Collins Street

Description

The Collins Street cushion in pink

Collins Street is a hand painted needlepoint cushion kit. It features a bold, geometric, mid-century design inspired by the dramatic fabrics of the 1960’s .

Each canvas is individually hand painted which means you can order a variation of the colour scheme to suit you.

The base colour scheme includes:

• a French Blue central motif
• a white background
• plus a feature colour (here in pink) and tonal highlight for the square grid

Inspired by the fabrics of the 1960’s

The Collins Street design has a very interesting story which includes a generous friend, a lovely uncle and his hoard of fabric swatches from his travels to Europe to buy silk and other luxurious fabrics for Australian fashion houses in the 1960’s.  You can read more here.

From a 1960’s silk swatch a needlepoint grows

Collins Street in Pinks

Commission your own colour scheme

As this is a hand painted design you can decide on the feature colour of your choice at no extra cost.

To commission your unique colourway, contact me Barbara@studiostitches.com.au to discuss the details.

Here are some samples of the beautiful colourways I prepared earlier:

Collins Street in Ochre

Collins Street in Teal

Collins Street in Gold

As well as the hand painted canvas, every kit includes:

• DMC 100% wool. All you need (and extra if you run out)
• 2 tapestry needles
• full instructions, and follow support as needed
• a “studio stitches” cloth label
• a wonderfully practical zip bag to store your project as you stitch.

Free workshop

For those of you who live in Adelaide, I offer a one hour free workshop with every kit. The workshops are for one hour, here in my studio and I promise to get you stitching confidently before you leave.

Bring a friend, have a cuppa and get stitching.

I hope you find a spot for a Collins St cushion (or two) in your home and join me in the wonderful craft of needlepoint.

Happy stitching!

Barbara