WRIGHT’S STAINED-GLASS PATTERN

This precise and serene wall art design ‘Spring Day-lily’ was inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright!

This stained-glass pattern has very strong vertical elements depicting the stem and leaves of the daylily…. with the abstract day-lily flower centred boldly at the top of the tapestry.

We were asked to paint the Spring Day Lily design at a custom size at 24” x 40” (approx. 60 cm x 102 cm).

We create Custom sizes of our designs, just go to Contact Us and we’ll show you what your choice can look like!

NEW DESIGNS

COMING SOON! ……. STAINED-GLASS CUSHION DESIGNS .... inspired by Architect Antoni Gaudi’s Basilica LA SAGRADA FAMILIA.

Here’s our first design based on one of Antoni Gaudi’s stained-glass windows at the Basilica he designed, La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona!

We couldn’t resist adapting the bold, bright abstract designs and vibrant colours of these windows!

Who is Antoni Gaudi?

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (1852 – 1926) was a Catalan architect who has become internationally recognized as one of the most prodigious experts in his discipline, as well as one of the top exponents of modernism.

It has been pointed out that, along with Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow, Gaudí carried the Art Nouveau style far beyond its usual application as a surface decoration.

Gaudi viewed the natural world as perfect, a creation from which he drew inspiration. Nowhere is this connection more clearly visible than in his masterpiece, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia.

The Sagrada Familia represents the culmination of Gaudi's career.

More cushion designs will be coming soon based on the stained-glass designs from La Sagrada Familia!

FREE DESIGN

‘MACKINTOSH ROSE’ COLLAR NECKLACE FREE DESIGN

DESIGN CONCEPT

With Mackintosh’s flowing designs in the back of our minds, we reshaped and simplified the handkerchief design, to the human shape and scale …. but still using his basic colours and design elements including his iconic rose! We call it ‘Mackintosh Rose’.

We subdued the strong yellow of the handkerchief and added more black to appeal to today’s taste in colours.

Once you have it stitched, line the back of the necklace, add a chain and it’s ready to wear!

Go to Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s designs for more background on his work.

READING THE CHART:

MACKINTOSH ROSE COLLAR NECKLACE CHART

• This chart shows the free ‘Mackintosh Rose’ collar necklace design with 14-gauge evenweave canvas.
• You will notice that we simplified the detail in ‘rose’ section for ease of stitching.

YOUR STITCH TO TRY:

THE FRENCH KNOT AND THE STEM STITCH

You could use the French Knot in yellow shown in the small blue designs on either side of the rose. The Stem Stitch could be used in some or all the blue outlines.

We have featured these two stitches before, but they would work with this design, so we thought we’d include them again. To get full instruction on how to use them go to our Decorative Needlepoint Stiches page. for more detail.

Note: If you decide to use the DMC light Effects yarns (see list below) you should use the standard Tent Stitch. You will find the Light Effects yarn too stiff for these decorative stitches.

YARN COLOURS

All the yarns for the ‘Mackintosh Rose’ design were chosen from DMC Mouliné Spécial 6-ply cotton range of colours.

They are readily available at your local needlepoint shop or online:

• #1 – #321 RED *
• #2 – # 304 MID-RED *
• #3 – #498 DARK-RED *
• #4 – #3821 WHEAT (background)
• #5 – #995 BLUE
• #6 – # 701 GREEN
• #7 – #310 BLACK

* NOTE: You can use all three reds to give the rose more depth or you can stitch it in one of the above colours for a more graphic effect. Your choice!

Want to add more sparkle?

You could add small yellow beads to the finished canvas instead of stitching the French Knots.

You can also add one or all of the these following colours from DMC Light Effects instead of the yarns listed above!

• #1 – E321 RED *
• #2 – E815 MID-RED *
• #3 – E815 DARK-RED *
• #4 – E3852 WHEAT (background)
• #5 – E3843 BLUE
• #6 – E699 GREEN
• #7 – E310 BLACK

YARN QUANTITIES

As a guide for the Mackintosh Rose threads, you will require approximately the following 6-ply cotton thread quantities:

• 3 skeins for colours #1,#2, #3, #6,
• 4 skeins for colours #4,#5 #7

OTHER MATERIALS

You will also need :

• White 14 mesh (hpi) evenweavecanvas
• Approximate Canvas Size: 11” x 9” (approx. 28 cm x 23 cm)
• # 20 Needlepoint Needle
• Masking Tape

Go to the ZIVA site for more detail info on the MATERIALS required.

MAKING UP SUGGESTIONS

• Once you have finished stitching it, you should block it. Go to our “How to Block It” page and look at our suggestion for blocking curved shapes.
• Cut the canvas around the stitched collar necklace leaving a ½” seam all around it.
• Cut a black piece of lightweight lining but make it slightly smaller than the stitched collar necklace
• Turn the canvas seam to the back and press down. Do the same with the lining.
• Hand sew the lining to the stitched canvas
• Purchase two (2) ‘D’ rings and turn top ends to the back through the rings and hand stitch in place.
• Add a chain on either end of the ‘D’ rings, and it’s ready to wear!

ASK THE ZIVA DIVA!

Hi ZIVA,

I would love to learn how to paint on needlepoint canvas. Can you give me some tips? Thanks for any help you can give. Celia, USA

ANSWER:

Hi Celia,

Thank you contacting us at ZIVA Needlepoint Designs.

If you are already familiar with painting in general, you are one step closer to learning to paint on needlepoint canvas.

There are absolutely several tutorials online available to help you with learning to paint on needlepoint canvas. You could start there.

But, in my opinion, you would be better to find a local needlepoint store and ask them if they know of any workshops providing this service. It’s more hands-on that way. That is how I learned! I went to London, England (not local from France!) to a workshop conducted by Ehrman Tapestry.

I had already designed and stitched (and counted!) a very symmetrical Tabriz design for my piano bench and I thought I’d prefer that the next time not to count everything! So, I found Ehrman Tapestry providing workshops just for learning to paint on needlepoint canvas!

In one weekend they outlined all the materials necessary, and how to get started. I had taken an image of the Tabriz cushion design I wanted to paint (photo at left of painting completed). The main pattern in the centre I could paint freely, but I learned the very symmetrical design on the border still has to be counted after all! Lesson learned!

Go to Tabriz cushion to see the final stitched results!

Now I’m doing it professionally, and with ‘Stitch Painting’, I’m still counting!

Good luck! Let me know how you get on.

Best regards, Sylvia McLeod

WHAT NEXT?

The next VIVA ZIVA! Newsletter #2332 will be issued in the spring of 2023 .

• New Designs & Updates
• A new Stitch/Technique to Try with a
• NEW FREE DESIGN to be issued in fall of 2022
• And lots of other features!

Please contact me if there is a particular stitch or technique you’d like me to use for a free design in a future newsletter!

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Looking forward to sending you the next newsletter!

Sylvia McLeod