Acanthus & Birds

£250.00

Description

Needlepoint kit for wall hanging or firescreen

Acanthus & Birds is inspired by an intriguing William Morris drawing, now in the possession of the V&A Museum London. It is thought that he designed it as his first weaving project but later rejected it in favour of Acanthus & Vine. The complexity and number of colours might have been daunting for a first attempt at a new skill, but provides lots of interest and challenges for experienced needlepointers.

I have had great fun converting Morris’ drawing into needlepoint. As many of you who have been following my Design Diary know, it took me a great deal of time to reduce the number of colours, to make this design possible to print on canvas and still be a practical size.

I am delighted with the finished result and cannot decide if it looks better as a wall hanging, framed, a firescreen, or even inset onto a very large square floor cushion.

Details

CANVAS:	12# /in Zweigart deluxe printed canvas, 30 x 23in (76 x 59cm)
DESIGN:	25 x 18.25in (64 x 46cm)
STITCH:	Tent/Basketweave with 1 thread tapestry wool (background 4 threads of crewel wool).
WOOLS:	Appleton tapestry & crewel, 44 colours.
CHART:	A printed chart is provided to help with the positioning of the colours.
INSTRUCTIONS:

Part of the Acanthus & Birds collection.