Winter Stars is a delightful project that is both a needlepoint quilt portrait and a wonderful stash-busting project.
Eight-pointed stars stitched in a Scotch Stitch variation use a wide variety of stash threads in a wintery color scheme.
The square center is surrounded by several borders that are accented by silver corner blocks.
The borders give you some wonderful ideas for stitching borders on other projects. My favorite is the middle border, which is another stash-busting idea taken from the quilt world. Random Lengths of Cashmere are stitched using scrap threads. It gives the design excitement and has a real-world “make do and mend” look to it.
The PDF eProject is just out today. You can buy it for just $10 using the PayPal button below.
It will also be available on the Napa Needlepoint site. If you would prefer to pay by check, please contact me for information.
About Janet M Perry
Janet Perry is the Internet's leading authority on needlepoint. She designs, teaches and writes, getting raves from her fans for her innovative techniques, extensive knowledge and generous teaching style. A leading writer of stitch guides, she blogs here and lives on an island in the northeast corner of the SF Bay with her family
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