A hot pink modern chevron design. Can you see it? If you can you’ve seen the face of the newest trends coming down the pike at Quilt Market.
This pink is not a ladylike pink, it’s in your face shocking pink, inspired by pop singers. This kind of strong color was often paired with white in many of the new fabrics that debuted at this Market. That’s a trend your could easily bring to your needlepoint. Why not try a simple geometric design, such as the classic Caron Collection BYzantine ornament in white with the Tent stitch rows in a bright color?
Other colors that were popular were mid-range brights such as turquoise paired with red, coral, pink, or green. Pink was also paired with yellow.
The notion of chevrons is not a strange one to us as needlepointers, only we call it Bargello. The popularity of this classic pattern, when done in new color combinations make this classic feel fresh.
There is a whole new quilt movement called the “modern quilt.” these designs aren’t the familiar patchwork block, but are spare designs often using lines or simple shapes with lots of background. I find the very intriguing and inspiring. They may be hard to translate directly into needlepoint but this trend does say something important to us: that less stuff in a design can be very compelling. So many of our needlepoint canvases are becoming more detailed. While this isn’t a bad thing necessarily, something where there is less to distract the eye and little bits of shape and color can make a nice change.
How can you make your needlepoint look new?
About Janet M Perry
Janet Perry is the Internet's leading authority on needlepoint. She designs, teaches and writes, getting raves from her fans for her innovative techniques, extensive knowledge and generous teaching style. A leading writer of stitch guides, she blogs here and lives on an island in the northeast corner of the SF Bay with her family
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