Bargello Needlepoint

I absolutely love to stitch Bargello needlepoint, but I will say, those patterns grounded in some kind of history really attract my attention.

Building a good needlepoint library with easy to decipher pattern instructions enables stitchers an ability to create beautiful canvases.  Color schemes are not paramount in these books, because a stitcher can adapt their preferred color palette.  One of my favorite books contains some rather garish 1970s color schemes, but the patterns, all based on international, historical artifacts, maintain their relevancy in spite of the published stitch palette. 

A mid-1990s Joyce Petschek design

A Nikki Scheuer pattern adapted from a 19th century Siberian embroidered bridal coat finished Fall '20