It’s taken 8 days, but the new site is now available for viewing. It’s the same URL as before – www.threadmedley.com
The site goes into detail about how to Adapt Art to Needlepoint. I’ve set up a step-by-step description of how I adapted the blue rug. The Moroccan Tile adaptation page has been started. The patchwork quilt adaptations will be up soon.
So please visit and check it out. There’s an email link on the About Jan page and the Inspiration Resources and Links page.
Tell me what you like, what’s missing, what you want to see more of.
I wanted everyone to know that I started the transfer process today. The old site has been stripped of just about everything and will go silent at any time. The new site is almost ready to go and I have created it all myself (with the help of my Mac). Here’s a little sample. As you can see, it’s nothing like the old site. It’s about Adapting Art to Needlepoint and explains step-by-step how I go about it. I’ll be adding content as I have time over the next few months. I’ll post again when the new site is up and ready for its debut.
In a previous post, I told you I was working on a new website. It’s coming along, but won’t be ready till the end of April. I thought I would share my vision with you today.
What I want to do is a whole site related to Adapting Art to Needlepoint. I will gradually build it up as a resource for anyone interested in adapting art to needlepoint. I will include information on:
What is adaptation
Where to look for inspiration – links to websites and books on the topic
Doing the research
How to select motifs
Ways to adapt the motifs, such repeating, combining, subtracting, etc.
Choosing your colors
Determining what stitches to use
I will be writing articles about each of these steps and a second sets of articles about my Moroccan adaptations to illustrate each step. I hope this grows over time to cover many types of art (pottery, rugs, ceramics, tiles, etc.) from cultures all over the world.
I’d love to hear your opinions and ideas. What would you like to see? What cultures are you interested in? Leave a comment here or send me email using the email link in the right column.
