Enid Collins Rooster Needlepoint

It has been a long time between posts. I have been working my "on call" job at Neiman Marcus but I have not been with out my projects.
I am still obsessing over needlepoint and this is my latest Enid Collins inspiration along with a tiny sampler I have been experimenting with.
...as I stitch I contemplate....lately there has been much contemplation about blogging and internet shopkeeping.
I am leaving tomorrow to go back to one of my favorite places for some R&R.Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes, Glen Arbor, MI


There will be lots more stitching and probably much more contemplation and maybe when I return, with a little help from Jupiter which turned retrograde yesterday, I will have found some new insight, inspiration and project ideas.

Enid Collins Inspired Needlepoint

My first needlepoint project is COMPLETED!

This was a great learning experience...and like all learning, came from mistakes.
This is what I learned....

10ct needlepoint canvas should be worked with 3 strands of tapestry wool (I used 2)
selvage should always be on the right or left not top and bottom
basket weave stitch will keep the canvas from distorting

With that being said...

Creativity is WELCOME!

I am off on a 2 two week hiatus visiting family and friends, reading good books and putting more stitches to canvas...
see you soon with more projects!

One Stitch Leads to Another

...and before you know it an addiction begins.

It started with a simple cross stitch. I was completely entranced when I picked up a piece of unfinished embroidery a year ago. I love how all those tiny little stitches accumulate to make a picture. I love it for the same reason I love cross word puzzles...it keeps you guessing until the end.

My biggest issue with those tiny little stitches is just that...they are so tiny and my eyes are so bad and I need perfect lighting and all of these things conspire to make it a bit stressful....

Enter the needlework canvas!

I decided to teach myself to needlepoint and purchased a piece of canvas with 10 holes to the inch...10 big holes, easy to see, and after realizing that the continental stitch is actually just half of a cross stitch, I was off and running.

My design was inspired by my Enid Collins handbag.