Needlepoint Boxes
One thing which has always intrigued me is the idea of making boxes out of needlepoint. I find the idea of using needlepoint for the sides of the box completely intriguing.
There are several painted canvas designers who do too. Kathy Schenkel makes cube ornaments (I just bought Kathy’s Lighthouse Cube at an ANG Auction). Needlepoint of Back Bay has purses shaped like Chinese take-out boxes. Last but not least, Julia’s Needleworks has her lovely hinged boxes in a variety of shapes.
I’ve ventured out a couple of times into this direction with a plastic canvas box tassel ornament and with a needlepoint shopping bag ornament.
But what if you want to venture out and make your own box design. Paper and More has published a page of free box template patterns. These could be used as outlines for needlepoint.
If you plan on using these for needlepoint, trace them onto your canvas. Keep the lines of the box which are supposed to be straight along a single thread of canvas. When you are planning your stitching, do not stitch those areas which will be folded in when complete, you’ll see them on the template. To make the box successfully, these will need to be unstitched canvas.
Let me know if you stitch one of these boxes. In the meantime, I’m adsding it to my needlepoint dream list.
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