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Be sure to check out the latest issue of Needle Pointers (Mar-Apr 2026) for two stitching projects, Spinning Threads by Mary Grosser and Lakeshore by Sallie Miller.

Marilyn Owen, Deborah Reichert, and I (we are/were all on the Editorial Staff of Needle Pointers) met Mary through Debbie Rowley’s Explore and Design class and encouraged her to submit the design to the magazine. Mary was thrilled and the photos went to Marilyn who did the cropping and aligning and I worked on the text from Mary’s emails, a partial graph, and photos to create text so that other stitchers could stitch it too. Mary proofread the text and diagrams. If you have stitched a design and want to share it with other ANG members, please let me or anyone on the staff know. We’re available to work with you. Isn’t the mat and frame excellent! Congratulations on creating a beautiful design Mary. I’m glad it made the cover!

And, Sallie’s lovely stitch and thread selections for Lakeshore, a painted canvas by Katherine Miller Knuth for Blue Ridge Stitchery turned out great. Her ANG Southside Virginia Chapter does a painted canvas each year led by a member. Sallie worked with chapter member Gail Stafford to write up a stitch guide to present it to their members. I placed their text and diagrams into the magazine’s format. Thanks to them for sharing the piece as well.

My excitement over seeing this particular issue published is tempered by the passing of Edward Grosser, Mary’s husband, and Sallie. Sadly, both passed away before seeing the articles published.

It was great to see Linda P from the New Jersey Needle Artists Chapter comment on their blog, “Oh My !! The new Needle Pointers Magazine is on it’s way !! The cover is a math person’s dream! The back cover is so quirky that I had to read about it on the bottom of the contents page.”

It’s easy to join ANG and have access to this issue and all past issues. Check it out at needlepoint.org.