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Christmas Needlepoint Ideas

Are you looking for that special gift that will be cherished for generations to come?

We’ve got a LOT of ideas here that are sure to not only show off your talent as a needlepointer, but that are all sure to be loved by the younger generations who often seem to be too busy to learn the art of needlepoint.

For the beginner stitcher. We’ve recently added some great Christmas Needlepoint ideas that are smaller and simple, but for the experienced stitcher, leave plenty of space for fancy stitches to spice up.

Needlepoint Ornaments are small and quick. Our custom needlepoint ornament listing lets you decide what to stitch! Think of a favorite photo, pet, old home, sport, or cherished memory.

Christmas Needlepoint Ornament Ideas

A Custom Needlepoint Belt will be a huge hit under the tree. We offer custom designed needlepoint belt kits, or fully stitched needlepoint belts.

Custom Needlepoint Golf Course Belt

Needlepoint Wallets and needlepoint Flasks are both easy projects for beginners and we now offer leather finishing as optional extra.

And the my personal FAVORITE, a Custom Needlepoint Stocking! We’re now happy to offer fully stitched and custom needlepoint stocking kits. We’ve got dozens of designs under our Christmas Needlepoint theme that are made to be personalized, and of course we’d love to design something custom for you!

Custom Christmas Needlepoint Stockings

Last but not least, for the more experienced stitcher, you can Needlepoint your own Photo! Most popular are dogs and cats. We’ve also done hundreds of homes, landscapes, and art needlepoint projects. These can be turned into a pillow or hung up on a wall. We now offer Pillow Finishing and if you don’t needlepoint, even offer fully stitched custom needlepoint pillows.

***Custom needlepoint kits available with standard shipping until Dec. 12th. Our order deadline for fully stitched products in 2016 was Nov. 1st. But we do offer custom designed Gift Cards that show your design that is being stitched, so you would not be empty handed if you decide to give the gift of needlepoint but don’t have the time to stitch it yourself.

Also, a special thanks to Jen in VA, who stitched the two custom needlepoint projects below! Thanks and happy holidays to all!

Custom Needlepoint House and Cats

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Merry Christmas, Isaac and Alex – Needlepoint Stockings!

The stocking are ready for Santa with time to spare. The finishing touches on Alex’s stocking were:

Silver buttons, blue eyes, and a read nose for the snowman
A red glass bead nose for Rodolf and bead eyes for all the reindeer
A blue glass bead eye for little penguin.

On Isaac’s stocking I added:

Glass bead eyes for the penguin
A mouth for the ginger bread man out red glass beads stung together
Glass bead eyes for Santa
Large red beads for the holly berries on the Santa’s airplane

Each needlpoint piece is with light-weight cotton cut on the bias and then the back of each is wool, also cut on the bias. Both are trimmed with gold braid.

To see more about the stitches I chose, click here, here, and here

And click here to see more personalized needlepoint stocking designs!

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Shaded Backgrounds – Needlepoint Stitches

Thinking that it might be nice to have snow falling behind the penguins of the Alexander and Issac stockings, I tried a blue and white mosaic strip as diagrammed below in blue and grey.

This was a “NO, NO!” The penguins got lost with the business of the background. I was back to the drawing board. And time to remove the unwanted stitches. (It is good to remember that removing stitches should be done in the reverse of LIFO (last in first out). Unless absolutely necessary, you don’t want to reuse thread, particularly when working with wool. )

I really liked the stitch. It covered the canvas well and was quick to do. And the added bonus was that the white was easy to take out.

By changing the white in the photo, to a slightly lighter blue on the Isaac stocking’s large penguin, I got a background that gave some depths and movement.

For the Alexander’s little penguin, I reversed the direction of the stitches (i.e., rotated the diagram 90 degrees) and used a darker blue for the grey stitches.

My fingers were flying and ready of Isaac’s Santa. Santa got a variegated blue sky, the puffy snow for his airplane’s exhaust, and a shiny propeller (more about metallic threads in my next blog).

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Friday Favorites – Christmas Needlepoint Ideas – Custom Dogs – and Cute Kids Projects!

Labor day is here, and while it is sad to see summer coming to a close, we’re feeling very blessed and happy to help design more great new needlepoint projects.

Here is some feedback from our customers last week:

“My needlepoint came this afternoon. It looks awesome. Hopefully I don’t mess it up too badly. Thanks for all of your help.” Lynette 8-25-2014

“Loved my belts They were on my doorstep today” Becky 8-25-2014

“I love them~!” Anna 8-25-2014

“I have finished the canvas and love how it came out. Thanks for your help!” Margo 8-24-2014

Before we get to the Christmas ideas, I want you to see the new fish we designed for needlepoint belts this week. They are amazing!

If you love to fish, let us know your favorites and we can do a custom needlepoint belt design for you! Available as DYI needlepoint kit or as a fully stitched needlepoint belt.

Amazing Fishing Needlepoint Belts and More

Onto the Christmas Needlepoint ideas.

Georgia Bulldogs Christmas Needlepoint

Christmas Stocking and Vintage Santa Needlepoint Canvases

Below are some fun kids projects we did, we can personalize the rainbow to any name!

Kids Rainbow and Balloons Needlepoint Canvases

The Pomeranian needlepoint canvas is available in shop, click the following link to see more needlepoint dogs!

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New Christmas and Kids Handpainted Needlepoint Canvases

I’ve mentioned her before, but it is aways good to remind our readers.

We have a great painter in the Denver area that will do custom projects for us.

This week I met with her for two projects she painted of kids names spelled out in playful kid shapes. (see the bottom photo)

While chatting, she also had two projects she had finished for women in her stitching group which I love! The angel stocking really came out amazing.

Angel Hand Painted Needlepoint Christmas Stocking Canvas

The santa greetings is just fun, she even had the needlepoint that she stitched years ago with her!

Greetings Santa HandPainted Needlepoint Canvas

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Kids Alphabet Personalized Name Needlepoint Canvas

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Friday Favorites – NeedlePaint Reviews – New Needlepoint Designs and Custom Projects

This week we’ll start off with some great feedback we received this week:

“Got it in the mail yesterday! Thank you. Am starting on it today and can’t wait to finish. I ended up sending a picture of the canvas to *** so he could see it – his 14 year old blind and deaf dog – who he rescued in 2002 from the shelter, died yesterday. Seeing him on the canvas – and soon on the belt – made him smile. He can’t wait to wear the belt! Thanks again,” Robin 06-10-14

“Thank you. I sent your info to my 3 sisters and a few needlepointer friends. Love your service.” Amy 06-06-14

“Just received it! Can’t wait!” Andrew – 06-09-14

“I received the belt and it looks really cool… If any of his peers want to order one, I’ll send them to you.” Sarah 06-11-14

“I finally got the belt and it looks amazing!! I love it!” Ashley 06-09-14

Next, is a picture of a the green mountain needlepoint belt that one of our customers just finished (and we just designed a new canvas for). Great stitching Kaity!

Green Mountain Needlepoint Belt

Another fun project we worked on is a custom needlepoint christmas stocking. The stitcher wanted to feature Shrek in the design as the recipient is a big fan. I think it came out amazing!

Shrek Custom Needlepoint Stocking Canvas

And last this week are a bunch of custom designed needlepoint belt kits that we did. If you look closely, you’ll see some really great ideas in there. I love the Mt. Rainier design! (sorry for the blurry pics, the light was getting low, but I think the ideas come across well enough to enjoy)