Two Great Plastic Canvas Patterns
Free Patterns.com is a great resource for project ideas, especially for plastic canvas designs. Thanks to Denise, the Needlework Editor at CraftGossip for ferreting out these and tons of other great stuff.
You may think of plastic canvas as something icky done by your grandmother, but it can be so much more than that. My friend, Diane from CraftyPod, is another huge PC fan and her stuff is not boring or old-fashioned at all.
PC projects such as this Diagonal Mosaic tissue box cover are only as boring as you make them. Make it from acrylic knitting yarns and it’s dull. Make the same box using leftover knitting wool (maybe a self-striping one) or Persian Wool from your stash and it becomes something special.
It’s charted for 7 count canvas, which means thick, thick thread. But double the count for each piece (or use the measurements) and use 14 mesh PC. Then you can use most threads you would use on 18 mesh mono canvas and will have a piece of great delicacy and grace.
Because this pattern uses one stitch. that’s simple to do. Start the initial row in one corner and alternate the colors.
Or what about making these delightful quilt jar covers to turn a jar of homemade jam into an even more special gift.
Patchwork designs are perfect for using your scraps and with my ebook, you can find even more. I’m thinking of making some of these for gifts.
One last thought, just because a technique is out of fashion or you see it in icky colors doesn’t mean that it isn’t worth doing. By ignoring the garish 70′s colors, I figured out how to do needlepoint damask. Anne Orr’s dull 30′s color reflect the smaller selection of threads available then, but the designs are great. Part of the beauty of needlepoint is making it into something that reflects you.
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Do you know were i can get a free pattrean of a dragon
I don’t know of any for needlepoint offhand but there might be some cross stitch or plastic canvas patterns out there. Did you try googling ‘dragon cross stitch free’ or ‘dragon needlepoint free’?
Keep Stitching,
Janet
Hi, Janet – thanks so much for the shout-out! I do love my kindred spirits in the PC.
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