{"id":4448,"date":"2019-06-21T23:29:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T23:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.needlepaint.com\/blog\/?p=4448"},"modified":"2019-06-21T23:29:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T23:29:37","slug":"creative-needlepaint-customer-embellishes-queen-of-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.needlepaint.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/21\/creative-needlepaint-customer-embellishes-queen-of-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative NeedlePaint Customer Embellishes \u201cQueen of Hearts\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00a0love\u00a0opening a\u00a0new email, to find\u00a0a fabulous new creation, stitched by one of our NeedlePaint<\/a><\/span> customers!\u00a0 <\/span>Recently Brenda T. in Georgia,\u00a0sent a request for NeedlePaint\u00a0to design another playing card canvas similar to the Queen of Hearts needlepoint pillow canvas<\/a><\/span> she has just finished stitching.<\/p>\n

\"Queen<\/a><\/p>\n

Brenda’s\u00a0finished needlepoint canvas has gone way beyond the basic.\u00a0She uses a variety of stitches and is embellishing with beads! <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Brenda says, \u201cshe will study the stitch book for days and try out one or two stitches to see if they work well.” She has taken workshops to learn how to\u00a0embellishing using beads as well as victorian silk ribbon.<\/p>\n

I think Brenda\u2019s life time love of textiles and textures really shines through in her needlepoint work! Her\u00a0creative background began after receiving\u00a0her first sewing machine, a hand crank Singer, on her 6th Christmas. She went on to study at Virginia Tech, with a degree in\u00a0Clothing and Textiles, and has sewed most all of her clothes. Although she never used her degree while working full-time for IBM, after retiring she did help friends with\u00a0some interior design projects. She\u2019s dabbled in knitting, watercolors, silk painting and has made sixteen or more needlepoint stockings for all of her grandchildren, grand nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n

Now Brenda joins\u00a0workshops at her local senior center. She enjoys the other women who sign up each time, with\u00a0a solid core group of six or so. They help each other, learning to embellish with beads and ribbons, and have a variety of talents and abilities. She feels like this workshop has taken her needlepointing to a new level, and mentions that she might take up designing a pattern or two.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Queen<\/a>\"Queen<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve just finished Brenda\u2019s request for a new Queen of Spades canvas, and can\u2019t wait to see what she does with\u00a0this queen.\u00a0Wouldn’t it be fun to put these two pillows at opposite ends of your sofa, perhaps with a King in between! Which card would you pick to stitch?<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Please let us know if we can custom design something for you, or if you need help translating your design onto a custom needlepoint canvas that you can stitch!<\/p>\n

We love to see what you have been stitching, please feel free to send us your creation photos at info@needlepaint.com.<\/p>\n

Happy Stitching!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u00a0love\u00a0opening a\u00a0new email, to find\u00a0a fabulous new creation, stitched by one of our NeedlePaint customers!\u00a0 Recently Brenda T. in Georgia,\u00a0sent a request for NeedlePaint\u00a0to design another playing card canvas similar to the Queen of Hearts needlepoint pillow canvas she has just finished stitching. Brenda’s\u00a0finished needlepoint canvas has gone way beyond the basic.\u00a0She uses a variety […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,923,20,24,29],"tags":[115,116,270,946,947,945],"yoast_head":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\r\n