Day 33: A Colorful Portrait of A Traditional Bargello Needlepoint Design

Tuesday, 2 February 2010, 13:20 | Category : 2010 Challenge, Bargello Diary, Designing Needlepoint |

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The difficult challenge with this pattern was deciding how much of it to stitch. After several attempts to work the entire design in landscape style (horizontal) and portrait (vertical); I finally settled on a way that would best portray what I am trying to accomplish–to stitch a representative sample of Bargello needlepoint as a special tribute to my father’s memory.

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When seen in its entirety, these colors are much more striking than if they had been stitched in a monochromatic color scheme.


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