Talent Creates a Lasting Gift

Sunday, July 04, 2010
We wanted to share some of the details of a very special needlepoint. 
The talented stitcher is the aunt of the young woman getting married. 
She and her sister have designed the Chuppah (wedding canopy) that the couple will stand beneath. 
In the middle of this long and beautiful Chuppah is this fabulously stitched needlepoint!

The background is rich with different textures - the colors pop and the love apparent.


A Chuppah is a canopy or covering which symbolizes the home that the couple will build together.

If the home they build together is anything like their Chuppah it will be a glorious, richly colored and happy home.



 

 

Talent

Saturday, June 26, 2010
We all have talent.  Some of us cook well, care for others very well, sew or knit or needlepoint well. Perhaps you paint or draw or play an instrument divinely.

Michael Jackson's music and dance style may or may not appeal to you, but you cannot watch a video of him (or if you were lucky enough to see him in person) and walk away without knowing his talent.  Your body captured both his voice and his rhythm.

He left too soon.

Remembering Michael Jackson

Raphael: Cartoons and Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Don't Miss THIS Tapestry Exhibit!

Victoria and Albert Museum

8 September - 17 October 2010 Room 48a

Free admission by timed ticket 

Advanced booking strongly recommended

Your needlepoint can help wildlife and a way of life

Tuesday, June 15, 2010


The government released new figures Tuesday showing that far more oil is flowing from the seafloor than believed as recently as last week. The Flow Rate Technical Group said as much as 60,000 barrels (2.5 million gallons) of oil a day is escaping from the damaged well, a 50 percent increase from the last estimate.(Washington Post)

All profit from every Audubon and canvas with an animal or landscape during the months of June, July and August will go to several charities in the Gulf region, as well as Audubon, Oceans Conservancy and the Environmental Defense Fund.


Hôtel Recamier, Paris and its Needlepoint Walls!

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Hôtel Recamier, Paris

 

                         
We found this lovely post on Cool Hunting.com.  " The newly renovated Hôtel Recamier, located at the core of Paris' Left Bank on Place St. Sulpice, offers guests a low-key retreat from the bustle of the City of Light. Designed by Jean-Louis Denoit, the tastefully appointed hotel is classically French with modern undertones."



"Among other things, we were enamored with the seamless needlepoint lining the elevator walls (pictured above and below)."

Worth a trip if only to see the needlepoint walls in the elevators.  Well appointed indeed!


A tastefully appointed, low-key retreat in the City of Light

More Art That's Fit to See!

Saturday, June 05, 2010
  • If you live in, work near or are traveling to London you don't want to miss Picasso - The Mediterranean Years  at the Gagosian Gallery in London June 4 - August 28, 2010

  • Old Meets New at the Virginia MFA in Richmond has reopened.  They've commissioned New York based artist Ryan McGinness  (born in Virgina beach) for a 40 foot panel ... A lovely way to spend an afternoon or if you are lucky - all day!

  • The Artist is Present - Marina Abramovic Live performance at MOMA, NYC

  • The Private Collection of Henry Darger is at the American Folk Art Museum NYC through September 18, 2010


Needlepoint and the Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster

Sunday, May 30, 2010
All the creatures large and small
who depend on these waters need your support.


Even if BP spends a billion dollars on cleanup in the waters and coastlines of the Gulf of Mexico it may not be enough - and for some areas it will likely be too late.

The Art Needlepoint Company pledges a significant percentage of profit from the sale of its canvases and all profit from the sale of Audubon canvases from now through the end of June. 

Donations will be sent to the Oceans Conservancy and the Environmental Defense Fund

Together we can help make a difference.
  

All the Art That's Fit to See

Wednesday, May 26, 2010



If you live near or are planning a trip to any of these cities each of these exhibits are not to be missed!

 
  • French and Italian paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries at the Louvre (Paris) through June 21, 2010
  • The Late Work of Claude Monet at Gagosian Gallery (NYC) through June 26, 2010
  • Landmark Picasso at the MET (NYC) through August 1, 2010
  • Mattise: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 is co-organized by the Art Institute of Chicago (opened in March and runs through June 20) and the Museum of Modern Art, NYC,  where it will be July 18 through October 11.  Above is La Danse by Matisse, 1947
  • Late Renoir will be at the Philadelphia Museum (PA) from June 17, 2010 - September 6, 2010
  • Austin Museum of Art is a wonderful spot if you like twentieth-century and contemporary American art- There are some wonderful exhibits there now through the August 15,2010

We'll continue this list, however, if we have missed one in your area or you know of a "not to be missed" exhibit during the summer please share!

 



 

Merian's Bee and Save the Honey Bees

Monday, November 16, 2009
We support the Help the Honey Bees program set up
by the yummy Haagan Daz company each time Merian's Bee Kit is sold.

Why I Love Needlepoint

Monday, October 05, 2009
Share with us why you Love Needlepoint!

Please let us know three reasons why you like to needlepoint.

How often do you stitch?

Do you usually stitch alone or with other people?


Post your answers and enter our drawing for a free assortment of 35 great colors of Kreinik silk threads.

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