While looking at store websites, I found one that is doing classes on some of the classic Jinice painted canvases. These normally are outlined canvases with large blocks of color filled in. The canvas normally comes with a stitch guide and a skein of Watercolours which is the main thread used in the design. If you like Asian-themed canvases, you will enjoy seeing the Jinices. The fan and the Russian domed buildings are definitely Jinice designs. I don't know about the floral purse flap.
The photo above is another Jinice design, a kimono this time. This piece with its skein of Watercolours and a stitch guide just sold on eBay for $56.50 plus shipping.
UPDATE: After Cheryl said she had heard older Jinice designs would be re-released to take advantage of all the lovely threads we have available now, I found this page of Jinice designs. Some look as if they have been reworked already!
UPDATE #2: Needle Nook of La Jolla says that many stitch guides for these designs have been rewritten with the new threads available in mind. Danji owns the designs so if you are interested, ask your local shop to contact them.
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6 comments:
Hi Jane,
While I was out visiting Quail Run in Phoenix, their needlework teacher told me that Jinice will be re-releasing these older patterns later this year using updated threads to replace many of the old ones in her patterns that are no longer available. Her samples were just gorgeous!
Thanks,Cheryl. That's good news for us stitchers!
These are all so wonderful! So little time, but I hope you let us know when the updates are out!
It looks to me that some canvases have had their stitch guides updated already. But probably not all. That's a lot of work to restitch everything, take photos, write the guides, etc.
First time that I am hearing about these designs - quite interesting.
I will have to go back and check them more closely.
I love it when there are stitch guides as I am not that good at selecting stitches.
Thanks!
Pierrette =^..^=
The more you choose stitches, the easier it is. I'd encourage you to try on a piece that charms you and not be too hard on yourself if you are not 1000% pleased with the results. My stereotypical view of folks who do lovely counted thread work is that they love precision and are perfectionists, which makes it hard to leap off the cliff into the adventure of painted canvases where you try something, rip out, try another something. It's a very different mindset.
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