Needlepoint - reworked

Quite sometime ago, I posted about my work with reworking some needlepoint pieces.   You can see Blog HERE  and below.   I loved the little cats and the iris but wasn't totally satisfied with them.   The others looked so much richer and elegant.

A couple of nights ago, I took them apart and redid them.

 

What do you think?

 

 

I think they look framed and so much more elegant.  

 

 

Needlepoint - I love Needlepoint

I love needlepoint.   I don't like to do it, I just love it.   The cat and the iris were needlepoint panels that I bought at a thrift shop - 2nd Hand Sam's.    This shop is run to aid battered women.    Each panel was $4.00.   I couldn't buy the material to make them for that price.   I backed them with a dark blue fabric and packed them with filling that was leftover from a previous project.

The two large pillows were originally small needlepoint pillows purchased from a very cheap supplier of decorative accessories.   The needlepoint was very well done - the pillow Not So Much.   The backing just fell apart.   Hating to waste the needlepoint I took the pillow apart and made large pillow cover (18 Inch Pillow Form)   The fabric is a heavy duty twill.  

I have 4 needlepoint pillows for less than $50 (that includes the original price of the little pillows).     Generally you would pay double that for one.  
Thanks to whomever did all the real work of doing the needlepoint.  

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