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Highlighting the Focal Point – Mitered Backgrounds in Needlepoint
An easy way to accent the focal point of any needlerpoint, especially if it is a simple one such as this autumn leaf, is to have the background stitch “point” to the center of the stitching. This process is called “mitering.”...
Stitching Inside the Box — Book Review
This delightful book from Finger Step Designs (distributed by Custom House) is such as treasure. The idea behind the book, and the samplers you create from it, is to make a diamond-shaped box, and through the borders and stitches you choose, create ...
More Native American-inspired Needlepoint – Medicine Bear
Yesterday I started work on the second Native American-inspired needlepoint designs. This one I’m calling my health needlepoint. It’s focal point is the Zuni fetish of a Medicine Bear (pictured above), my favorite. The Medicine Bear repre...
Freebie Alert — Poodle Outline
Elle Decoration magazine has a delightful stencil of a poodle designed by Conrad Botes (from South Africa) available as a free download on their site. The link is at the top of the right column. So of it’s a stencil, why am I telling you about ...
The Graph Paper Problem
I’m confessing it, I simply love graph paper, and you probably do too. After all as needlepointers, our stitching lives are taken up by The Grid. My love of graph paper is much older than my love of needlepoint. My doodles as a child were hou...
Mid-Century Modern Needlepoint
Earlier this week I got a query about finding hand painted canvas needlepoint for a mid-century modern house. That got me thinking. Often we want to do needlepoint that will work with the decor in our home. That’s easy enough if your furniture ...
Fractal Needlepoint - A Great Idea!
Yesterday Liz Morrow had a great post on her blog LizArt, about a piece she made that was an adaptation of a fractal she had seen in a picture. I found it tremendously inspiring and this is a rick source of ideas for your own needlepoint. Let’...
News & Notes - Orna Willis, Leigh Designs, Thread a Needle Day
Orna Willis has added two new how-tos to her site. One is her new color experiment, using as it inspiration Bermuda Reef, pictured above. These kind of cool, analogous color schemes are just perfect for summer. My kids called them”swimming poo...
Free Clipart Alert - Resources to Design your Own Needlepoint
Dover Book are, hands down, my favorite sources for line drawings and ideas for my needlepoint. In fact they take up about 2 shelves of space (out of five) in my inspiration book shelf. Virtually all their clipart is royalty free so you can use it fo...
