Cross stitch and needlepoint, now complete projects

Needlepoint now has its own maker, apart from the cross-stitch maker. Both give full instructions for a finished square piece, not just a chart, and both have six new complete designs with borders, drawn for this site.

Samples to start from

• Generating…Star medallion, in cross stitchOpen with these settings
• Generating…Tree of life on 18-count fabric, as a pillowOpen with these settings
• Generating…Seaside sun on canvas, in continental stitchOpen with these settings
• Generating…Flame square in Persian yarn on 18-mesh canvasOpen with these settings

What each project includes

• The exact size of fabric or canvas to cut, and how to find and mark the center
• A stitching order by color, with the square to start each color on
• Strands, yards and a skein estimate per color
• Framing or pillow steps, with every size worked out
• PDF charts split over sheets when they're large, with overlapping rows and center arrows

Needlepoint is its own craft

Choose canvas mesh from 10 to 18, then basketweave, continental or half-cross tent stitch, and tapestry wool or Persian yarn. Yarn estimates follow the stitch and the yarn. The canvas gets a margin for blocking and finishing, the work order leaves the background until last, and blocking comes before making up. Old needlepoint links from the cross-stitch page open on the new page.