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Another Successful Needlepointer of the Male Persuasion

I don’t know why I find male needlepointers so fascinating. Here is another he-stitcher in action: A man will tell me there are 250,962 stitches in this, so they have more of an engineering take on doing needlepoint and that’s why they are so good at it. Bob Dillard compares needlepoint to paint-by-number and does […]

Everything but the Kitchen Sync

Ever since I’ve lost all my work to a computer failure way back in the 1990’s, I’ve been careful about backing up my files. It is a pain to remember to do this; it’s much better to get an automated solution that just backs up your files without you having to think about it. Over […]

Needlepoint News Links II

Some links I collecting from perusing Needlepoint News today: According to the Frederick News Post, stitching in public has become a hot trend and seeing groups of people working on needlearts projects in coffee shops, on the bus or subway and other public places is becoming a regular sighting. Clare Kittredge, a New Hampshire health journalist, […]

Needlepoint News Links

Here are some links I picked up recently from Needlepoint News: Michelle acquired a stitched floral needlepoint ready for finishing – but needs ideas as to what to use it for! What does Raymond Crawford, needlepoint designer extraordinaire, do on the side? Tucker Blair runs a blog. Who knew this and didn’t tell me? I […]

Lady Anne Tree, 82, Introduced Needlepoint to Prisoners

Lady Ann Tree, who died on August 9th, was a tireless advocate for incarcerated persons in Britain’s prison system. She is perhaps best remembered for innovating the very successful program “Fine Cell Work“, where prisoners create needlepoint works which are then sold to the public. Lady Anne cited two reasons for focusing on needlepoint in […]

To Get All Your Needlepoint News in One Place

Try NeedlepointNews.com. It aggregates mentions of needlepoint in recent news stories, blog posts, and discussion boards. It’s a good place to turn to for market research, product sourcing leads, background for an article, or ideas for a new blog post. I built this site using several Google feeds as the backbone – it is completely […]

The Duke Does Needlepoint

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. […]

Needlepointed Elevator Walls

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.

Welcoming with Needlepoint

Buried in the bottom of a story about President Barack Obama’s visit to Canada, we find this interesting passage: Although there were no public events planned for Obama in Ottawa, about 3,500 supporters ventured to the snow-covered lawn on Parliament Hill in the hopes of catching a glimpse. Vahid Saadati travelled from his home in […]

Needlepoint Clowns Abound

Clowns are a popular needlepoint theme. Pictured above is a sweet, tired-looking clown, which I discovered while browsing Twitter. A search on Etsy yields half a dozen others. Ebay lists a whole caboodle of cotton clowns at any point in time, such as this well-dressed jester: Here’s a cartoony character from Flickr: Check out Pepita […]