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Great Background – Alternating Cashmere Pairs
I love that Jane in Chilly Hollow has been talking about scale in backgrounds on her blog. And I just adore the Noh mask she’s blog stitching. She picked a great background, from Needlepoint Now. When I was reading about it, I was hoping she...
Christmas Lights – 2010 Needlepoint Club
Christmas Lights is now open for subscriptions for this delightful twelve-month series of needlepoint ornaments. Based on old-fashioned Christmas Lights, each ornament has one mixed thread stitch for the bulb and a second stitch for the base. They a...
Whipped Backstitch Tutorial
Whipped Backstitch is one of my favorite stitches. It’s easy to do and it makes smooth rounded shapes. Not many stitches in needlepoint can do that. You can use it to outline round shapes (like the bubbles in Wicked, above). But where it real...
Two Great Stitches from Rittenhouse Needlepoint
The two stitches featured this week on Rittenhouse Needlepoint’s blog are outstanding stitches, not only for backgrounds, but as accents as well. Cushion Stitch, or Framed Scotch Stitch puts Scotch Stitches into Tent Stitch frames. Done all in ...
Simple Trick for Stitching Needlepoint
When faced with a stitch such as Four-way Continental (diagram above), I don’t do well. Call me a dummy, but keeping on track with this stitch has been close to an impossibility in needlepoint for me. And the problem is that so many canvases h...
How to Stitch Irregular Continental
Almost all the time, The Needlepoint Book is spot on for telling you how to stitch something. But as long as I have had this book (which is since 1977) Christensen’s explanation of Irregular Continental has left me flustered. I love the random ...
Hurray for Hearts – Needlepoint Stitch Sampler eBook Now Available!
Looking for a way to learn some new stitches and to use up threads from your stash? My new ebook, Heart Sampler, is now available here and in my ebook store. Throughout the article you will see three of the hearts I’ve stitched using this plan....
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 ...
Needlepoint Notecards from Sandy Grossman-Morris
Sandy Grossman-Morris has come out with a delightful line of needlepoint notecards, one of which is pictured above. Each one has a stitch done on canvas with a needle on the front. The directions for the stitch are on the back, along with some stitch...
Long & Short Stitch Tutorial - Lesson 2
There is a new tutorial (both in still pictures and video) on Long & Short Stitch in Needle ‘nThread. This lesson,the second, shows background shading using this stitch. A second part continues this lesson. This kind of shading is outstand...
Hexagonal Stitches
I was asked recently if I knew some stitches which were hexagonal that could work for a background. Three and six-sided shapes are among the most challenging to make in needlepoint because the square grid of needlepoint canvas doesn’t map well ...
Needlepoint Rugs - Stitches
When you are making a needlepoint rug, such as this one (a current project). You need to think before you stitch. Will it be hanging on the wall or be underfoot. This has implications not only for the thread (yesterday’s post), but also for th...
Long & Short Stitch Tutorial Update
Just a quick note top let you know that Mary has put up an index to her Long & Short Stitch tutorial. All the lessons are listed and will be updated with links as she puts up the posts. This is fantastic for forgetful people like me. Social Bo...
Patchwork of Peace - Needlepoint Book Review
I know this book has been out awhile and is very popular. I’ve not looked at it because I didn’t want to stitch the project. But I looked at it recently and have to say that it’s a disappointment. In order to get enough out of the book to ...
More (Fantastic) Pictures of Random Stitched Needlepoint
Suedukc posted a whole slew of pictures on her blog, showing her random stitching method in action. They are simply fantastic and I’m in awe of her work. So read her post about how she does it, then enjoy the pictures. Social Bookmarking...
Stitching Sand
A reader asked me a question about threads and stitches to use for stitching sand. Sand can be tough because it has an uneven texture and most of our threads are smooth. It has texture but one which is non-directional and most of our stitches have ...
Diamonds and Needlepoint
No! I’m not talking about that honking huge stone in the ring on your finger. Nor am I talking about the diamond as big as the Ritz (although it’s a great story by F Scott Fitzgerald). I am talking about diamond shapes in your hand painte...
Fun Ways to Learn New Stitches
This is a picture of my latest Bargello, mostly done at Maker Faire. It shows a great way to try out new stitch or pattern ideas. Begin by picking out a simple and small shape. I used an egg because I wanted enough space to show off several repeats ...
