My crafting goals for the year are to learn to crochet and needlepoint. Oh, and to make lots of quilts. Let’s see how it goes. I love these Jonathan Adler Bargello needlepoint pillows (shown below). I guess these are handmade by someone somewhere and not made by a machine, but I can’t seem to find out where these are made. There is a mention of Peru on his site. Anyone know?
So I thought I would find a lot of contemporary needlepoint on Etsy, but no. Too time consuming? Too boring? Seems to me like needlepoint gives you a lot of freedom to come up with your own designs easily. Here’s a needlepoint sampler for a nursery from 66 stitches. Some bracelets from Carrie Wolf, and some cool magnets from Eclectic Selections (pictured below).
Want to learn? This looks like a good Bargello needlepoint book and with the right colors, the designs could be very modern. Or this one for basic needlepoint.
What a beautiful goose!
i am so inspired by these pillows!! i just picked up a needlepoint book at the thrift store, i can’t wait to try it.
Thanks for the link to my Etsy shop ModernNeedlepoint. I am all about bringing needlepoint back into the mainstream and creating modern designs. I do think that most people this it is too time-consuming to do themselves or that it is stuff that your grandma had in her house.
Adler is involved with the group Aid to Artisans.
Hi Ellen,
Just found this article doing a search for ‘needlepoint’ in Google Images… I was looking for inspiration for designing my own needlepoint project – and totally agree that this craft allows for more freedom to design what you want. I’m deciding whether to go with a drawing, and ‘colouring in’ the lines, or going with a geometric pattern like Bargello… what a dilemma 🙂