Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket. ~Charles Simic Have you ever read a blog in rhyme? I’d expect bloggers to try it sometime But my search on google did produce Nothing but some lame excuse. Blogs thrive in the comfort of prose A rhyme is confining like pantyhose […]
Author Archives: Renee Frank
Pepita Needlepoint is Going to the Israeli Shuk on the Main Line
We are exhibiting our designs and stitched samples at the Israeli Shuk at Adath Israel in Merion Station, PA, on June 1, 2014: Bring the entire family to visit The Israeli Shuk: The Marketplace on The Main Line, where you’ll experience the sights, sounds, fragrances, and flavors of a Shuk in Old Jerusalem. Buy Israeli products […]
Siddur Ceremony Season
It is Siddur Ceremony season. Some know it as Kabbalat Ha’Siddur. It is the culmination of a year’s work of learning and studying the Hebrew language. Youngsters start in first grade by learning how to read Hebrew letters and vowels, and by the end of the school year, they are ready to use a Siddur, a Jewish […]
Save Time When Stitching a Challah Cover
I love stitching challah cover needlepoint kits. They are big canvases with plenty of room for creativity. But for some customers, stitching a project of this magnitude can be daunting. Creating a large challah cover doesn’t need to take so long. Try stitching just the center of a challah cover and have the finisher do […]
Personalized Needlepoint Pillows
Erma Bombeck
Did you know that Erma Bombeck, the famous comedy author and columnist, loved to needlepoint? I still think about her book, If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What am I Doing in the Pits? whenever I see cherry pits. She laughed, and we all laughed along with her. She knew what was important in life. […]
Why I Didn’t Stitch the Sesame Seeds
My customer Janet ordered Oval Challah Cover a few weeks ago with a stitch guide. I matched the threads to a fabric swatch of her dining room decor. She is an experienced needlepoint stitcher and wants to accentuate her Shabbat table. I stitched the challah cover oval a number of years ago. It was the […]
Handmade Holiday Gift Ideas
Last week a customer ordered needlepoint kits to stitch as gifts for the holidays. She caught me by surprise, but time is flying by, and this organized woman is preparing. I can’t entertain the thought of shopping for gifts yet, but if you want to give hand-made gifts for that special personal touch, you better […]
Boring Writing Assignment? Write About Needlepoint
Do all teachers start the school year with the same old writing assignment? “OK, class, everyone write one paragraph titled ‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation.’” I dreaded writing that initial paragraph in school. My summer vacations were typically uneventful, and I pitied the teacher who had to grade so many similar essays. As a […]
Needlepoint on a Stick
Ice cream is nearly synonymous with summer. It’s like roasted marshmallows from the campfire and sun tan lotion – all filed in the same section of my mind. Needlepoint sits there too – in the part of my brain that smells chlorine, thinks swimming pool, hears the jingle of the ice cream truck, thinks summer. […]