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How does one value their needlepoint?
Sunday, February 13, 2011
If we are lucky we meet one or two people in our lives who change and enrich them profoundly.
Allen Haskell, a preeminent
brilliant horticulturist, was for me, one of those people.
His talent, work and
influence was far-reaching. Horticulture was an art form rather than a
vocation. His genuis was to be rewarded throughout his life, winning
numerous awards and installations. Among his clients was Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis, who used his flowers to decorate the church at her
daughters wedding. He decorated gardens for museums worldwide, and when
Prince Charles and Princess Diana came to the White House they asked for
Allen. He counted many of high society and royalty in England as
clients and some as friends. Martha Stewart was a particularly close
friend.
During one visit I made
shortly after Ms. Stewart had come for lunch, to discuss an upcoming
program Allen was to be on, and to gather plant material for her CT
home, Allen asked me why I did the tedious work of needlepoint.
Evidently, he and Ms. Stewart had been talking about some things which
led him to his question to me.
Of course, I compared the
love and devotion he gave to his plants and design work to the care and
time I devoted to needlepoint. To know Allen and his wit and dry humor
and sometimes acerbic manner was to love him, warts and all. Though the
comparison did not sit well with him, our conversation ended with a
promise. He would provide me with one of his spectacular dahlias (same
that he sold to many royalty and celebrity customers) and I would stitch
it for him and present it to him as a gift once completed.
He received his needlepoint
gift in 2002. He died in 2004. I have been to his nursery grounds
since his passing and fully expect him to be around the next corner each
time I walk among the rows or gardens. Last month during a very
large snowstorm in New England I received a call from a board member of an organization Allen bequeathed my needlepoint
to and they called to ask would I mind giving them a value.
I must admit this was rather
surprising. First, I had no idea that Allen thought so much about this
piece to leave it in a will. Second, I don't consider myself an expert
stitcher and would never expect my work to be in public. I stitch for
me; for the pleasure of it or to have a useful something when
completed.
I have not answered this
question yet but it has brought to the fore a conversation that began
quite some time ago with various customers, needlepoint instructors, and
Elizabeth, the editor of Needlepoint Now.
How does one value their needlepoint?
Post your answers and be entered into a drawing for a free canvas.
By Doreen
How does one value their needlepoint?
Sunday, February 13, 2011
If we are lucky we meet one or two people in our lives who change and enrich them profoundly.
Allen Haskell, a preeminent brilliant horticulturist, was for me, one of those people.
His talent, work and influence was far-reaching. Horticulture was an art form rather than a vocation. His genuis was to be rewarded throughout his life, winning numerous awards and installations. Among his clients was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who used his flowers to decorate the church at her daughters wedding. He decorated gardens for museums worldwide, and when Prince Charles and Princess Diana came to the White House they asked for Allen. He counted many of high society and royalty in England as clients and some as friends. Martha Stewart was a particularly close friend.
During one visit I made shortly after Ms. Stewart had come for lunch, to discuss an upcoming program Allen was to be on, and to gather plant material for her CT home, Allen asked me why I did the tedious work of needlepoint. Evidently, he and Ms. Stewart had been talking about some things which led him to his question to me.
Of course, I compared the love and devotion he gave to his plants and design work to the care and time I devoted to needlepoint. To know Allen and his wit and dry humor and sometimes acerbic manner was to love him, warts and all. Though the comparison did not sit well with him, our conversation ended with a promise. He would provide me with one of his spectacular dahlias (same that he sold to many royalty and celebrity customers) and I would stitch it for him and present it to him as a gift once completed.
He received his needlepoint gift in 2002. He died in 2004. I have been to his nursery grounds since his passing and fully expect him to be around the next corner each time I walk among the rows or gardens. Last month during a very large snowstorm in New England I received a call from a board member of an organization Allen bequeathed my needlepoint to and they called to ask would I mind giving them a value.
I must admit this was rather surprising. First, I had no idea that Allen thought so much about this piece to leave it in a will. Second, I don't consider myself an expert stitcher and would never expect my work to be in public. I stitch for me; for the pleasure of it or to have a useful something when completed.
I have not answered this question yet but it has brought to the fore a conversation that began quite some time ago with various customers, needlepoint instructors, and Elizabeth, the editor of Needlepoint Now.
How does one value their needlepoint?
Post your answers and be entered into a drawing for a free canvas.
By Doreen
Allen Haskell, a preeminent brilliant horticulturist, was for me, one of those people.
His talent, work and influence was far-reaching. Horticulture was an art form rather than a vocation. His genuis was to be rewarded throughout his life, winning numerous awards and installations. Among his clients was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who used his flowers to decorate the church at her daughters wedding. He decorated gardens for museums worldwide, and when Prince Charles and Princess Diana came to the White House they asked for Allen. He counted many of high society and royalty in England as clients and some as friends. Martha Stewart was a particularly close friend.
During one visit I made shortly after Ms. Stewart had come for lunch, to discuss an upcoming program Allen was to be on, and to gather plant material for her CT home, Allen asked me why I did the tedious work of needlepoint. Evidently, he and Ms. Stewart had been talking about some things which led him to his question to me.
Of course, I compared the love and devotion he gave to his plants and design work to the care and time I devoted to needlepoint. To know Allen and his wit and dry humor and sometimes acerbic manner was to love him, warts and all. Though the comparison did not sit well with him, our conversation ended with a promise. He would provide me with one of his spectacular dahlias (same that he sold to many royalty and celebrity customers) and I would stitch it for him and present it to him as a gift once completed.
He received his needlepoint gift in 2002. He died in 2004. I have been to his nursery grounds since his passing and fully expect him to be around the next corner each time I walk among the rows or gardens. Last month during a very large snowstorm in New England I received a call from a board member of an organization Allen bequeathed my needlepoint to and they called to ask would I mind giving them a value.
I must admit this was rather surprising. First, I had no idea that Allen thought so much about this piece to leave it in a will. Second, I don't consider myself an expert stitcher and would never expect my work to be in public. I stitch for me; for the pleasure of it or to have a useful something when completed.
I have not answered this question yet but it has brought to the fore a conversation that began quite some time ago with various customers, needlepoint instructors, and Elizabeth, the editor of Needlepoint Now.
How does one value their needlepoint?
Post your answers and be entered into a drawing for a free canvas.
By Doreen
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Comments
The American Needlepoint Guild has a needle arts appraisal program to train folks to put a price tag on and evaluate stitching. Perhaps this is a question to put to the organization and the graduates of this program?
http://www.needlepoint.org/appraisal.php