Photographing Your Needlepoint

Melita, like many of us, is interested in how to successfully photograph our finished needlework. Apparently the designer Jennifer Riefenberg does a class on this topic which Melita has taken.  It's available via Zoom, too.

https://melitastitches4fun.com/2025/03/19/photographing-needlepoint-and-or-fiber-art/

Melita found an article on basic needlework photography with your smart phone at TextileArtist.  

https://www.textileartist.org/how-to-photograph-textile-art/

I've had my best luck taking photos outside in the early morning.  If you have a framed piece with glass, try taking a photo standing slightly to the side to avoid as much glare as possible.

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Walking the Waters Edge for Sale at NAN

Are you a fan of Diane Herrmann's "Walking the Water's Edge"?  This teaching piece has been discontinued but Diane is donating the chart to the National Academy of Needlearts to sell as a fund raiser.  All the details are here, including what materials you'll need to order to go with the instructions.

https://needleart.org/walking-the-waters-edge-by-diane-herrmann/

This is very nice of you, Diane!

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Souffle Skies (Ridgewood Needlepoint)

Stephanie at Ridgewood Needlepoint stitched a quick baby gift and realized that her sky (done in Souffle Stitch) could be done in three different variations of that stitch, so she diagrammed them all for us.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-160/

She also used a cashmere variation for both sand...

and cookies!

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-161/

The final section is a water stitch called Scallops A which is also diagrammed as Scallops B for wider rows of color in the water.

https://ridgewoodneedlepoint.com/new-stitch-monday-162/

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Ripping Beads Help

Betsy at Fireside Stitchery has fully beaded an area on her canvas and decided the bead color was wrong, so she's ripping out the beads.  Betsy got some interesting tips for ripping beads in the comments:  Cynthia Thomas puts cling wrap on the front area where the beads are, turns the canvas over, and cuts the beading thread from the back side.  Leslie puts masking tape on the front area where the beads will come out, then cuts from the back.  The tape captures the beads.  

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10232557257145389&set=gm.9343400975736977&idorvanity=108537025890131

Clever ideas, folks!

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New Free Key Fob Designer from NeedlePaint.com

Needlepaint.com has unveiled their new StitchPerfect Giclee Printing process with a free design-your-own-key-fob page on their website (second link below).  Note that the Facebook page has a video embedded in the Comments for more information.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162401371241013&set=gm.9330082013735540&idorvanity=108537025890131

https://www.needlepaint.com/key-fob-designer/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJCXqxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHVYRtRpiiTQ6tPOptC8578qXPKBZ7EqCAd44EpXNT-L8SzFkVZwS2rp3tQ_aem_yerRkX1T0xxXz-9f7SP1pA#/

Congratulations to Seth and the NeedlePaint team!

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