Finishing a Needlepoint Pillow
Sewing a finished needlepoint canvas into a pillow is just as easy as sewing any simple pillow, it’s also a very quick process, especially when compared to the time it takes to actually stitch the...
View ArticleNew Year’s Needlepoint Clutch
It is an undeniably magical night, and happily, it is just around the corner… New Year’’s Eve, the glitz and glamor night of the year! Shoes shined and lips glossed, we’ll all wave a fond farewell to...
View ArticleNautical Needlepoint Coasters
Once again summer is here, and my family is planning its annual trip to Maine. We’ll all cram into the old riverside home that was once my great grandfather’s, a naval man who never did hide his love...
View ArticleNeedlepoint iPhone Cases
September is always teeming with gifts to give: another cousin headed off to college, a friend to thank for watering my cactus while I’ve been away, a birthday to celebrate in a family strangely full...
View ArticleNeedlepoint Houses
As a child, I was completely obsessed with the Christmas catalogs that would deluge our house every holiday season. I loved everything in them: the big velvet bows and the sparkling ornaments, the...
View ArticleLearn to Needlepoint a Pincushion Kit
Normally, I work behind the scenes at Purl Soho, but when the subject of a learn-to-needlepoint kit came up, I couldn’t stay put. Needlepoint brings me to my happy place, and these tidy little gingham...
View ArticleGraphic Needlepoint Trivets
From castle tapestries to elaborate tissue box covers, needlepoint’s history is long and varied, but the basic foundation of almost all needlepoint stitches remains the same: the simple straight...
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