Originally posted 2009-06-08 06:40:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
I discovered Bargello shortly after learning to needlepoint. I saw Elsa Williams book and was hooked. But you know how they say “Your eyes are bigger than your stomach?” Well, my needlepoint ambitions were always bigger than my time or sometimes my knowledge.
So I wasn’t even 15 & I decided to make Bargello seat cushions for my Mom’s dining room chairs, all six of them. similar colors but each with a different pattern in dark green, rust, and cream.
I bought canvas and wool for one. My dad hacked up a portable blackboard we had in the basement into a frame where we could lace on the canvas.
Although I knew boo about needlepoint back then, I did know I needed a frame for something that large and that I needed to buy all the yarn at once.
I picked my pattern and started. I got about 4 square inches done.
Never any more.
Chair cushions are BIG!
It’s still a dream project.
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My mother-in-law stitched EIGHT dining room chairs over thirty years ago. I have no idea how long it took her, but she’s never used a frame. The table and chairs are cherry and the cushions are medium green, apricot, and cream. Some are bargello, but others are simple repeating squares and diamonds. They have held up almost perfectly for chairs that are used a lot.