Rcently I've been really enjoying reading Barbara Bergsten's blog. Barbara designs painted canvases and blogs about her newest pieces and how she is stitching them.
http://createneedlepoint.typepad.com/create_needlepoint/
Barbara's summer intern is busily painting and stitching her first NP design, The Fashionable Lady. It is a delightful elegant woman in black and hopefully a canvas that Barbara will offer one day.
UPDATE: You can already order Erin's 1930s woman via Barbara Bergsten Designs. Contact information is here.http://www.barbarabergstendesigns.com/contact_us.htm
And Erin talks more about her experience learning to design and paint a NP canvas (with contact information) here.
http://createneedlepoint.typepad.com/create_needlepoint/2009/07/more-news-from-erin.html
Barbara herself is stitching a poppy pillow that uses what she calls "sister stitches" for the various flowers. Sister stitches are stitches which are very similar and which can also be used in mirror images of themselves. Because they have a lot in common, you can use a large number of stitches to keep from getting bored that don't look like a mess because of their family resemblance. This is an important technique and one that I use when I can. Barbara shows it off very well on her blog.
After you finish browsing, bookmark this site. Not only does Barbara have fun things to see, she is creating two color stitch diagrams of a huge variety of stitches which will liven up your stitching. To see the current diagrammed stitches, look in the left hand column for "bbd Stitch Diagrams." Click there and enjoy!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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2 comments:
Thank you so much for the great mention!!! Erin is coming back today to paint more Fashionable Ladies. She's sold 2 from my blog mention. She is VERY excited. Also, thank you for always explaining why I'm doing what I do. (Sister Stitches) I know in the back of my mind why I'm doing it but can't verbalize it like you do! Thank you, Thank you! Barbara
I bet she's excited! Congratulate her on her first two sales. I'll update this Blog entry to mention this is a possibility so folks can email you about it.
I think sometimes it can be very hard to communicate, so perhaps your talking about it doesn't sink in when my talking about it does. Or vice versa. It's a neat technique anyway and your poppies piece really illustrates how it can be used to great effect to liven up a canvas without overwhelming it.
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