Punch Needle

Marinda Stewart is a multi talented artist and designer in many mediums.  She's designed most of the Michael Miller quilts over the years and has now authored

  Punchneedle

The Complete Guide

To paraphrase her: it's as close to painting with a needle and thread as I've ever found.  At it's best it's reminiscent of pointillism.  

She  and designer Mark Hordyszinski recently visited me here in wine country.  Sharing local wine and cheese and with fellow foodies was a real treat.  Amongst all the fun I managed to take these shots to share with you:

here's the part that blows my mind:

the front:

the back!

at one time this was done with re-purposed hypodermic needles 

all neat in their little box

 and the exquisite top

here's the quilt top

hedgehog

bunny

squirrel

and then this tiny jeweled flower!

exquisite!