Trillium patterns

I suppose the best way of describing the effort was that it was unsuccessful. At least as regarding getting a pattern that was worthwhile to stitch. However, I did learn quite a lot of what sort of patterns I like to stitch, so the effort was not entirely wasted. It is all a question of having a pattern that is small enough to stitch, and at the same time has enough detail to make it worthwhile stitching. What I set out to do was to get such patterns for Canadian wildflowers, and, as I noted in my first sentence, I have failed in this effort.

Looking for Canadian wildflowers, eh?

Seems to me that Jean McIntosh or Alice Godkin or Louise Gregoire or some other Canuck from the 50's did the series as individual flowers, and as bouquets.

Now of course they called them "petit point" but the squares are coded for DMC and Anchor, so it seems that you might be able to stitch them just fine. The designs from the above mentioned artists that I have used are very detailed and lifelike.

Jean McIntosh patterns are still sold from Winnipeg, and online (think it's

and the rest are special order from Sheena's Needlework in Winnipeg. Sheena has the catalogues and does mail order.

--Irene (grew up with those florals)

F.James Cripwell wrote:

I am afraid I did not make myself clear. Yes, I am interested in Canadian wildflower patterns, but the main emphasis was to produce them myself. Ever since I started doing counted cross stitch, I dreamed of producing my own patterns. The advent on digital cameras and computer software seemed like this should be possible for Canadian wildflowers. It may be so for others, but not for me. Sigh!!!

Hello Jim,

Growing up with those florals made me wish to design them. I have (like you) not had much luck. But I got to meet Louise Gregoire some years ago, and she told me that she used paintings as the source of most of her designs. She also said that she used her family's artwork for the first several scenes that she converted (manually) to counted work.

It seems to me that the designers who pick up watercolours or oils are the ones who come up with the finest and most detailed counted work. Maybe they know something important about the process?

Bargello is more cerebral needlework. I found it possible to stitch (and rip) until I had someth> (ellis snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com) writes: