else but with some experimentation this should help you create basic stitch diagrams on your Mac.

Renaissance Santa (Renaissance Designs and Patricia Sone)

Mary shows off her delightful Santa pillow, stitched using Patricia Sone's stitch guide.  Your favorite shop can get the canvas from Renaissance Designs.  I think you'll have to contact Patricia directly for the guide.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1667266073336322&set=gm.1594816103928875&type=3&theater&ifg=1

Sugar (Annie O'Brien Gonzales and Tony Minieri)

"Sugar" is by Annie O'Brien Gonzales, adapted to needlepoint canvas by Melissa Shirley Designs.  Illene just stitched it using Tony Minieri's stitch guide.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NeedlepointNation/permalink/1591226814287804/

Christmas Teapot (Melissa Shirley and Mary Susan Muirhead)

Enriched Stitch shows off Mary Susan Muirhead's model of the Christmas Teapot.
https://www.facebook.com/348498438515811/photos/a.387112914654363.93644.348498438515811/1727349047297403/?type=3&theater

Contact the shop for a copy of Mary Susan's guide.  The canvas is available from Melissa Shirley Designs.

Dragonflies (Charley Harper and 3 Kittens Needle Arts)

3 Kittens Needle Arts just posted this magnificent "Dragonflies" by Charley Harper, stitched by one of their customers using Sara Clapp's stitch guide.
https://www.facebook.com/3KittensNeedleArts/photos/a.10151702079928401.1073741830.104267353400/10155391550608401/?type=3&theater

Your favorite shop can order the canvas from The Meredith Collection, which distributes Charley's art on needlepoint canvas, and you can get the guide from 3 Kittens.  Or contact 3 Kittens to pick up everything.
http://www.3kittensneedlearts.com

Stitch Guides for Silk Ribbon Techniques

Normally when we think "stitch guides" we are thinking about a guide for a painted canvas, but I just realized that River Silks has free stitch guides for silk ribbon embroidery on their website, much of which is done on painted canvases.  The guides don't usually have a photo of the finished design but if you browse the Gallery on the website, you can usually find a photo of each completed design.
http://riversilks.com/stitch_guides.html

Red Parrot (Labors of Love and Pam Lemire)

Labors of Love shows off Pam Lemire's rendering of their "Red Parrot" on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/laborsofloveneedlepoint/photos/a.163225933826831.39001.163219983827426/974925779323505/?type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/1435914290056530/photos/a.1436622743319018.1073741828.1435914290056530/1905263683121586/?type=3&theater

Your favorite shop can order the canvas and guide directly from Labors of Love.

Spellcasters—The Happiest Hour (Needlepoint By Sharese and Cynthia Thomas)

Lynn just shared the framed version of her "Spellcasters—The Happiest Hour" on Facebook.  Liz stitched this design using a stitch guide from Cynthia Thomas.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1751820581780181&set=pcb.1578088962268256&type=3&theater&ifg=1

You can buy the canvas direct from Lynn at her Etsy store, Needlepoint By Sharese.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/NeedlepointbySharese

Contact Cynthia to get a copy of her stitch guide.

The Hare and the Crow (Amanda Clark, Brenda Stofft and Ruth Schmuff)

Amanda Clark's "The Hare and the Crow" is a perfect winter project, especially as stitch guided by the talented Ruth Schmuff of Bedecked and Beadazzled.
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2017/11/the-hare-and-crow.html

If you love this beauty distributed from Brenda Stofft, then follow the link to pick up the canvas, the guide and/or the kit.  If you own this already, I bet Ruth will sell you the guide if you buy the threads, too.  Ask and see if she is willing….
https://bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/product/hare-and-the-crow/