Tulip Window Factory
Needlepoint 10.75" x 7", May 2014. Pillow 16" x 10", Summer 2019.
Needlepoint 10.75" x 7", May 2014. Pillow 16" x 10", Summer 2019.
Needlepoint on 13-mesh canvas, Planet Earth Fiber 100% silk yarn. Design was adapted from the Frank Lloyd Wright Lake Geneva Tulip Window. Fairfield poly-fil pillow form, cotton fabric.
Technical challenges: I only had to design one tile on graph paper and replicate by 12. But while inking the pattern I made a mistake that I didn't notice until I had stitched the entire section, at which point it was glaringly obvious. Undoing continental stitches embedded in a larger area is impossible. Left this problem in a drawer for several months and finally just stitched over eleven stitches with the correct colors.