If you are a bargello fan, you must look at the website of Joyce Petschek, author of Beautiful Bargello, artist and tour guide to Italy and London and bargello.
http://www.bargelloarts.com/?page=10
Not all the links work for me at first. Explore and click on everything and you won't be sorry you did. Ms. Petschek does awe-inspiring and gorgeous work. Here's a bit about her book, which is worth seeking out for the lovely charted bargello designs she created.
http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Bargello-Charted-Needlepoint-Designs/dp/1570760934
Here's an old interview on the Caron website. The second link is the free project that accompanied the interview.
http://www.caron-net.com/may02files/may02des.html
http://www.caron-net.com/july02files/jul02cla.html
Note to Self: When we win the lottery, we really need to go on the London and the Tuscany bargello tours!
P.S. Liz Morrow has posted corrections to her bargello projects in Needlepoint Now on her blog. If you are stitching with Liz, make sure you print this out and put it with your copy of the magazine.
http://lizartblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/needlepoint-now.html
Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Hearts, Eyebrow Brush, Fur--But Still No Flowers
Holi got fur last night. In the photo above you see the card of white Wisper I used (one strand in a simple brick stitch over two threads) and also my eyebrow brush. The brush was a gift from my friend Mimi to use to make fuzzy threads fuzzier. It is perfect to brush up the delicate Wisper to turn it from somewhat lumpy-looking brick stitch into soft and touchable "fur."
Here is Rainbow Gallery's information about Wisper. Compare the diameter of it in the photo to the purple thread you see. The purple is four plies of Splendor. Please note that RG says to double the strand on 18 count but in brick stitch, it looked too heavy so I only used one strand.
http://www.rainbowgallery.com/jaystips.htm#35
http://www.rainbowgallery.com/detail.cfm?ID=79
I took before and after photos but since the thread is white, you really couldn't see the difference. In person, it is very obvious how much improved the Wisper is once it is brushed left, right, up, down, etc.
I need to add the nose and eye, then sttich a bit of background around Holi's head. The reason I will do this next (as well as another row of diagonal hearts which I added to last night) is to do with the flowers I keep mentioning but not stitching....
Stay tuned!
P.S. If you have the broad Revlon eyebrow tweezers, you might want to see how they are used in gold metal embroicery.
http://thistle-threads.com.mytempweb.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/tweezers/
Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
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