charts in needlepoint
“super category” with articles dealing mainly with charted needlepoint of all kinds, including posts on cross stitch.
Waste Canvas
If you’re mainly a needlepointer, you may never have used waste canvas. This canvas opens up a whole new world of places to put needlepoint. The idea behind waste canvas is simple. You baste it onto a non-countable ground, do your stitching, wet the canvas, and then pull out the threads. The result is... »
Charming Free Patterns from Two Sites
Don’t you just love this hearts sampler? Even though it is intended for Cross Stitch, can’t you just see it on open canvas? I can and keep picturing it in several colors of Kreinik metallics. If you didn’t want to stitch the whole thing, why not make one block on perforated paper and put... »
Classic Video Games as Needlework
Originally posted 2008-07-24 07:45:38. Republished by Blog Post PromoterShortly after I got married we bought and Atari. Being two geeks, we played it — a lot. Enough so that when we got rid of it, we swore we’d never buy another system. A promise we have kept so far. But recently my kids... »
My Point Exactly – book review
Originally posted 2005-09-18 05:55:09. Republished by Blog Post PromoterMY POINT EXACTLY by Orna Willis Orna is one of my favorite people and I love the way she uses color and design in her geometric pieces. Her new book is an innovation in how needlepoint is presented as well as being crammed full with... »
Liz Morrow and Bargello Needlepoint – Designer Profile
Liz Morrow has been one of my favorite designers since I started to read both Needlepoint News and NeedlePointers in the early 80’s. My notebooks of projects from magazines are filled with her projects. So I was delighted when she started to blog, at Lizart, and even happier when she opened the Lizart shop,... »