NeedlePaint.com Is Now Making Custom Hand Painted Needlepoint Canvases
NeedlePaint.com is now making custom hand painted canvases for needlepointers, all types of pictures and designs can be stitch painted onto Zweigart mono deluxe canvas.
Online, March 21, 2012 (Newswire.com) - In addition to making printed needlepoint kits, NeedlePaint.com announced today that they now also hand paint needlepoint canvases.
In the past NeedlePaint has been focused on making high quality, stitch counted, printed custom needlepoint canvas. But over the last year, they have gotten many requests for hand painted needlepoint canvases. "We want our customers to have the best of both worlds" says president Seth Berman.
NeedlePaint's artist has over 30 years of needlepoint painting experience has has had her work featured in Horchow catalog and Good Housekeeping magazine. She loves to paint from photos and is especially talented at painting animal canvases.
Here are the major things to consider if you want purchase a hand painted canvas from Needlepaint.com
Timeframe: 2-3 weeks to hand paint your design
Stitch Guides: Hand painted needlepoint canvases will not include a stitch guide for reference. Instead, each color is painted on the side of the canvas for color matching.
Cost: Generally hand painted canvases cost about 20% more. You will need to contact NeedlePaint.com directly to get pricing, as each project is custom, each price will vary by size and degree of difficulty. Email info (at) needlepaint.com
Designs: Most designs and photos can be painted. Needlepoint Dogs are always popular, but the artist can also paint people, cats, and homes. Or, if you want to coordinate with an old needlepoint christmas stocking, she can do that.
Kits: Floss or yarn can be added to your order.
Refunds: NeedlePaint.com is confident you'll be happy with your canvas. They offer 100% refunds within 60 days of ordering.
Please be aware, that NeedlePaint is offering this as an additional service. They still believe that their printed canvases, with color groupings (called "needlepainting") is the best option for turning photos into needlepoint kits. All printed canvases are stitch counted and come with a coated stitch guide, color aid, and are matched to DMC floss.
NeedlePaint.com is an online needlepoint store where shoppers can easily upload their own photos and have them turned into needlepoint kits and canvases. The shop keeps over 400 colors of embroidery floss in stock and can put images onto 10, 12, 14, and 18 mesh mono deluxe Zweigart canvas. They specialize in custom needlepoint projects and also offer stitch finishing as well as pillow finishing services.
Needlepoint is a form of counted thread embroidery in which yarn is stitched through a stiff open weave canvas. Most needlepoint designs completely cover the canvas. Although needlepoint may be worked in a variety of stitches, many needlepoint designs use only a simple tent stitch which rely upon color changes to construct a pattern. Needlepoint is not only fun, but has been found to be very relaxing by many stitchers. Needlepoint projects can be put in frames and displayed on the wall, made into pillows, and mounted in ways still yet to be discovered. To see many fun new needlepoint ideas, visit the NeedlePaint.com neeldepoint blog at DesignNeedlepointKits.com/