Needlepoint Designers
ERivera308
Hi Needlepointers
There are so many designers that I like that I do not know where to start. LOL
Here is part of the list: Beth Russell, Kaffe Fassett, Maggie Lane (deceased),
Elsa Williams (deceased), Elizabeth Bradley, Glorafilla, Candace Bahouth, Erica
Wilson, Rosalie Peters, Melinda Coss, Julie Hasler and some cross stitchers, to
many to list. I think I have missed some other needlepoint designers. It is a
big list. Many did just one or two books which I liked the designs in them.
Oh Lula, I forgot you. Sorry. :-)
Does anyone know what happened to Rosalie Peters? She went under the name of
Shariane back in the late 1970s early 1980s.
Happy Stitching
EdithNYC
Joel Hencken
I'm new in the NP world, and am interested in knowing where I can get more
information about these designers you mentioned. Also, I'm interested in
finding out whether there is a way to transform various drawings, photos,
etc., into workable NP canvases. I've only used painted ones so far; the
idea of having to count makes give me a headache! But custom-painted
canvases are horribly expensive, so I wondered if anybody has any ideas of
how one can learn to "paint" canvases. Perhaps my question is naive; I can
do crafts, but am no artist...
Any thoughts about this?
jdh
ERivera308 wrote in message <19981008232145...@ng102.aol.com>...
Lula
creation with threads and yarns?
Trace an outline on tracing paper in pencil - than go over these lines
in black marker - make sure the whole thing is dry (you don't want
smears) - than place your canvas over the tracing - the best way is to
have a completely white sheet of paper below the tracing and canvas to
see the lines or tape to a window and trace the whole thing from there.
Use a pale gray waterproof (test for waterproofness) marker for this
purpose as you do not want to have a dark line show through your final
stitching.
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Lula
http://www.woolydream.com
Needlework Adventures
ERivera308
Hi Joel
I am not an expert but I will try my best to give you some information. There
is a good book that was published quite a while ago named "Needlepoint Design"
by Louis J. Gartner, Jr.and his second book "More Needlepoint Design" are
great. You will get very good information from his first book. Look in your
used bookstores because it is out of print. It was published in 1970 maybe
someone might want to sell their copy.
I took a class many years ago on transfering designs to canvas but I never
really went into it.
Some of the designers I mentioned in my posting you can still get their books,
Beth Russell (she has taken William Morris' designs and has done a lovely job
of reproducing them for the 20th Century), Kaffe Fassett's books are still
around, he has done four books so far, also Hugh Ehrman has done a number of
books with Kaffe Fassett's designs in them.
Maggie Lane did five books of oriental designs. She is deceased, and her books
are hard to come by. Ellsa Williams, also deceased, did two books with
bargello designs. These two books are also hard to come by. Elizabeth
Bradley, an english designer) did several books which now are not so easy to
find. I believe she is working on a new book. Do not know the name or when it
will be out. Candace Bahouth (another english designer) has several books
with lovely designs, I think you can still get them. Erica Wilson did a book a
couple of years ago and I think you can still get it. Her designs are from the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, in NYC. Melinda Coss has done several needlepoint
books and I think you can still get some of them. Julie Hasler has done some
needlepoint books and cross stitch books, you can still get some of her books.
I did get an answer to my inquiry about Rosalie Peters. She is still
designing. Some years ago she did a number of booklets with her designs. They
are out of print. They were printed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Dover has two soft cover booklets that I believe are still available. They
are: Design and Chart Your Own Needlepoint by Rita Weiss and The Artist's and
Craftman's Guide to Reducing, Enlarging and Transferring Designs by Rita Weiss.
These might help. Write or call Dover Publications, 11 East Second Street,
Mineola, New York 11501, phone (516)294-7000. They also have a catalog for
free. Ask for it. Their booklets are very reasonable. I paid $2.00 ea. for
the ones I have. They might have gone up but not by much.
My suggesting is to go to your library and bookstores, even used bookstores and
browse thru the books. Maybe someone on RCTN can recommend a more recent book
on painting canvases. Besides using permanent markers you can use acrylic
paints, they are permanent also.
Hope this helps.
Happy Stitching
EdithNYC
wol...@pacbell.net
>I'm new in the NP world, and am interested in knowing where I can get
more
>information about these designers you mentioned. Also, I'm interested
in
>finding out whether there is a way to transform various drawings,
photos,
>etc., into workable NP canvases. I've only used painted ones so far;
the
>idea of having to count makes give me a headache! But custom-painted
>canvases are horribly expensive, so I wondered if anybody has any ideas
of
>how one can learn to "paint" canvases. Perhaps my question is naive; I
can
>do crafts, but am no artist...
[posted & emailed]
Some URLs for books and bookfinders:
http://www.bookpages.com/
http://www.cncrafts.com/bookstore.htm
http://www.french-property.co.uk/bookshop/
http://www.interloc.com
http://www.kiwiclub.org/jmcrb
http://www.manderlybooks.com
http://www.mxbf.com
http://www.needleworkbooks.com/
http://www.ashworthbooks.com
http://www.bowker.com/
Some of these may not be germane to your search, but I have them
categorized as "Books" so I included all.
HTH,
Evelyn
Roger Doulis
>
> Hi ER.
>
> I'm new in the NP world, and am interested in knowing where I can get more
> information about these designers you mentioned. Also, I'm interested in
> finding out whether there is a way to transform various drawings, photos,
> etc., into workable NP canvases. I've only used painted ones so far; the
> idea of having to count makes give me a headache! But custom-painted
> canvases are horribly expensive, so I wondered if anybody has any ideas of
> how one can learn to "paint" canvases. Perhaps my question is naive; I can
> do crafts, but am no artist...
>
>
When I hand paint my own canvases I draft my design first, then paint
the canvas. Hand painting in NOT easy and the correct paints is a MUST.
(PS they are expensive)
I personally would not trust a canvas that is printed on a computer
printer. The reason is that you work is usually Blocked as part of the
making up process, this involves wetting out the canvas so it can be
stretched into shape. If the inks (Or paints) used are not *water proof*
the dies will bleed through and stain your work.
It is much easier to graph and count your work.
The reason why hand paints can be so expensive is that there is a lot of
work involved in producing them, the artist, designers etc. have to be
able to make a living. Remember to you it is just a hobby to them it is
a way of life.
PS For this reason I personally would not consider breaching copy write.
If the designers go bust then there would not be the variety of designs
to enjoy.
Keep stitching.
--
Roger Doulis
(A polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate transform).
Dept Civil Engineering (Clayton Campus) Ph 9905-4964
Monash University Fax 9905-1483
Wellington Rd.
Clayton Victoria 3168
Australia