It’s just a little section of a bigger needlepoint piece, but I wanted to share with you this lively purse from Whimsy & grace. I’m doing a stitch guide for this hand-painted canvas and it is so elegant. I’m mostly using silks and metallic threads with a bit of pearl cotton. I love needlepoint evening bags and this one’s a real winner.
Each patch has a different stitch pattern and each pattern is repeated, except for the center patch. I love some of the effects I’m getting and I wanted to point them out to you.
On the left edge of the patch is a pattern I call pavement. It’s made up of Scotch Stitches, in Splendor. It’s surrounded by Cashmere Stitches, in Silk Serica. The corners are Smyrna Crosses in blue Kreinik metallic. The three stitches and textures combine to make a pattern which is lively, even though monochromatic. It’s also cool done in different colors as well.
The center patch is a diagonal Bargello pattern called Diane’s Lace. Two rows of this in Splendor alternate with a row which is stitched in a blended thread of Splendor and blue Kreinik metallic. There are so many colors of metallic available now, that you can combine them with a matching thread and get subtle metallic effects.
The left patch is a technique called Needlepoint Damask. This is my name for patterned needlepoint all stitched in Tent Stitch, but using two or more colors or threads. I like it best in two threads of contrasting textures, but it is also really cool in two similar colors of the same thread.
I call it “Needlepoint Damask” because the final result is like a damask tablecloth.
The pattern is stitched in the same blue metallic and the background is stitched using blue pearl cotton.
I’ll post some more of the purse as I get more patches done — it’s a cool project.
And if teal is not your color, the purse also comes in two other color selections: dark green with gold and coffee brown with copper.
All come with the stitch guide from Whimsy & grace.
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