http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/salvaging-stitching-disasters-in-the-making/ An encyclopedia of needlepoint and thread information for all stitchers. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:58:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/salvaging-stitching-disasters-in-the-making//comment-page-1#comment-13019 Marlene Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:47:01 +0000 http://napaneedlepoint.com/nuts-about-needlepoint/?p=66#comment-13019 Wow! What a concept! We can look at stitching disasters, learn from them and possibly make some corrections. Pieces do not have to sit for months or years in our IP (in progress) basket waiting for a little needle point fairy to make everything right or to "rip, rip, rip" all of the stitches we put in. It is also comforting to know that someone as experienced as you, Janet, also face similar problems. I'll look at my IP projects in a new light and view them as challenges not dead ends... If Leonardo could paint over parts of his canvases to make corrections, I can do the same to my canvases with a needle and thread. Wow! What a concept! We can look at stitching disasters, learn from them and possibly make some corrections. Pieces do not have to sit for months or years in our IP (in progress) basket waiting for a little needle point fairy to make everything right or to “rip, rip, rip” all of the stitches we put in. It is also comforting to know that someone as experienced as you, Janet, also face similar problems. I’ll look at my IP projects in a new light and view them as challenges not dead ends… If Leonardo could paint over parts of his canvases to make corrections, I can do the same to my canvases with a needle and thread.

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