Recent Posts Tagged With 'history'

• Still sharp as a needle (point)…

  Posted on Sunday August 10th, 2008 at 16:24 in embroidery, history, cross stitch, exhibit, inspiring, needlepoint, Technique, great-grandmother, needlepoint canvas, petit point

  If you’re still with me after the pun, today I think we’ll divert a little from the tips and updates to show everyone this piece I came across yesterday. It’s not often that I find something in the media about needlework so when I stumble ...

• The history of needlepoint and needlepoint canvas…

  Posted on Friday August 8th, 2008 at 00:00 in history, canvases, needlepoint canvas, needlepoint stitch, needlepoint history, needlepoint materials, needlepoint terminology

  I recently came across this interesting article about the history of needlework and needlepoint evolving in style and materials used throughout the ages. It is interesting to see how needlepoint has branched into the several forms we have today. The...