Recent Posts Tagged With 'needlepoint quilt'

• Two Needlepoints and a Quilt

  Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 09:41 in inspiration, charts, quilts, patchwork, ornaments, charted needlepoint, needlepoint christmas ornament, needlepoint project, needlepoint quilt, cyberpointers

  Talk about cross pollination, the idea for CyberPointers new book (now available to order as a download or CD) was to make needlepoint ornaments inspired by classic quilt blocks. This needlepoint quilt block inspired a quilt! Peg Dunayer designed th...

• 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...

• Needlepoint Ebooks Premiere!

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 08:09 in books, ebook, beginners, quilts, patchwork, needlepoint book, needlepoint project, needlepoint quilt, come stitch with me, needlepoint sampler, affordable needlepoint

  That’s on the cover of Celebrate! The ebook version of the Come Stitch with Me needlepoint sampler from 2008. It has been expanded with additional ideas for using the stitches and information on how to develop a color scheme This cover is from...

• Pine Trees Mini-Sock

  Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 08:19 in charts, quilts, patchwork, christmas, ornaments, free projects, scrap bag needlepoint, needlepoint ornament, janet perry needlepoint, needlepoint quilt, christmas quilt, mini-sock

  Christmas quilts are a fine tradition, warming children on that Night of Nights while they wait for the wonders of the morn. Pine tree quilts, such as the inspiration for this mini-sock, were a common kind of Christmas quilt. This pattern is designed...

• Mod Sampler - Part 3

  Posted on Wednesday May 6th, 2009 at 10:28 in quilts, free projects, charted needlepoint, janet perry needlepoint, oh fransson, needlepoint quilt, come stitch with me, needlepoint sampler

  With these two blocks you have all the patterns you need to stitch the blocks for the mod Sampler. I didn’t have time today to stitch more than three blocks, but, as you can see, this completes two rows of the quilt. I’ll update you wit...

• Sunbonnet Sue Needlepoint Mini-sock

  Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 08:58 in quilts, patchwork, christmas, ornaments, free projects, minisock, needlepoint christmas ornament, janet perry needlepoint, needlepoint quilt, sunbonnet sue

  Isn’t she just too cute? She’s one of a series of needlepoint mini-socks based on quilt designs I did in 2001 for a friend’s children. Recently I was asked about her and so I wanted to share the directions with you. Sunbonnet Sue is...

• Mod Sampler - Part 2

  Posted on Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 at 08:38 in quilts, free projects, janet perry needlepoint, oh fransson, needlepoint quilt, come stitch with me, needlepoint sampler, mod sampler quilt

  Here are the second two squares of the Mod Sampler Quilt. One is a check, the other a stripe. Although I haven’t stitched them yet, they will go in diagonal rows down the quilt. I’m not entirely happy with the yellows I picked. There̵...

• Mod Quilt Sampler - Part 1

  Posted on Wednesday April 15th, 2009 at 07:57 in quilts, patchwork, janet perry needlepoint, oh fransson, needlepoint quilt, come stitch with me, needlepoint sampler, mod sampler quilt

  When I saw this glorious quilt along quilt on Oh Fransson!, I knew I had to render it in needlepoint for our Come Stitch with me Series. I just love the clean contemporary lines of it and the mod colors. The dynamic look of the quilt belies how sim...