Needlepoint

When I am not busy at the computer or dealing with the many projects that I like to get involved in, I like to do needlework of many different kinds. One of my favourites is needlepoint. Unfortunately, I find that I the need to work with a frame and that means that my work is not very portable. If I don't use a frame my work tends to develop a very Dalisque quality to it. These are my most recent projects. I have some trees that I will tackle soon.


The first two pillows are from a set of images created by one of the fathers of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris. These are stylized images of artichokes. So far they are my favourite projects.

Before, I tackled the William Morris designs, I attempted a few pillows like the design on the left. Yes, most of the projects that I have done include flowers. Will have to think about that. So far they are the designs that appeal to me the most. I do like Kaffee Fasset's work but the designs are sometimes too bold for my taste.

Time for a stitching break, working on an abstract right now.

(One of my other projects is figuring out how to download digital images to my blog. I think that I am getting better at it.One of my birthday presents which I requests was a memory key with a great deal of memory for my images. )