Needlepoint of View

Marion Crawford was the governess of princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose (the daughters of the Duke of York) for 24 years, and wrote a memoir of her experiences. From “The Little Princesses“, pg. 36: The Duke was astonishingly expert with a needle. He once made a dozen chair covers in petit point for Royal Lodge. [...]

Check out the pictures in this blog post about the Hotel Recamier in Paris. Among other things, we were enamored with the seamless needlepoint lining the elevator walls.

I put together a website that is dedicated to the new product I discussed in a previous post about Needlepoint Headband Kits. It’s called Threadbands.com, appropriately enough, and it serves to introduce the product to the world, and to help with working on the project. It will also direct you to the best place to [...]

Here’s an email recently received by the folks at Pointseller.com: I would like to know why you think your printed canvas is superior to handpainted.  It has been my experience that the printed canvas does not have the life of a handpainted  canvas. Tapestries from the 1400′s have lasted 600 years.  Will yours?  Doubtful.!!! Here [...]

I’ve visited needlework shops combined with knitting shops, with Judaica shops, and even with framing shops. But a combination needlepoint and wine shop? That could get confusing. “I’ll take two bottles of the Rainbow variegated, and 1 skein of the Sauvignon blanc, please.”

On one of my frequent sightseeing tours around the Internet, I chanced upon another meaning of the word “needlepoint” of which I wasn’t previously aware. I’m referring to an ink writing instrument known as a “Needle Point Pen”. Here is a review of the Uni-Ball 207 Needle Point Pen by Sanford. Any business that involves a word that [...]

Hello, distinguished visitors. Thanks for joining me here at my brand-new WordPress installation. I am still in the process of importing my older blog posts from my original installation. I’m told that this is a difficult process, but have no fear! I’ll get it done. In the meantime, this little introductory post will have to [...]

Congratulations to us at Pepita on our very first blog entry! Why set up a blog, you ask? The purpose of this blog is manifold: Photos of needlepoint work. When a proud customer shows us a completed needleart work, we ask permission to post a photo here on the blog. This is a great way to [...]