Showing posts with label designing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label designing. Show all posts

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Design Steps

If you thought coming up with a needlepoint design was quick, here's how Mopsey does it--

For those who don't have an Instagram account, here is the process in Mopsey's own words:

🎨I first doodle in my sketchbook, which may sit there for an hour or may sit for up to a year. 
🖥️Once I am ready to tackle the design, I roughly draft it on the computer in a charting software. 
🌀From there, I paint the canvas to make sure it will work when stitched, then tweak it on the computer, then back to painting, then back to the computer... you get the deal. 
🌈Once I'm set on the design, I work through color theory to make sure I'm bringing the design to life. I finalize a painted master and *voila* a new needlepoint design is born!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright July 26, 2024 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Friday, June 9, 2023

Strawberry Thief Steals Tennis Balls

Jolly Red, a UK tapestry kit company, shows how they translated William Morris' Strawberry Thief design into the Tennis Ball Thief pillow kit.

Here is William Morris' original.

Here is Jolly Red's printed needlepoint version on 10 count canvas with the tennis ball and the Jack Russell terrier.  Very clever!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright May 16, 2023 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

How to Paint a Canvas: The Movie

Aster+Daisy posted a speeded up video on Facebook showing the designer creating a Halloween canvas.   The outlines are traced, then each section is painted, with details and shading added.  It looks like the artist works from top down, which is interesting.  I know several stitchers who stitch a painted canvas top down to keep their hands off previously worked areas.  

I love we see the stitched version at the very end.  Nice work~!

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 28, 2022 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Saturday, April 23, 2022

If At First You Don't Succeed....

Dragonlady Canvasworks Designs demonstrates how a mitten design was reworked to get just the right size.

You can see more about the design process on her Facebook page.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright March 23, 2022 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Rebecca Wood Designs Come to Life

The home page for Rebecca Wood Designs has a video of her design process for most of her Covid-19 designs.  The final painted canvases are shown under the video.

Whether you would buy one of these or not, it's fun to see how a design grows.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright December 21, 2020 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.

Friday, December 20, 2019

Designing Ginger Jar Needle Minders

Morgan Julia's Sold Out Blue Ginger Jar Needle Minder


Morgan Julia Designs' new blue and white ginger jar needle minders sold out in two days, thanks to the power of social media.  
https://morganjuliadesigns.com/blogs/news/the-design-process-needle-minders

Not to worry, though, she is getting more.  (By the time this goes live, they should be available again.  Hopefully those darling little bamboo scissors will also be available again then.)  While we wait, you can read about how she came up with the cute design.

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright November 18, 2019 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.