No one is more generous with free color block charts than Jenny Henry Designs. Jenny just loves to encourage DIY projects! Visit her website to see the latest here.
http://jennyhenrydesigns.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/free-charts-added-to-old-favorites/
http://jennyhenrydesigns.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/buffalo-plaid-needlepoint-cuff/
Thank you!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 11, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Thought for the Day
Labels:
crafts,
cross stitch,
designers,
dolls,
history
I should have titled this "Thought for the Day: In Which I Insult Cross Stitch Designers," but that's getting a bit long, don't you think? The article looks at handmade dolls and how the hands became cruder over time, postulating that the craftsmen making the dolls had a totally different and less artistic attitude towards their handiwork. When I look at the designs available to needlepointers today, the level of artistic ability applied to those designs is breathtaking. I don't always LIKE the designs but most needlepoint designers are very very skilled. The insult comes in when I look at cross stitch designs (and I admit that I am no expert on the work of XS designers since I don't stitch in this way) which seem to mostly have primitive themes and styles except for the hyper detail of designers like Heaven and Earth Designs or Told in a Garden. It makes me wonder if the design quality has gone down because of the rampant copying and sharing of charts? Or maybe I just don't "get" cross stitch--which is entirely possible!
http://ladysrepositorymuseum.blogspot.com/2014/11/evolution-of-hands-in-early-wooden-dolls.html
But I wonder what factors influence the level of skill and design ability goes into creating the designs we love? Did the doll hands change because of the impact of industrialization or is something else at work or is it a variety of things?
Feel free to call me an idiot in the comments below, or you can email me at chillyhollowathotmaildotcom and straighten me out that way.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 11, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
http://ladysrepositorymuseum.blogspot.com/2014/11/evolution-of-hands-in-early-wooden-dolls.html
But I wonder what factors influence the level of skill and design ability goes into creating the designs we love? Did the doll hands change because of the impact of industrialization or is something else at work or is it a variety of things?
Feel free to call me an idiot in the comments below, or you can email me at chillyhollowathotmaildotcom and straighten me out that way.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 11, 2014 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
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