Early needlepoint, ‘Hooter’ and ‘Pansies’
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February 22, 2010, 12:02 pm
Filed under: Early Needlepoint
Filed under: Early Needlepoint
These are 2 pieces of needlepoint that I completed as a young girl with guidance from my grandmother. She (Mae), my mother (Rita), and my older sister (Anita) all are stitchers. In fact, my grandmother hooked rugs, knitted, crocheted, & she even did some beautiful leather tooling.
I believe I was a pre-teen at this point but they are not dated so I can only go on memory. They were from a kit long since discarded & so, I don’t know the designer. Types of stitches include straight stitches, basketweave, french knots, & diagonal mosaic. Very easy stitches. Can you spot the missed stitch in Hooter?
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This looks like it came from one of the kits from the 70’s! 🙂
Owls and those colors were very popular back then.
Cynthia
Comment by Cynthia February 22, 2010 @ 7:44 pmWindy Meadow
Very early 70s is right on!
Comment by melitastitches4fun February 22, 2010 @ 8:31 pmIsn’t it fun to discover 1st needlework…I have mine too (http://sudukc.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/my-history/) and I love them. They hang in my workroom to remind me how far needlepoint and I have come…imagine how far we can go.
Comment by sudukc February 23, 2010 @ 8:28 amThey are sooooo cute! I show off everything I’ve ever done on my walls, couches, chairs, etc…(except for what I’ve given away). I actually need a bigger house to hold my needlepoint projects!
Comment by Carolyn McNeil February 24, 2010 @ 11:08 amHappy Stitchin’…
Carolyn
http://www.stitchopedia.com
An encyclopedia of needlepoint stitches…
I just came across this piece on eBay & it is Homer designed by Lynn Davis for Needle Pointers Sunset Design. However, the seller said it is dated 1990 – maybe they kept making the kits that long but I know I did it in the 70s.
Comment by melitastitches4fun September 19, 2010 @ 1:45 am