Originally posted 2007-06-29 08:11:01. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
There are lots of really cool needlepoint picture frames out there. But I often hesitate to make them because they are lots of work, often expensive to finish, and you have to find a picture worth the needlepoint (not always easy).
But one of my students came up with a great idea. We’re turning the picture frame into the border for a birth sampler. The one we chose is this charming design from Cooper Oaks which has elephants and flowers.
Around the inside of the border there will be a one stitch wide area of Continental to set off the center, which will have the newborn’s name and birthdate. You could do a sports frame to commemorate a great Little League season, one which looks like fabric for a new house, or what about a geometric for the first day of school?
The hardest thing will be charting the name and date, but I’ll save that for another post.
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