Originally posted 2009-01-09 06:46:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Liz Morrow has been a favorite needlepoint designer of mine for ages. I first started loving her stuff back in the 80′s when she had projects in
Needlepoint News.
Recently you’ve found some of her Bargello pieces in Needlepoint Now, including the amazing cover piece in the current issue.
She put up an astounding slide show earlier this week of her Bargello pieces. One of which is shown above. While some of them are pieces stitched from books, the vast majority are her original pieces. I’m crazy about them.
Many of the designs have comments about her inspiration, the materials she used and lots more. I could spend hours here in awe at her work. It was almost impossible for me to find one piece to pick for this post, I’d see one and say “That’s it!”, then I’d find another and another. I picked this one, which is based on creating Bargello patterns from musical notation, because the idea is so cool, so easy for us all to do and the colors are great.
Liz’s work shows so many wonderful things about Bargello. First she really pushes the boundaries of what this simple form of needlepoint can be. Second, she shows us how, just be changing colors in interesting ways or by setting off an area of Bargello against a background how it really showcases this lovely technique.
Go, feast your eyes, and get inspired.
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Originally posted 2008-07-19 11:36:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
The 70′s and 80′s had lots of not good fashion things in them, but one trend which wasn’t was the trend for geometrics and, in the 80′s, geometrics in neutral colors.
This fashion trend is one which translated well into needlepoint. Even today you can find incredibly cool modern geometrics. I found a blog post yesterday about the needlepoint of Atlantan Sol Kent. He was unhappy with the needlepoint available at the time, so he designed his own.
Go take a look, the patterns are geometrics of various kinds, but the color schemes are chic neutrals like camel and white, or brown, light blue, white, and light brown.
I just love them.
One of the comments said “I love his pillows, which is surprising, because I am definitely a flower needlepoint kind of girl.” I’m more and Arts & Crafts/bungalow kind of girl, but I have to agree — I love his stuff.
I keep thinking of these in a very mid-century modern sort of house, to make it look less period but still in keeping with those cool straight lines. I have a friend who will be buying a house soon and likes that style. I think these will be an inspiration for the pillow I want to make for her.
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Like geometrics?
pattern from 2010 Bargello Challenge
has just undergone a major redesign to make it easier to find patterns and to learn about both Bargello & needlepoint. It’s a great site and you should spend plenty of time there.
This year Althea, the site’s owner, has been trying to stitch a new Bargello pattern everyday in the 2010 Bargello Challenge. With half the year gone, she has an impressive array of patterns stitched. These she has classified in useful pages, like the Bargello Diamond Designs that give a brief descrption of this type of design and then show all of the designs in this category in clickable thumbnails. Click on one and you’ll find a page with a bigger picture, information about the source and some other information about the design.
Besides this amazing resource and record of her project, there is also a store with her ebook of ornaments, links to buy printed books, fun merchandise, and several free downloads.
Two other areas of reference information classified by subject provide a comprehensive index to her blog material. They are Bargello Boot Camp and Needlepoint How-to. Both are great places for exploration.
This is one of the cleanest designed and useful needlepoint sites I’ve seen in a very long time.
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He died in earlier this year, but Raymond Dockstader was a phenominal needlepointer whose work graced many needlework exhibits at Woodlawn Plantation in the DC area.
I became more aware of his work through a recent blog post. His specialty was 3 inch square Tent Stitched pieces that were stitched and either finished as “paperweights” or assembled into larger pieces. The Washington Post, in his obituary, described the work he had in his apartment as “abstract works, usually in riotous colors; floral designs; and needlepoint that resembles poster art.” He had a clear acrylic box with 25 of the 3×3 paperweights displayed. This was shown at Woodlawn one year.
These small squares weren’t drawn out but stitched on plain canvas. The geometric and abstract floral designs often have small color changes that add life to the designs. Threads and colors were picked from his stash. He gave many of them away.
Mr. Dockstader said of his needlepoint “My interest in needlepoint is an extension of my interest in other artistic techniques, principally watercolor and oil painting,” he once explained. “I begin with a canvas, the smaller the count the better. Designs are spontaneous with no advance drafting. I prefer abstract and impressionistic designs. I am never sure what a piece will look like when finished.”
Maggie Smocks was able to buy five of the paperweights at an estate sale and has a blog post about them with wonderful pictures.
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