BeStitched has two new videos up, both on making ribbon flowers.
These make wonderful, dimensional additions to your needlepoint, that are lovely, easy, and unexpected.
Watch the first one here.
Watch the second one here.
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I made this mini-sock because I just love the shade of Watercolours used here, Blue Spruce. I like that combination of icy teal and pink, although this skein didn’t have much pink in it.
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You’ll notice that the patches on this mini-sock are different than the ones we have been using. There are six here, so use this outline (click for the full-size template). If you want to use the other outline, just leave out one of the patches.
Patch 1 – Double Straight Cross
This popular Cross Stitch gets lots of texture from using two very different threads: rayon and Very Velvet. Although both crosses are exactly the same, the different weights of the threads makes it look almost as if the rayon crosses are a grid over the bulkier velvet. It’s a neat effect.
Patch 2 – Flemish Bond
This straight stitch consists of different patterns in alternating rows. Every other row consists of groups of three Horizontal Gobelins over three threads. The other row consists of pairs of alternating horizontal
and Vertical Gobelins of different lengths. The horizontal stitches are over two threads while the vertical stitches are over three threads. It creates a complex pattern.
Although you can make this stitch by making all the horizontal stitches in one pass, followed by all the vertical stitches, I make it one row at a time.
Patch 3 – Linenfold
This stitch gets its name from a type of carved paneling popular in Tudor England. It’s alternating columns of Diagonal and Horizontal Gobelin. Although I have seen versions of this stitch with columns of many different widths, usually one column, using Horizontal Gobelin is significantly wider than the other column.
I always think of the wide columns as the linen and the narrow columns as the folds. Here it is stitched using Needlepoint, Inc. silk.
Patch 4 – Pavement Stitch
This stitch is a combination of Mosaic, Cashmere, and Scorch stitches. I stitched it in three threads but it is equally lovely in one or two. Its name comes from the way it looks like fancy stamped pavement. The stitches are reversed in the mini-sock and are done in Kreinik metallic, rayon, and Very Velvet.
Patch 5 Arrowhead Scotch
In this Scotch Stitch variation a line of Tent Stitches along two edges is done in a different thread, so that the main part of the Scotch looks like an arrow. I think the effect is more pronounced in some threads than others. Here, it’s just a nice pattern, stitched in Watercolours and Kreinik.
Patch 6 – Loire
This stitch is a variation of Double Parisian Stitch. Instead of alternating blocks of two long stitches and two short stitches. It alternates blocks sizes as well. This creates alternating rows of two long and one short, or one long and two short. The Frosty Rays used here kind of mutes the stitch pattern.
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The child’s creative potential is evident early on in life — clay and colors provide the vehicle to express one’s inherent potential. In this regard, preschool creative art projects are designed to motivate and guide the child in the learning process though painting and clay molding.
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Top 5 Preschool Creative Art Projects
NAN (National Academy of Needlearts) has announced their schedule for their popular Assembly for 2012. Held annually at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, in 2012 it will be from February 29 until March 4.
Open to anyone, the Assembly features top flight teachers, a merchandise night, and two banquets. You can learn about it and register on NAN’s Assembly page.
Some of the teachers who are scheduled to be there include: Toni Gerdes, Carlene Hardwick, Shay Pendray, Marni Ritter, an Gail Sirna.
You can see a list of the 2 and 4 day classes here, but you can see pictures of the projects from all the classes in their ” target=”_blank”>Flickr pool.
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Most people think the only way to create shaded needlepoint is to use stranded threads and a technique called needleblending.
But this just isn’t true.
You can create beautifully shaded needlepoint with any thread, using this innovative technique of single strand shading.
Ombre, the fiber art piece pictured above has tons of subtle shading between the colors. This piece, on a 14 mesh canvas from Art Needlepoint is the focus of my free class beginning Sept 1.
The piece is stitched using Anchor Tapestry wool. All you need to do to join the class is buy the kit.
Please note: If you are looking for the final Japanese pattern post, it is going to be delayed. Bingley, one of the kittens, fell off a dresser during the night on Sunday, landed wrong and broke his hip. Monday evening and yesterday we’ve been dealing with that, so I’m kind of behind. He’s going to require surgery and is current;y in a puppy crate (so he won’t try to climb) in my studio.
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My DH is a huge fan of YouTube. I’ll be sitting in my studio and I’ll hear him chuckling upstairs. Inevitably it’s because he’s found a cool YouTube clip and he’ll send me a link.
That’s all well and good, but YouTube is also amazing for teaching things. Needlepoint Now has done the needlepoint community a great service with their extensive library of short videos demonstrating how to make different stitches.
YOu can find the whole library here.
Currently there are 27 of them, ranging from the common (Brick Stitch) to the uncommon and complex (Bullion Knot, Turkeywork).
Each video is short and silent. The stitch is introduced with a title shown on the screen and then, with clear close-up filming, the method to make the stitch is shown.
Each video is long enough to give you a good idea of how to make the stitch. While a simple stitch might have a video off 20-40 seconds. a complex stitch might have one of over a minute. The only video longer than 2 minutes is the one for spiderweb.
This is a great use of today’s technology and a superb resource!
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I’m having a clearnace sale on Napa Needlepoint project packs and charts in Google’s new Google Base shopping service.
Books and project packs are up to 50% off for new items (I found some things as I was cleaning up). Items are new, and the prices are negotiable.
While most things are needlepoint, there are also some great cross stitch charts in the sale.
You can see it here: http://base.google.com/base/search?authorid=2232009
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Color Kaleidoscope by Terry Dryden is CyberPointers upcoming on-line workshop
Several times a year CyberPointers hosts on-line workshops with national teachers. The upcoming workshop is with Terry Dryden and is pictured above. Here’s what the site says about it:
Color Kaleidoscope is a fresh interpretation of the twelve point color wheel. It is a fun way to learn more about complementary and analogous color schemes and ways to add more depth of color and texture to a design. Over 40 threads and beads are used, Four composite patterns are used throughout the design with each being stitched several times in different color combinations.. To add that extra bit of texture and depth, flat glass beads, large Delicas and cubes are integrated into the stitch patterns. The kit is included in the cost.
Proficiency Level: Intermediate
Design Size: 7 1/2″ x 7 1/2″
Kit Contents: #18 eggshell canvas with design drawn on the canvas. All required threads (silk, cotton, soy and metallic), needles, and flat and round glass beads are included in the kit.
So why am I telling you about it?
The piece is simply lovely and will teach you lots about color and stitches. The opportunity is open to anyone who wants to take it, whether an ANG member or not. The window for signing up is very short, registrations close July 29 and the workshop begins in October.
Just visit CyberPointer’s page for the class to get the pricing and to to sign up.
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Impressionist paintings are probably the most popular school of art. With the painting of the atmosphere, their strong brushwork, and small patches of color, they also look as if they’d make lovely needlepoint.
But it can be so hard to capture the lightness and open feeling of these paintings when you stitch solidly in Tent Stitch. And even more, it can be really difficult to capture the changing colors.
My new class for Art Needlepoint, Stitching the Impressionists with Shadow Stitching, will focus on lightly stitching the canvas with Shadow Stitching in silk to create a stitched piece where the lovely colors, complex brushwork, and airy feeling of the Impressionists is preserved.
My approach to Shadow Stitching is different, I use combinations of stitches and colors to enhance the canvas. You can see a sample of this approach in the picture of the Waterlily (part of the project for the class) pictured here.
The class is free with the purchase of the canvas and thread from Art Needlepoint before the class begins on Friday.
Call them today to learn this exciting technique!
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I am so excited about the classes I’ll be teaching for Art Needlepoint over the summer. Each class will focus on a specific technique. They are offered exclusively through Art Needlepoint.
Best of all, the class is free with the purchase of the canvas and kit.
The first class, pictured here, is a basic shading class. It uses this charming Art Nouveau Iris and Needlepoint, Inc silks to teach needleblending, a technique for shading using stranded threads. It begins June 11.
Starting June 15 is Stitching the Impressionists with Shadow Stitching using a lovely watercolor of waterlilies by John LaFarge. The combination of this technique with the changing colors and textures of Impressionism will make for dynamic needlepoint.
Learning how to do effective shading with single strand threads is the topic of the class beginning July 1. It uses a contemporary shaded circle design and wool threads. This technique will free you to do shading on any canvas with any thread.
The lovely Flowers by contemporary artist Virginia Kelly will be combined with textured stitches and special effects in a class beginning July 15. In this class you’ll learn lots that you’ll be able to use on other projects while creating a lovely project that will make a great pillow or picture.
You sign up for any of these classes by clicking on the link and purchasing the kit.
The last class, Shading the Face, will begin August 1 and will use a lovely portrait of a girl by a Brazilian artist. You can read about the painting and the class in a blog post from Art Needlepoint. Please let them know if you are interested in this class.
All the classes are conducted over the Internet with lessons emailed to you, private discussion groups, and scheduled chats.
Hope you’ll join me!
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