Entries tagged with “needlepoint” from kotaraindustries.com, the helsinki branch

As a young child, my friend Matt wrote and illustrated an amazing fable starring a wolf, a crane, and a dove.  It was ingeniously titled "The Wolf, the Crane, and the Dove."  To read this riveting tale, go here.  Important details to note:

• The wolf is shirtless, and wearing jeans.
• The artist has gone to painstaking efforts to show that they are not just any jeans, but Lee jeans.
• The moral of this fable is "Three can keep a secret if two are dead," which is pretty damn morbid and awesome for a 4th grader.

Matt's birthday was in January, and I really struggled to come up with a good idea for a present for him.  Anytime that happens, I always revert to what I call my "macaroni necklace tactics," and try to make something.  From the heart.  So I decided to make him a needlepoint with the catchphrase from his fabled fable.

First, I had to plan, organize, and graph out the gothic-style letters I nabbed from a needlepointing site.  Back in my Girl Scout craft jamboree days, I would have used map pencils and graph paper.  But I am no longer 1986 Girl Scout Halee.  I am 2008 Web Analyst Halee, so I used Excel:



Then over my Christmas break, I diligently needlepointed the yuletide away.  When Matt's birthday rolled around, I was done with the needlepoint, but hadn't had time to get it framed.  So I threw this piece of fabric at him, and then immediately demanded it back.  Note: I am currently angry with myself for not taking pictures to incrementally document the progress and make a time lapse animated gif. 



Two months later...I finally got around to having it framed and viola!  I was worried that a gray and brown feather didn't really match up with a crane and dove which are typically white.  But then again, Matt's crane and dove were bright orange, so screw it!