Back to Back Issues Page
VIVA ZIVA ! newsletter: Volume # 2027: FREE PERSIAN RUG PATTERN ‘TABRIZ’ TRIVET DESIGN
September 18, 2020

V I V A Z I V A ! n e w s l e t t e r

▪volume number: 2027▪ FREE TRIVET DESIGN INSPIRED BY PERSIAN RUG PATTERN ‘TABRIZ’


Thanks so much for subscribing to the VIVA ZIVA! Newsletter.

We’ll be issuing a newsletter regularly, with a new freedesign each time... exclusively created for the VIVA ZIVA! newsletter.

We’d like to show you one of our RECENT PAINTINGS…. a custom ‘MORRIS’ piano bench seat cover during the meticulous painting process of this very intricate design!

….PLUS…… COMING SOON ……NEW JAPANESE STYLE WALL ART DESIGNS …and more ‘floating’designs for our FRENCH COUNTRY GARDEN COLLECTION.



And…… a FREE TRIVET DESIGN


We have adapted our popular Persian Tabriz motif to create an elegant classic trivet design for your dining room table, called ‘TABRIZ MEDALLION TRIVET’

Change the background colour to suit your décor and make it uniquely yours!

Other free designs? …….

Click here to see our newsletter back issues with free designs that may interest you!




WHAT’S IN EACH VIVA ZIVA! NEWSLETTER?


  • New Designs & Updates
  • Recent Paintings
  • Your Stitch/Technique to Try
  • FREEDesign
  • Ask the ZIVA DIVA!
  • Next Issue


NEW DESIGNS & UPDATES


COMING SOON …NEW ART NOUVEAU DESIGNS FOR OUR FRENCH COUNTRY GARDEN COLLECTION !


SNEAK PREVIEW!

These bright and colourful Clematis flowers are just one of the FOUR original Art Nouveau 1907 floral motifs we are adapting for our FRENCH COUNTRY GARDEN COLLECTION!

Still on the drawing board… designs for Tulips, Daylilies, and Oleander!

You will see a similar colour palette for all 4 designs so you can have a set of 4 for dining chair seat covers. They will also work as cushions!

CUSTOM COLOURS?

What colours would work in your home? We can rework the colours just for you!





ALSO COMING SOON …NEW JAPANESE STYLE DESIGNS FOR WALL ART!


Thanks so much for your positive response with our new recently released Japanese Cushion Designs !

We decided to rework the same designs and add them to our Japanese Wall Art Collection! They will be available in the late fall of 2020!

Again, we adapted our two new wall art designs from rare colour Japanese woodblock images from the 1930s.



‘TIMELESS CHRYSANTHEMUMS’


As with our matching cushion design, we have created a classic Japanese minimalist design, called ‘Timeless Chrysanthemums’ by paring down both pattern and colour!

These two chrysanthemum motifs have been placed asymmetrically on a wall art needlepoint panel in a disciplined palette of neutral black and white flowers, black stems and leaves…. and set off by a soft ‘cherry blossom’ colour for the background.

If you want to change this timeless Japanese colour palette , you could select a different background colour to suit the colours in your décor. Uniquely yours!














‘CASCADING CHRYSANTHEMUMS’

This motif is striking on the dark blue-grey wall of this contemporary bedroom!






We have taken the matching ‘White Petals’ cushion motif and stretched it!

By doing this, we have developed a delicate and rhythmic cascade of white chrysanthemum flowers.

With this disciplined palette of just off-white, greys and taupes the focus of the design is completely directed to its asymmetrical composition.



For more background on Japanese design influence since the late 19th century, go to JAPANESE DESIGNS and have a look at our Japanese minimalist designs for needlepoint wall art.








RECENT PAINTINGS


We thought we’d show you one of our recent paintings as we were painting it….

a WILLIAM MORRIS piano bench seat cover!

First, we requested and received the following information from our client:

  • The dimensions of the wooden top of the existing piano bench
  • A photo of the existing piano bench
  • The background and outside border colour
  • The method of attaching to the bench (upholstered or detachable seat pad)

We reworked the design to suit the above, got our client’s approval, and then we started painting!

THE PAINTING PROCESS


First, we painted the curved branches in two soft tones of a rusty-orange colour to create smaller ‘pockets’ in the pattern.

Then we slowly filled in these spaces!

At the same time, we worked on the counted border – the small angular iconic border always used by William Morris to separate the central pattern from the outside border.



Because this pattern is mirrored horizontally, we had to count the canvas holes from the center, to be sure of the symmetry!

Only three more spaces to paint, and then we start on the outside border!




After 6 weeks of painting…..just finishing the border!

The order of painting this intricate pattern could work as well in the order of stitching!

It will give our client a pleasurable sense of progress!








YOUR STITCH/TECHNIQUE TO TRY


BASKETWEAVE STITCH


Again we recommend the Basketweave Tent Stitch throughout with the trivet motif, as we did for the coaster design.

Because of the even weave it creates, you will get a flat-stitched sur-face for the glass covers to fit over it properly.

With both these designs, placing tableware on them such as glasses, bowls, hot dishes, etc. will require a flat surface for safety reasons.

HOW TO GET AN IM-PORTANT FLAT EVEN STITCH?

Go to the TIPS section on our Basic Needlepoint Stitches page.



PRACTICE THE BASKETWEAVE TENT STITCH FIRST!

If you need to practice our even weave technique, practice on a piece of 18hpi gauge canvas first until you feel you have stitched a flat even surface .





FREE DESIGN


A SECOND TABLEWARE DESIGN INSPIRED BY OUR SUBSCRIBERS


We’re repeating the following background from newsletter #26 of our adaptations of the ‘Tabriz’ design for our new subscribers…..

Many of our subscribers have asked us if we would create a small free design that is more traditional in nature for the home.

So we decided to adapt the Tabriz Persian carpet pattern….. our most popular design for piano benches, seat benches and cushions!

These beautiful needlepoint canvases, many with different dimensions and background colours have been created several times thanks to this one very elegant motif!

Click on TABRIZ PIANO BENCH to see our magnificent Tabriz seat cover range, all based on this one motif.




THE DESIGN

‘TABRIZ MEDALLION’ TRIVET

For the Tabriz trivet, we created a larger de-sign at 6” square with the same central medallion as the coaster design (newsletter #26) and then added the full classic complement of rosettes and palm leaves…. completed with a terra cotta border.

You can change the background colour to suit your décor.




Both an elegant and practical addition to this formal dining room setting!

Please note that we worked to the larger trivet dimensions (6” x6” design area) as provided by Sudberry House with the frame again in cherry wood and with a glass cover.






READING THE CHART:

TRIVET CHART

  • This chart shows the Tabriz trivet design at 6” square with 18 gauge canvas







DISTRIBUTION OF TABRIZ COLOURS CHART

  • This chart below shows how the 18 yarn colours are distributed in the Tabriz trivet motif
  • Note that the distribution of colours for the Tabriz Trivet central medallion motif is exactly the same as the colours for the medallion motif for the Tabriz Coaster (newsletter #26)
  • Refer to the coded colour listing below.





YARN COLOURS

All the yarns for the Tabriz coaster design were chosen from Appleton Tapestry Crewel 2-Ply Yarns range of colours.

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

  • #1 – 991 WHITE
  • #2 – 971 ELEPHANT GREY (background)
  • #3 – 328 DULL MARINE BLUE
  • #4 – 221 BRIGHT TERRA COTTA
  • #5 - 224 BRIGHT TERRA COTTA
  • #6 – 226 BRIGHT TERRA COTTA
  • #7 – 304 RED FAWN
  • #8 – 762 BISCUIT BROWN
  • #9 – 183 CHOCOLATE
  • #10 – 155 MID BLUE
  • #11 – 294 JACOBEAN GREEN
  • #12 – 931 DULL MAUVE
  • #13 – 746 BRIGHT CHINA BLUE
  • #14 – 964 IRON GREY
  • #15 – 716 WINE RED
  • #16 – 692 HONEYSUCKLE YELLOW
  • #17 – 292 JACOBEAN GREEN
  • #18 - 603 MAUVE

YARN QUANTITIES

As a guide for the trivet, you will require approximately the following crewel wool yarn quantities:

  • 1 hank and 3 skeins of #2 background colour 971 Elephant Grey (or colour of your choice)
  • 4-5 skeins each for all the remaining yarn colours



OTHER MATERIALS

You will also need :

  • White 18 mesh (hpi) evenweave canvas
  • Approximate Canvas Size: 9” (approx. 23 cm) square
  • # 22 Needlepoint Needle
  • Masking Tape

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





ASK THE ZIVA DIVA!


QUESTION:


Hi ZIVA,

Could you please provide a price for a piano bench cover? Thanks, Isabelle

ANSWER:


Hi Isabelle,

Thank you for contacting us, and your interest in our piano bench covers.

We get this request quite frequently and we require more information before we can put a price to it.

We need the following:

  • The name of the motif you are interested in. We require this to know the extent of the painted detail which will affect the painting time. There also may be more design time required to rework the requested design.
  • The dimensions of the wooden top of the existing piano bench
  • A photo of the existing piano bench to see any important details on the bench top edge.
  • The background and outside border colour. This again may have an effect on the painting time.
  • The method of attaching to the bench (upholstered or detachable seat pad). We need this to know the overall dimensions to allow for, which would include the thickness of the upholstery padding.

With the above information, we can provide you will an itemized quote for the Scope of Work required. At the early stages of any of our potential painting projects, we need to know as much detail as possible of what you want.

We want to be sure we get it right before several weeks of painting!

Thanks again for your interest, and hope to hear from you soon.

Best regards,

Sylvia McLeod





WHAT NEXT?


The next VIVA ZIVA! Newsletter #2028 will be issued in the spring of 2021 .

I’ll be including:

  • New Designs & Updates
  • A new Stitch/Technique to Try with a
  • NEW FREE DESIGN to be issued in spring of 2021
  • 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!

Share this newsletter with friends and relatives.
They can also go to my subscription page on the site to get on the mailing list for the next VIVA ZIVA! Newsletter

Looking forward to sending you the next newsletter!

Sylvia McLeod

Back to Back Issues Page