Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Needlepointing is for Winners.


I am obsessed with needlepointing these days. I think about it all the time. I’ve been working on a big project that is seeming to take FOREVER, but I’ve also been trolling the internet for a new project. I usually do projects of my own design, or designs adapted from photographs, but lately I’ve been craving the ease of doing a painted canvas of someone else’s making. 
I’ve done so many black and white designs in the past couple of years. Here are a few for those of you who can’t be bothered to check out my super amazing awesome needlepoint page. Look. Feast your eyes and stuff.








I know. Estelle Getty's head is totally floating. It's just the way it worked out.


Here’s what I’ve been working on lately.


It’s part of a wall hanging of 70’s TV detectives. Columbo is done, and Quincy is nearly done. Still have to do Kojak and Charlies Angels. Not sure what to do with it when I finish it when I’m 120 years old.
It will never be done.
It is huge.

But every home needs a needlepointed wall tapestry of 1970's TV detectives, am I right?

So, sick of black and white, I wanted to do something a little more cheerful.
And here’s what I’ve ordered from the internet. It’s by “Princley Creations” and I purchased it from Fireside Stitchery.


Here’s something else I want to do by JP Needlepoint Designs from theneedlepointer.com 
(Imari. when it's done it would be much more vibrant.)

I also started a huge wall hanging several months back - a Maggie Lane design that I can’t finish because stupid Paternayan isn’t making their stupid Paternayan yarn anymore and I can’t find enough wool to finish the stupid background. I’ll have to find a substitute for the stupid Paternayan.


photo of finished Maggie Lane wall hanging





what I've done so far and can't finish because of stupid Paternayan.

could have been amazing except for stupid Paternayan.

Stupid Paternayan. Pull yourself together.


I realize this might not have been the post of your dreams. But it's what's on my mind. Needlepointing, and cheese. And chocolate chip cookies. The cheap kind.

So, here's a little drawing to make up for the fact that I wrote about needlepoint instead of things that are funny.


You're welcome.