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By: What Do You Want in Needlepoint?

What Do You Want in Needlepoint? — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:00:56 +0000

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By: Ina Pearson

Ina Pearson — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:16:05 +0000

I had never set out to learn needlepoint. I had progressed from cross stitch to samplers with specialty stitches on linen. Then I joined EGA. As I looked at the different projects offered on canvas, I thought … I can do this…I already know a lot of these stitches I read a chart, all that is really different is the ground fabric… and a new obsession was born.

By: Rabid

Rabid — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:22:34 +0000

I learned needlepoint because I just HAD to do this pattern: http://www.flickr.com/photos/habibekindheart/2283544001/in/set-72157602520457416/

Plus, bargello is in my future.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:12:00 +0000

I got a kit that had everthing included in in and showed you how to do it.
Thanks!

By: Emilie S

Emilie S — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:28:59 +0000

My mom started a needlepoint store in our house when I was 5, so I learned from her. I had my own little lessons, and had to be reminded not to bother them when she was giving her classes after supper, LOL! (I thought I could “help”…) Later she and her cousin moved the store out of the house to be a “real” store, and working there was my first job!! Thanks for the chance

emvark at gmail dot com

By: Micks

Micks — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:34:57 +0000

I learned to needlepoint from my grandmother. I remember going to her house and admiring all of her works, which were displayed all over. Up in the TV room, I would sit at her feet while she stitched and my brother and grandfather were playing chess.

She tried to teach me when I was little with a simple rainbow, but I don’t think I ever finished it. I picked needlepoint up again when I was a senior in high school, and I’m hooked.

My grandmother can’t stitch anymore, but I finished up all of the pieces she had started or purchased before she got sick. They’re hanging in her room now.

By: Priscilla

Priscilla — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:01:36 +0000

My grandmother Mimi and my godmother Kappy gave me a needlepoint canvas with a grey donkey already stitched in the middle, and I learned by tent stitching the background. My godmother told me that the donkey carried Jesus on its back and that was why the donkey stillhas a cross in fur on its back. I sat on that pillow for many years, but I never became too famous. Whenever I stitch they guide me.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:15:39 +0000

I have been a crafter from as far back as I can remember. I learned to knit and crochet from my patient mother. I learned to quilt by joining a community group. If I don’t have a project on the go, I am restless and looking at books, magazines, the internet for inspiration.

By: Florence Wang

Florence Wang — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:10:14 +0000

I also learned needlepoint from my grandmother. My little sister was born when I was five. I went to stay with Grandma, had always admired her needlework and lace, and was thrilled when I found out I was old enough to learn. My mother was also thrilled. As soon as she had time she bought me samplers and patterns. I sat with her while she nursed my sister and made a special sampler for the nursery. I hope to someday pass down my love to my daughter and nieces.

By: Moriah

Moriah — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:51:09 +0000

Like a lot of people I learned needlepoint when I was an itty bitty thing from my grandmother and my mother. My mom did more cross stitch, and my grandmother was the needlepoint queen. She did all tent stitching pieces — I think I remember a bargello or two among her finishes. To be honest, I appreciated the work she put into needlepoint but it never called out to me. Only within this last year, quite by accident while surfing the net for something else, have I discovered the whole wide world of different stitches, techniques, canvases, threads, books — and I am completely hooked for the rest of my days.