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Needlepoint Helpers, Clubs and Services
By Renee Shelton
© 2006

From stitch to fabric calculators to customizable graph paper, here are some great online tools to help you with your needlepoint projects. Also, have a project you need finishing or a finished one that needs embellishing? There are many services to help the stitcher continue on their next needlepoint project, as well as mounting, blocking and restoration services to help on a finished one. If you're looking to join a club for needlepoint, listed below are several.

Needlepoint Clubs, Guilds and Orgainzations

American Needlepoint Guild, Inc.
The homepage to the American Needlepoint Guild, and links to information for the national and chapter levels of membership.
Classic Stitches Online Club
Membership form for the Classic Stitches Online Club, where free charts and newsletters are available to members. Membership is free.
Become a DMC Mentor
Information on becoming a DMC Mentor to share your love, experience and expertise of cross stitch with others.
Royal School of Needlework
Established in 1872 to pass on and teach the fine art of hand embroidery, with classes and certification courses. Apprenticeships available for those wanting to be a professional embroiderer. Based in the UK.
The Needlework Guild of Minnesota
Membership and information on the Needlework Guild of Minnesota, with workshops and retreats available to members.
Needlework Tapestry Guild of Victoria, Inc
Needlepoint and tapestry guild based in Victoria, with classes and demonstrations.
The Goldwork Guild
Guild all about Goldwork, with class info and product and supply information.

Online Helpers and Free Tools

Free Photo to Chart Service
Counted Cross Stitch Chart Generator from Dark Lilac. You can upload a picture of yours, and have it charted for you to print out. File will be in a .pdf form for downloading and saving. Free service.
Stitch Calculator in .pdf form
A stitch calculator to be printed out from YarnTree.com. This is in .pdf form and helps to find the finished size of a design for various fabric counts.
Printing Customizable Graph Paper From Your Printer
Enter in the number of column and rows with the height and width, and decide on the colors of the graph. Opens in a new window to be printed from your printer.
GraphTablet - Freeware Program
This freeware program installs on your computer, and is a program for you to print your own graph paper. Options include round and rectangular graph paper and changing the grid colors.
A Stitch to Fabric Calculator
This calculator will figure it out using on online calculator: enter in your number of stitches on various fabric counts to get the number of inches.
Linen and Evenweave Calculator
This online calculator finds out how big your fabric needs to be by calculating the number of stitches, mesh count of the canvas and how big the border around the canvas should be.
Free pattern viewer
Free Pattern Maker Viewer from HobbyWare. Allows you to open, view and print any Pattern Maker pattern file, the software title from HobbyWare.
Chart your own text
This font charter allows you to chart your own text for free, then allows you to print it out for your own use.

Needlepoint Services for Finishing, Restoring, Blocking, and Transferring

Ghoststitching services to help with unfinished works
Cleverly named, Ghoststitchers will help you finish a needlepoint project you're stuck on.
Tapestry, Crewel Work and Needlepoint Restorers
Paquita Savill from the UK, a Tapestry, Crewel Work and Needlepoint Restorer.
Stitching Service from Lani's Needlepoint
The stitching service charges by the square inch. On the main website Lani's Needlepoint you can find needlepoint gifts, projects and their finishing service for pillows, framing and more.
Needlepoint Mounting
This framing company frames art pieces and oil paintings as well mounting Needlepoint projects.
Needlepoint Finishers, Blockers and Mounters
From London, JLT Designs Atelier specializes in mounting, framing and blocking of Needlepoint works and textile restoration.
Photo to Chart Service
Crosstitch.com will take your photo and turn it into a workable chart.
Photo to Pattern Service
PhotoStitch photo to pattern service, for photos in color, black and white and sepia tones.
Free Photo to Chart Service
Counted Cross Stitch Chart Generator from Dark Lilac. You can upload a picture of yours, and have it charted for you to print out. File will be in a .pdf form for downloading and saving. Free service.

Compiled by Renee Shelton.
© 2006

These are my favorite needlepoint info and service links on the web.