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Needlepoint Bargello Frame Weight
Nuts about Needlepoint | December 16th 2009 by Janet Perry
The Nimble Needle, a shop in New Jersey,had a post last week about Bargello, with great observations and a wonderful project idea. Bargello Needlepoint is the perfect answer to many needlepoint dilemmas. Overwhelmed by stash? Use it to make some love read more
Fast Needlepoint Bargello as a Present
Nuts about Needlepoint | December 14th 2009 by Janet Perry
I know, I know, it’s less than two weeks until Christmas and you have: presents to buy, gifts to wrap, a tree to trim, and kids to pick up. BUT . . . You still need some presents. Cheryl Fall has posted a charming design on About.com, Ponderos read more
Needlepoint Bargello Ornament and Free Stitch Guide
Nuts about Needlepoint | December 12th 2009 by Janet Perry
Stitch A Last Minute Bargello Needlepoint Christmas Gift
Bargello Needlepoint | December 10th 2009 by Althea DeBrule
One of the most exciting finds of this Christmas season has been the Threadband Headband Needlepoint Kits from Pepita Needlepoint. You can finish a headband in just a few days. The kit contains everything you need to create a beautiful and stylish he read more
Needlepoint Giveaway – Over December 14
Nuts about Needlepoint | December 9th 2009 by Janet Perry
The blog, Matters of Style, is doing a needlepoint giveaway, that ends tomorrow, December 14. They will be giving a way, to one lucky commenter, a Felicity Hall needlepoint kit. Felicity’s designs are inventive, fun and contemporary. A UK-based read more
Replacing the Old Needlepoint on a Footstool
Nuts about Needlepoint | November 20th 2009 by Janet Perry
I recently got asked about how to replace the covering on a footstool. It isn’t a hard process and this makes for some lovely needlepoint. Here’s how to do it: There are three steps to this process, neither particularly hard. The first s read more
A Tartan Christmas
Nuts about Needlepoint | November 15th 2009 by Janet Perry
Plaids, whether they are tartans or personal plaids are so fun to stitch. It’s wonderful to make one as a gift for someone. But why not get a custom plaid for cross stitch or needlepoint for your favorite stitcher? It’s an unusual gift a read more
Give the Gift of Needlepoint
Nuts about Needlepoint | November 14th 2009 by Janet Perry
One of the nicest things you can do for someone is to share something you love, by teaching them. We love needlepoint, but all too often beginners are intimidated or the cost of classes (in time or money is too high). But still we want to share the read more
Featured Designer on Caron Collection Site
Nuts about Needlepoint | November 3rd 2009 by Janet Perry
That’s my big news of the month, I’m the featured designer on The Caron Collection’s site. In addition to the profile, there is an easy Bargello wallet. You can stitch and finish it in a weekend. The original is sitting on my desk a read more
Hurt Books Sale
Nuts about Needlepoint | November 3rd 2009 by Janet Perry
I’ve got three books with slightly damaged covers that can’t be sold to shops. There loss is your gain, because I’m offering them at a 20% discount to you. The sale is first come, first served only. When they are gone, they are gon read more
Blackwork, Bargello and Needlepoint ebooks by Janet Perry
Nuts about Needlepoint | November 1st 2009 by Janet Perry
Three wonderful eProjects are available for you to purchase today here and from the ebook store on All about Needlepoint. Maple Leaf Rag, pictured above, is a complete introduction to Bargello in sampler format. Beginning with a simple zig-zag, you read more
Needlepoint in the Fifties – A Look Back
Nuts about Needlepoint | October 29th 2009 by Janet Perry
Yesterday I had an occasion to look at the oldest needlepoint book I own, Needlepoint Made Easy, published in 1955. It gave me pause, because I was also looking at The Needlepoint Book, first published 21 years later. Since most of us started stitchi read more
Lucinda Rice Post Fixed
Nuts about Needlepoint | October 26th 2009 by Janet Perry
I don’t know what I didn’t do, but the post on Lucinda’s lovely pieces got cut off before it had begun. It’s fixed now and you can see the whole post at: http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/small-bargello-projects-from-lucin read more
Twelve Months of Bargello – Small Bargello Projects from Lucind…
Nuts about Needlepoint | October 26th 2009 by Janet Perry
Lucinda Gregory Rice has just come out with a series of twelve one page Bargello needlepoint projects, available directly from her. The series has a different Bargello design for each month. They are all shaped. Some, like February’s heart or read more
Gold Leafing on Canvas – Try a New Technique
Nuts about Needlepoint | October 23rd 2009 by Janet Perry
Thanks to ANG and Judy Souliotis for providing an article from the archives of their magazine. The article goes through how to do gold leafing on needlepoint canvas. I’ve used metallic markers and stencils to color canvas in the past, and ther read more
Bargello experiments
I'd rather be stitching | October 18th 2009 by Tommye Bunce
I can't tell you why, but I've been doing some stitching experiments with bargello. I am fascinated by the various patterns and ways to combine colors to acheive different effects. Some time ago I found this great book, copyright 1974, on needlepoint read more
Needlepoint Bargello from your Stash
Nuts about Needlepoint | October 17th 2009 by Janet Perry
Betsy used my adaptation of an Anne Orr design to stitch this charming little piece. She said ” I love all bargello and wanted to try it out. . . . Most of it was done from leftover Watercolors but the picture doesn’t really do the colors jus read more
FREE Bargello Needlepoint Design: Boris The Boxer
Bargello Needlepoint | October 14th 2009 by Althea DeBrule
Designed by Carolyn McNeil for Stitch-opedia, Boris The Boxer is an easy project to work. It consists of two stitches - long stitch (sometimes called the Bargello stitch) and brick stitch. These are both straight stitches. Long Stitch is considered t read more
Silk Ribbon Embroidery for Flowers
Nuts about Needlepoint | October 11th 2009 by Janet Perry
Silk ribbon can add so much to your needlepoint, I love it couched to give the look of real ribbons or streamers. I like to make bows from it for packages. I even like it just done in Basketweave, I think it has a very different texture. But silk rib read more
Bargello Kits in Jeweled Tones
Bargello Needlepoint | October 2nd 2009 by Althea DeBrule
One doesn’t often come across painted or stamped Bargello designs on canvas. In many cases these designs are charted to be used with blank canvas and your choice of threads. However, the other day I came across these two Bargello Kits in Jeweled To read more
Free patterns and charts
CraftGossip.com Craft Blog Network | September 30th 2009 by Shellie Wilson
(1) Happy Halloween Card from Happy Threads. (2) Pierrot from mes petits bricolages et mes chats. (3) Happy Halloween from Mon chemin de petites croix. (4) Persian Tile from Needlepoint Now. (Link courtesy Bargello Needlepoint.) (5) Several pretty bi read more
FREE Needlepoint Pattern: Persian Tile
Bargello Needlepoint | September 30th 2009 by Althea DeBrule
First presented in the premier issue of Needlepoint Now (March/April 1999), Tony’s Minieri’s Persian Tile is a delightful geometric design. Twelve different color combinations are provided — or choose your own from goodies in your B read more
FREE Bargello Needlepoint Pattern: Garland Twist
Bargello Needlepoint | September 23rd 2009 by Althea DeBrule
This great Bargello needlepoint ornament was designed by Sue Kerndt, (one of my favorite teachers and designers). Designed for Needlepoint Now Magazine, Garland Twist was designed as a beginner's project to introduce some fundamental canvas technique read more
Bargello Needlepoint and Decorative Stitches
Bargello Needlepoint | September 21st 2009 by Althea DeBrule
A Bargello Needlepoint site regular emailed me to ask about the difference between decorative stitches and Bargello needlepoint. To get a better understanding of when where and how to use decorative stitches and Bargello stitches, read what the expe read more
Why Outline?
Nuts about Needlepoint | September 20th 2009 by Janet Perry
A few years ago, if you had asked me, I would have told you that outlining in needlepoint is not a good idea. And often it isn’t. You might think that if you outlined and area first making a line of Continental (one thread lines in needlepoint read more
Colour everywhere! [Flickr]
Tintock Tap | September 18th 2009
tintocktap posted a photo: 1. So many colors!, 2. the family dolls, 3. bubbles, 4. keai amigurumi, waiting for the bus, 5. Her garland in a close-up, 6. Amigurumi by iHanna, 7. Rosita, 8. AMIGURUMI HIPPO, 9. Eowin, 10. Marce's handmade dolls, all p read more
Fall Needlepoint – Leaves Three Ways
Nuts about Needlepoint | September 17th 2009 by Janet Perry
Even if you live in a part of the world where the leaves don’t change much (like the SF Bay Area), fall always makes me think of brilliantly colored leaves. And since I can’t have them for real, I want to stitch them. To stitch your own l read more
A Different Sort of Needlepoint Bargello – Patterned Satin Stit…
Nuts about Needlepoint | September 14th 2009 by Janet Perry
This week’s classic needlepoint pattern is adapted more than the others. I took an Anne Orr patter, done in Tent Stitch and adapted it to Bargello Needlepoint stitches. It’s Bargello, but with an important difference. Click on the picture read more
Do’s and don’ts of bargello
CraftGossip.com Craft Blog Network | September 12th 2009 by Shellie Wilson
Make it easy on yourself. Follow the excellent Do’s and Don’ts on Bargello Needlepoint blog. read more
Bargello Needlepoint Designers Are the BEST
Bargello Needlepoint | September 9th 2009 by Althea DeBrule
I admire Bargello needlepoint designers for their innate color sense, unconventional use of stitch patterns and unusual and creative design ideas. Every serious designer of Bargello needlepoint has a distinctive vision [...] read more
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