Recent Posts Tagged With 'hand-painted canvas'

• San Francisco Needlepoint

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 09:39 in gifts, ornaments, hand-painted canvas, san francisco needlepoint, dj designs, needlepoint broad, needlepoint charm angels, painted pony needlepoint, petei needlepoint, peter ashe

  I often pat myself on the back when I consider how lucky I am to live ion San Francisco. It took me about 30 seconds of seeing the skyline late at night on my first trip here to fall in love with it and that hasn’t faltered in more than 30 year...

• School Needlepoint Finished

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 08:53 in gifts, hand-painted canvas, st john's college, school needlepoint, mcdowell hall

  I recently finished my ornament from School Needlepoint of the main building from my DH’s (and my) alma mater, St. John’s College. I made some changes from the original ornament. I made the sky a lighter and more muted blue. I also left o...

• Stash Destashing

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 08:52 in shopping, hand-painted canvas, vintage needlepoint, ncpat, needdlepoint stash, needlepoint garage sale, stash destashing

  Last week I had a chance at long last to visit NCPat’s delightful new blog, Stash Destashing. It’s such a great idea and wonderful resource that I wanted to learn more about it and share it with all of you. Here’s an interview with Pat, so we c...

• 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...

• Needlepoint Start on Halloween

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 08:57 in witches, halloween, hand-painted canvas, haloween, leigh designs, hand painted needlepoint canvas, haloween needlepoint

  Last weekend at the St Charles Needlework Market, my friend Leigh introduced four witchy designs. Go take a look at the fives of them on her site. I think they are very cool because they have all the lovely shading and painting that make Leigh’...

• Long & Short Stitch Sampler Update

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 09:30 in Technique, hand-painted canvas, mary corbet, hand painted needlepoint canvas, long and short stitch, needlepoint flowers, stitching flowers, stitching leaves

  The two most recent tutorials in Mary Corbet’s outstanding tutorial cover two kinds of items that often stump stitchers — flowers and leave which have turned tips. I probably get more questions about how to stitch flowers than any other t...

• Hawaiian Quilts in Needlepoint

  Posted on Sunday August 30th, 2009 at 09:10 in inspiration, beginners, quilts, ornaments, hawaiian quilts, hand-painted canvas, historic textiles, needlepoint quilt, keri designs, keri duke, needlepoint hawaii, needlepoint templates

  Hawaii has developed a distinctive quilt style, characterized by complex, symmetrical appliques, most often of native Hawaiian plants and flowers. I just love them because the designs are complex, but done in only a few colors. In other words perfec...

• 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...

• Lani Enterprises – Web Site Review

  Posted on Sunday August 16th, 2009 at 09:11 in web site review, lani, hand-painted canvas, lani enterprises, lani needlepoint

  At TNNA, I can never wait to see what delights await at the Lani Enterprises booth. One year it was this amazing series of realistic, but so stitchable, train cars. Another year it was lovely pieces inspired by the paintings of Miro. Their inventive...

• Stitching Mary & Jesus in Needlepoint

  Posted on Friday August 14th, 2009 at 09:08 in christmas, nativity, hand-painted canvas, religious needlepoint

  Awhile ago a friend asked me about religious cross stitch. This got me thinking about religious needlepoint, more specifically the timeless image of Mary and Jesus, the Madonna and Child. So I went on an internet search for needlepoint Madonnas and ...

• School Needlepoint

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 08:42 in gifts, graduation, hand-painted canvas, stitching blog, children's needlepoint, custom needlepoint, school needlepoint

  For many people the idea of stitching a needlepoint with your school logo is a compelling one. I made needlepoint ornaments for each of my kids for their high school graduations. I was disappointed I had to go with generic “graduate” pie...

• 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 ...

• News & Notes - Orna Willis, Leigh Designs, Thread a Needle Day

  Posted on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 08:38 in Color, design, symmetry, hand-painted canvas, stitch dictionary, stitch in public day, caron collection, orna willis, rhodes stitch, watercolours thread

  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...

• 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...

• Lee Needle Arts - Hand Painted Canvas Needlepoint & Accessories

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 07:41 in beginners, accessories, finishing, bargello, hand-painted canvas, needlepoint finishing, oriental needlepoint, lee's needle arts, needlepoint leather

  The big news at TNNA is that Lee Needle Arts will be closing after, I think, 40 years in business. I wanted to alert you guys because this company is one of my favorites. not only for their lovely canvases, but also for their great leather accessorie...

• New Products for Needlepoint - May 2009

  Posted on Thursday May 28th, 2009 at 13:59 in shopping, threads, hand-painted canvas, charted needlepoint, tnna preview, overdyed threads

  First off, Squigee Designs, maker of simply wonderful painted canvases, as well as the popular cross stitch designer Shepherd’s Bush are now being distributed by Dream House Ventures. They have a whole new range of small whimsical canvases which wi...

• Jeweled Bugs & Needlepoint

  Posted on Friday April 17th, 2009 at 07:43 in inspiration, hand-painted canvas, amanda lawford, birds of a feather needlepoint, jp needlepoint, julia's needleworks, mika partridge, needlepoint beetle, needlepoint bug, needlepoint butterfly, needlepoint ladybug

  Earlier this week Judy Harper had a marvelous post on FREEBIES, Etc! about creating your own needlepoint jeweled insect. She shows you, step by step, how to create a beetle and a ladybug. I’m starting some of my own this weekend. Some may thin...