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Custom
Needlepoint and Cross Stitch Kits
Below is a small
sampling of the many designs I have created for some of America's leading
museums. The stitched design is shown on the left and an image of the original is shown
on the right.
THE
WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
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Floral
Still Life
Finished size is approximately 12" x 14 3/4"
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A colorful still life in the White House art
collection.
Entitled Floral Still Life with Nest of Eggs was
painted by Severin Rosen in c. 1851-52. |
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Set of 4 coasters on 18-count canvas.
Finished
size is approximately 4 x 4 inches, each
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White House China from Presidents Polk (1846),
Grant (1870), Arthur and Johnson (1968). |
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White House Coverlet
Finished size is approximately 10 1/2" x 16
3/4"
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The coverlet was designed and crocheted by
First Lady Grace Coolidge for the Lincoln bed.
The coverlet was completed in 1927. |
THE
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
This needlepoint purse was inspired by the
William Morris Textile "Rose". By using a fabric with a large pattern
that repeats
we were able to fold the purse into three parts like an envelope and have the
pattern match on the front of the purse where the scalloped flap closes.
The purse was finished with a cording detail around the outside edge. The design for the eyeglass case was taken from a William Morris
altar cloth. To add some interest to the back of the case we repeated the
vines design but eliminated the flowers.
Needlepoint
purse on 18-count canvas.
Finished
size is approximately 7 x 4 ¼ inches. |
William Morris, designer (English,
1834-1896)
Printed Textile, “Rose” (detail), registered 1883.
Cotton. 35 x 64 ¾ in.
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore.
©
The
Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA 1993.487)
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Eyeglass Case on 18-count canvas.
Finished size approximately 3 1/2 x 7 inches. |
William Morris, designer (English, 1834-1896)
Altar Frontal or Border for a Table.
Design late 19th century.
Silk, cotton, wool. 11 x 111 in.
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore.
©
The
Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA 1993.508) |
Designs
Inspired by The
Samuel Williams Album Quilt
This Baltimore Album Quilt is from the museum's permanent
collection and was the inspiration for a collection
of five needlepoint designs which included two pillow inserts, a pair of holiday
ornaments, an eyeglass case, and a set of four coasters. Below
are two examples of these kits. The eagle with the flag can be used as a
pillow insert or as framed artwork. The pair of ornaments had the perfect
coloration to be sold as holiday ornaments.
Pillow
Insert or Framed Artwork
on 18-count canvas.
Finished
size approximately 9 inches square. |
Baltimore
Album Quilt (detail), 1846-1847.American, Maryland, Baltimore.
Made for Samuel Williams by friends and family.
Cotton,
silk, velvet, wool and silk embroidery threads.
107½ x 119½ in. (273.2 x
303.6 cm.)
© The Baltimore Museum of Art:
Gift
of Serena O’Laughlen Wagner, Baltimore (BMA 1988.206)
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Set
of 2 Holiday Ornaments.
Finished
size approximately 3 inches square, each.
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WINTERTHUR
MUSEUM
I had
the pleasure of reviewing images from the entire Winterthur Collection. Below is
an example of one of the items selected for interpretation. The challenge was to take these large
plates and make them into small coasters without losing detail. By taking
away the wide outside border of the plate I was able to enlarge the needlepoint
image.
Set of 4 coasters on 18-count canvas.
Finished
size is approximately 4 x 4 inches, each
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Earthenware/Pearlware
(1815-1840)
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
© Winterthur Museum
Top left: Platter 13.12 in. diameter. (1964.1813.010)
Top Right: Soup Plate 9.68 in. diameter. (1964.1815.001)
Bottom left: Plate 7.43 in. diameter. (1964.1819.001)
Bottom
right: Plate 8.37 in. diameter. (1964.1820.012) |
THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART
The museum selected a cloisonné and painted
enamel mounted in a gilt metal frame by French artist Fernand Thesmar to be
interpreted as a needlepoint pillow
insert.
Pillow
or Tray Insert or Framed Art on 18-count canvas.
Finished size approximately 9¼ inches round.
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Fernand Thesmar, French (1843-1912)
Plaque: Two Birds on a Thorny Branch, 1879
Cloisonné and painted enamel mounted in a gilt metal frame,
50.65 x 50.65 cm.
© The Cleveland Museum of Art
Gift of Mrs. Arthur F. Connard in memory of
Jakob
B. Perkins and Family.
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