tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post2562981632325941400..comments2024-03-17T08:50:52.059-04:00Comments on Betsy Speert's Blog: Needlepoint LoveBetsy Speerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228282974759764845noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-45222357935778362192013-06-25T22:43:37.259-04:002013-06-25T22:43:37.259-04:00OK, Betsy, THANKS A LOT for getting me re-hooked o...OK, Betsy, THANKS A LOT for getting me re-hooked on needlepoint! Haven't done it for years. However, now that you have reminded me how pretty it is and how much interest it can add to a room, I have begun to haunt my local thrift shops and "antique" stores for likely candidates to re-do in the right colors for my rooms. <br /><br />About 10 days ago I scored a fairly large piece (appropriate for a piano bench) for just $10. Since I travel A LOT for work, I was able to remove all the of the awful reddish-purple (the color of clotted blood) from the background in just a few days. Now I just need to decide what color to add back in. I am thinking about filling the center medallian with a soft yellow. Then, for the outside, a trellis pattern. Could look great or it could look ghastly. I will send you photos when it is done!<br /><br />Smiles from My Slice of Provence, Charlotte Des Fleurs Charlotte Des Fleurshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00562431660483372584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-82467221047122934732013-01-10T09:28:22.571-05:002013-01-10T09:28:22.571-05:00I love needlepoint too. I don't remember seein...I love needlepoint too. I don't remember seeing that bench. Anyway if my name gets picked by random selector you better let me win this time!!Amy Chalmershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622362955890810774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-22072848007990161712013-01-09T09:35:21.820-05:002013-01-09T09:35:21.820-05:00Love the needle point, very beautiful. Lovely roo...Love the needle point, very beautiful. Lovely room. Have a great day.<br /><br />CynthiaCynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18110661139781107705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-85994875415723843792013-01-09T06:33:15.171-05:002013-01-09T06:33:15.171-05:00LOL...I probably won't win the apron, so I'...LOL...I probably won't win the apron, so I'll be mildly disappointed...I'll just have to make my own...anyway I also have a love affair with iron beds, I even rescued one from an abandoned old house for my daughter, she took it to college with her, and I miss her (it). It has been painted many different colors, even a grape purple (dark), which believe it or not was really pretty in her bedroom. I collect unfinished, finished needlepoint...I do not think a room is complete without needlepoint, maybe I got that from all the pictures of your rooms that I ripped out of magazines. I wonder. donnaLady Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118924605331267248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-38420066476510062752013-01-08T21:38:14.271-05:002013-01-08T21:38:14.271-05:00Love it all Betsy! and how dare someone say mean t...Love it all Betsy! and how dare someone say mean things about anything in someone else's house, we all have leftovers and thingy's sitting around in our HOMES, at least I do not live in a museum, hehehe. I love needlepoint and shamefully one of mine is stashed away in a dark place! Now I'm encouraged to get it out and put it on a bench at the foot of my guest bed. Which by the way is an antique - 1790's iron and brass bed. My hubster bought it near Woodbridge England while in the Air force in 1977. It was a rusty old thing in a barn. He says there were literally thousands to choose from. Dang, I wish he would've chosen a feminine one with birds and flowers, but he was a bachelor. Anyway, he had it redone and made into a queen. Cheers!RKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185276481117234452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-72542566476949078832013-01-08T20:46:56.000-05:002013-01-08T20:46:56.000-05:00I love how nothing is gray in your room. I'm ...I love how nothing is gray in your room. I'm tired of all the gray in decorating nowdays....it's not warm to me at all. It reminds me of my parents basement, and that was not a 'decorated' area;-) tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371525330218090366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-71442055144973551462013-01-08T18:27:58.980-05:002013-01-08T18:27:58.980-05:00I watch the British Antiques Roadshow and one of t...I watch the British Antiques Roadshow and one of the experts said yesterday that nobody looks at their own objects (they never see the hallmarks or signatures...). <br /><br />Love the needlepoint. <br />Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13017783702978548133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-21504102748856390242013-01-08T17:25:33.735-05:002013-01-08T17:25:33.735-05:00Me too! I LOVE, collect needlepoint. Beautiful ro...Me too! I LOVE, collect needlepoint. Beautiful room Betsy and I love how you added the fringe to the stool. AND yes, you are very CLEVER!!!<br /><br />BTW, couldn't help notice your comment above...isn't it funny how "we" see things so often that we look right past them sometimes. Makes me want to walk around me house with "fresh" eyes to notice what others are "REALLY" seeing...yikes...hope I'm not embarrassed!<br /><br />Again, LOVE your room!!!<br />Blessings,<br />CindyCindy @ Dwellings-The Heart of Your Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02897883854642097143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-44807605342641349362013-01-08T17:23:50.357-05:002013-01-08T17:23:50.357-05:00What's the little yellow thing on the bed? It...What's the little yellow thing on the bed? It looks like a piece of bread, but I guess it is a teeny tiny pillow. How about a post on where to send these beds to be stretched to queen size? I think there is a place in Westport CT that does it. Something like Charles Anthony. I'm glad you are bringing back chintz. I had my Coutan and Tout sofa recovered, but I saved my wall to wall curtains and valance. AnnNutbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06582321253031488710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-91274461310510324352013-01-08T17:02:33.904-05:002013-01-08T17:02:33.904-05:00Those flowers are left over from something, and no...Those flowers are left over from something, and not really meant to be there.<br />After stuff has been in place for a decade, I don't notice it anymore.....Betsy Speerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228282974759764845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-81862521072804221622013-01-08T16:54:56.752-05:002013-01-08T16:54:56.752-05:00Love almost everything in this bedroom. Love the b...Love almost everything in this bedroom. Love the bed, the bedding, the bench with the needlepoint seat, the painted and unpainted furniture, the fabulous armoire, the lamps, the wallpaper, the art on the walls, the salvaged rug...only thing I'm not nuts about is the oversized silk flower arrangement that looks like it is coming out of the wall under the dormer. You can see it in the "reverse mirror" shot. Did you really mean to have the flowers like that? No big deal they just seem out of place which is rare for you. Vikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819451833537887145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-9164098975353212882013-01-08T16:25:59.278-05:002013-01-08T16:25:59.278-05:00Needlepoint and cross stitch (not the little-girl-...Needlepoint and cross stitch (not the little-girl-in-a-bonnet sort though) get me every time. One day, when life is less peripatetic I'd like to needlepoint seats for the dining room chairs. In the meantime a small footstool seems the likeliest thing.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780745603109193534.post-69586239663384457022013-01-08T15:48:09.550-05:002013-01-08T15:48:09.550-05:00Love the needlepoint...love the bed. I have my Dad...Love the needlepoint...love the bed. I have my Dad's old iron bed...not using it since it is for a full size (even though we sleep in a full size at the lake). It needs one work since his STEP grand kids bent the end copper pieces by doing flips on or off the bed. Need I say more about my wicked stepmother and her uncouth brood?! Luckily, I don't have to deal with them any more...but I wonder if I should just fix what I can and use the darn bed anyway. Of course, my husband doesn't want to use itLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419064675503630388noreply@blogger.com