Many of us struggle to figure out ways to control the color in overdyed threads. And for many of us, the process is so traumatic that we restrict using these threads to geometric and abstract designs only.
For a piece exhibited at the recent ANG National Seminar in Washington DC, Melita showed the lovely Brick Stitch landscape pictured above. Believe it or not she stitched it with only a single overdyed thread.
You can learn about the process and how she did it in a recent blog post.
I am now on fire to do something similar myself!
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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
It was fun to try it. One of the seminar attendees said it reminded her of the drive to grandmother’s house through the Blue Ridge Mountains. Good luck if you give something like this a go. Melita
Thanks, I’m planning to. I just have to find an overdue because there was nothing in my stash.
Keep stitching,
Janet