A shamrock needlepoint project is a charming way to welcome St. Patrick’s Day with color, texture, and a little handmade luck. The three-lobed motif is simple…
A shamrock needlepoint project is a charming way to welcome St. Patrick’s Day with color, texture, and a little handmade luck. The three-lobed motif is simple…
A Valentine’s Day needlepoint sampler can be charming without becoming crowded. Hearts, arrows, roses, ribbons, and a tiny Cupid offer plenty of visual…
A jack-o’-lantern is an ideal needlepoint subject because its familiar shape leaves plenty of room for experimentation. Smooth satin stitch can suggest a…
A needlepoint project carries more than the finished image. It holds the decisions made along the way: why a particular canvas was chosen, which thread created…
A reader’s heirloom needlepoint couch cushion can carry several stories at once: the patience of the stitcher, the taste of a particular era, and the everyday…
A garden can be planted in a flowerpot, sketched in a notebook, or stitched onto canvas. Needlepoint offers a particularly charming way to grow an edible…
A needlepoint stocking becomes truly personal during the finishing stage. The stitches may establish the color, texture, and character, but the final choices…
A garden can be stitched in many forms, from a single stem winding across a blank canvas to a lively meadow filled with poppies, daisies, and tiny blue…
Animal portraits bring an unusual warmth to needlepoint. A fox can look alert through a few carefully placed directional stitches, while a sleepy cat may…
Independent needlepoint chartmakers bring a distinctive energy to the craft. Working outside large publishing houses, they often develop designs from personal…