Has anyone ordered patterns from Golden Kite before? They do a lot of classic art reproductions that are downloadable in PDF. There's a pattern I absolutely MUST have, but their price is $43. I don't want to outlay that much cash if their quality isn't that good. I haven't seen this particular tapestry turned into a crosstitch pattern anywhere else, and the picture itself has mucho sentimental value (I fell in love with it when I saw it in the Louvre).
J.
"Jinx Minx" wrote (Snip)
Sorry, I don't know anything about the pattern company, but don't leave an Art History major in suspense; please tell me what the picture is.
Dawne
Here it is!
Jinx
Here's a link:
Have never ordered from them, but they've been around for a while. If you google this group, there used to be someone on their website who was doing Views of Rome(?) Very intricate picture, and he had articles on the golden kite website about his stitching technique on 'confetti' patterns. I don't think he's still associated with them, at least not publicly.
Dora
I've gotten their free pattern, but didn't stitch it. I've drooled over them for years but the prices are too steep for me. There are loads of other patters I can stitch first. :) The freebie though seemed well designed and was clear to read if that helps.
Heather > >
J.
Can't help you with that.
Is that the site where there was a man spending years stitching a huge masterpiece? He had it as a sort of blog, updated every few months with how many thousands of stitches completed etc ...I think it was the Sistine chapel, but I could be wrong. He had hundreds of colors, with all the threads dangling downwards. I thought I had it bookmarked, but can't find it.
Gillian
It is, but he hasn't updated the blog in a year:
The free pattern is an orange rose on a black background. I've got it downloaded if you would like me to email it to you.
I'd totally be up for splitting an order if people were interested. There's definitely more than three patterns I'm interested in myself, but just can't justify spending quite that much on patterns at the moment. The Buddha is nice. I really like the rich lush color of it. There used to be another site I had bookmarked long ago that had tons of great Buddha and Hindu gods patterns as well as mandalas. I love the mandalas. I'll have to see if I can find the link again for you.
Totally off topic for you, Victoria: I heard on the news tonight there's a wasp nest growing in a buddhist temple in Rochester, MN that looks like Buddha. Coincidental? I found it interesting, anyway. Just as long as it doesn't end up on eBay like the Jesus toast.
Jinx
"Jangchub" wrote
Ah but Vic, if Jesus appears on my toast, what can I have for breakfast???
Dawne
Then there was the reflection on the outside of Tim Hortons in Antigonish of Jesus. People starting gathering to see it, some said there were cures, but then the manager quite sensibly changed the light bulb, no more Jesus.
Dawne Do you remember the Jesus that appeared on the wall of the Tim Horton's in Nova Scotia? (Air Farce did a great skit on it) It disappeared when they changed the lights.
MargW
"MargW" wrote
Well, if the Tim's there is like the Tim's nearest my place, the drive through line is often soooo long that the second coming might occur before you get your coffee.
Dawne
Snort - girl, you nearly had me blowing coffee out my nose!!!
MargW
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