Recent Posts Tagged With 'hand painted canvas needlepoint'

• Needlepoint Boxes

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 08:01 in stitching blog, needlepoint design, hand painted canvas needlepoint, needlepoint box

  One thing which has always intrigued me is the idea of making boxes out of needlepoint. I find the idea of using needlepoint for the sides of the box completely intriguing. There are several painted canvas designers who do too. Kathy Schenkel makes ...

• New Needlepoint Projects – October 2009

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 09:17 in shopping, threads, finishing, headband, magnifier, footstool, hand-painted canvas, bargello needlepoint, peas of mind, needlepoint stocking, charted canvas, hand painted canvas needlepoint

  With the On-line Needlework Show opening tomorrow, there will be another post with more great needlepoint on Thursday, but I wanted to share with you the many wonderful new threads, projects, finishing items, and canvases I’ve come across latel...

• Don’t Forget my Customized Stitch Guide Service

  Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 10:17 in stitch guides, hand-painted canvas, janet perry, needlepoint stitch guide, stitch guide, janet perry needlepoint, hand painted canvas needlepoint

  Do you have a canvas that confuses you, that you don’t know how to stitch? Or is it just an area that keeps you from finishing that piece you love? Helping you find the perfect stitch and thread for your canvas is both my passion and my special...

• Black Cats & Needlepoint

  Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 09:16 in charts, beginners, cross stitch, halloween, Projects, Technique, black cat, msd, hand-painted canvas, free projects, counted cross stitch, chat noir

  Its no secret that I like black cats. I’ve owned three of them (that’s Dot in the picture above), and I have many black cat canvases stitched and unstitched. The nice thing about black cats and needlepoint is that since they are associate...

• New Needlepoint Products – August 2009

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 09:39 in accessories, Technique, kits, bargello, hand-painted canvas, needlepoint kits, overdyed threads, needlepoint threads, hand painted canvas needlepoint, markets & exhibits

  I’ve come across some delightful new needlepoint products for you to look for at your local shop. Here’s a round-up of some of them. Painted Canvas CBK Needlepoint Collections has added a new artist, Designs by Karen. These designs featu...

• Charley Harper Needlepoint

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 09:03 in Dogs, pets, charley harper, hand-painted canvas, children's needlepoint, hand painted canvas needlepoint

  If you like the picture above, then you like Charley Harper. He’s the iconic artist who drew the picture and his work is wonderfully adaptable to needlepoint. This is a section of the cover he draw for The Golden Book of Biology, a book I got w...

• Mid-Century Modern Needlepoint

  Posted on Thursday July 9th, 2009 at 08:41 in design, inspiration, hand-painted canvas, mid-century modern, hand painted canvas needlepoint, needlepoint adaptation, 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 ...

• New Products from TNNA Market

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 18:32 in threads, hand-painted canvas, rainbow gallery, kelly clark, tnna, hand painted canvas needlepoint, betsy b, markets & exhibits

  I’ve been posting on and off about the new products introduced at TNNA earlier this month, but I wanted to add just one more new post. Look for these great items at your local shop. Besides the Swedish Dynasty ornaments I wrote about last wee...

• New & Wonderful Needlepoint Ornaments from Leigh Designs

  Posted on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 07:44 in hand-painted canvas, leigh designs, hand painted canvas needlepoint, leigh needlepoint, swedish folk art

  I am just crazy in love with the new Swedish Dynasty ornaments from Leigh Designs. They are so much fun! I wrote about them last month, but I took a look at the whole group and I just had to show them to you. They all are done on dark green canvas, s...

• What Makes a Canvas Easy to Stitch?

  Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 08:22 in beginners, needlepoint kits, hand painted canvas needlepoint, beginner needlepoint

  A couple of weeks ago I got a comment asking about the canvas in a kit. The colors were too close to be distinguished and the stitcher, a beginner, was frustrated. This got me thinking about what should be present in a first needlepoint canvas. 1. Is...