We have some wonderful new pictures in our gallery!
There is a beginning of "The Accolade - Edmund Blair-Leighton" (interestingly, starting at the bottom)
and two completed pieces beautifully framed, "Bowl of Flowers in a Landscape -
Joseph Nigg" and "Basket and Vase of Flowers - Cornelis Van Spaendonck". These
are must-sees!
"Dancing Bears" (shown right) was suggested by a member. If you have suggestions
for patterns, we'd love to hear them! If you have already submitted a suggestion
and your email address changes, please be sure to let us know - the best way is
to use our member
services page.
By the way, people occasionally ask "What's going on with my suggestion? Are
you going to use it? Any idea when?" We thought it might be helpful to
explain what some of the considerations are.
Alas, it's quite time-consuming to
create a cross stitch pattern, and we have a long list of ideas. We try to select pictures that will appeal to
lots of people, and we try to have a variety (and that includes cycling through
various styles. If we went on a major Impressionist kick, for example, that
might be great for some people but not so good for people who prefer other
styles). Also, we sometimes have a problem with the art. We need a
good-quality, fairly large image to work with. If we can't find such an image
to use as the starting point, we won't be able to use the picture. Then there
are pictures which by their nature don't lend themselves well to cross stitch -
especially pictures with a lot of people in them. These were often huge
canvasses and simply can't be reduced enough to fit on a single piece of
fabric. And of course some pictures are copyrighted and we can't use
those. (We may be able to license some copyrighted work in the future.)
Our hope here is to give you a little insight into our process, not to
discourage you from sending your suggestions! You may have the perfect idea
we've been looking for, plus remember that if we create a pattern from your
suggestion, we'll email you a copy of the pattern!
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Still Life Of Flowers In A Basket by an Alabaster Urn on a
Marble Pedestal - Gerard Van Spaendonck
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Dancing Bears -
William Holbrook Beard
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| Heliodore's Woodstar and a Pink Orchid - Martin Johnson Heade
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| Rest on the Flight into Egypt - Luc-Olivier Merson
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