Evening Needlepointers: Adding Creativity to Canvas

Viki Bosin recently acquired Sue Leeper's copy of "The Liberated Canvas, A creative approach to canvas embroidery", by Penny Cornell, copyright 1995.  In it, the author covers ways to embellish your piece by:

• modifying canvas stitches or using stitches that are not often used on canvas,
• by machine or hand stitching fabric to your canvas,
• by dyeing the canvas or your threads,
• by using wrapped stitches or wrapping your threads
• by using embellishments including beads, buttons, paper, dollhouse or scrapbook miniatures, etc.

How do you add creativity to your canvas?

This group explores a wide variety of specialty threads and stitches on canvas including counted needlepoint and finishing techniques. All stitchers welcome.