Needlepoint

Learn how to paint canvas for your needlepoint projects, including how to pick colors and the tools to use—according to an expert.

The guide everyone has been waiting for! How-to create a needlepoint canvas using your Cricut.

Texas lifestyle blogger Adored by Alex, shares her beginner's guide to needlepoint: where to start, tips and tricks to picking up the hobby for yourself!

Uneven stitches on your needlepoint canvas can be distracting. Like the pimple that appears the morning of your wedding, an off-tension stitch can become the only thing you see. But smooth needlepoint stitches are within easy reach.

Find tutorials on various needlepoint stitches, including basic tent stitches along with more complex stitches such as the needlepoint basketweave stitch and th

Below, you will find the threads I used to stitch the Queen of Hearts canvas. The canvas is painted on 18 mesh, so I recommend using my favorite fiber to stitch on 18 mesh - Pepper Pot Silk. For added sparkle, I love using gold kreinik to make the canvas pop! The canvas is ornament size, so you don't need a ton of fiber. One skein of each color will be more than enough. Fiber Recommendations: Pepper Pot Silk Cream 003 Peppermint 015 Pink Lemonade 013 Chili 017 Kreinik #12 Braid Aztec Gold…

Last Tuesday I took my stash of finished needlepoint projects, well most of them, and coordinating fabric I had chosen for the backs to my local shop to be sent off for finishing. Most of the items were ornaments and I also requested two door hangers and one coaster. It was a huge pile and when it returns it will cost me some dollars. I am sad I waited to have something finished, I think the excitement of working on the project is definitely in the rush to have it finished to be able to…

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Today in our Canvas Conversations Series, I am excited to introduce to you fellow stitcher, Laura Shih. Inspired by a close friend and long-time needlepointer, @stitched_af, Laura began stitching during the pandemic, as many did. She grew up in Bethesda, MD, and attended New York University. She is currently a Senior Account Manager at Amazon Ads, but outside of work her main

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