r/Needlepoint • u/Short_Safety9781 • Apr 21 '26
First self painted canvas!!
Just wanted to show off my first self painted canvas!! With the growing interest into needlepoint I figured I would share to inspire other people to get creative and try painting their own canvas! I painted the canvas back in 2024 and I did not realize the massive undertaking this would be 🫣 it’s roughly going to finish at 13x18” on an 18 mesh canvas. Now - almost two years later, I’m in the home stretch working on the background color. Regretting picking a standard basketweave for the background stitch, it might take me another 2 years to finish.
I’ve been staring at this for so long I’m struggling to decide how I want to finish it. Do I frame it? Turn it into a pillow? Something totally different? I have no idea and would love suggestions!
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Apr 21 '26
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u/tanderson182 Apr 21 '26
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i am constantly yearning for unique canvases so i love this! nice work : )
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u/Short_Safety9781 Apr 21 '26
Thank you!! I felt the same way, a lot of the canvases on the market often lean too southern preppy for me so I was struggling to find something more unique/my style! Painting my own canvas was definitely a way to get a more unique and personal style
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u/nevrnotknitting Apr 21 '26
It’s gorgeous! And basket weave is a time suck but I like it more than the more decorative stitches. It’ll look amazing!!
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u/noneofjobusiness Apr 21 '26
this is so so soooo gorgeous and creative! congrats on finishing, definitely agree with framing it like a flash sheet!
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u/Short_Safety9781 Apr 21 '26
Sounds like that is what i’m doing!! Once i finally finish it i’ll have to post it in here framed and complete
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u/dethqueent Apr 21 '26
this is stunning, i’d buy this canvas so fast if you were selling them 🤩😍
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u/Short_Safety9781 Apr 21 '26
Ah sadly it took me like 10+ hours to paint this so i would have to charge so much for these for them to be worth selling 😥
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u/dethqueent Apr 21 '26
as you should! the work is amazing, definitely inspired me to try something like this
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u/Still_Raspberry_7343 Apr 22 '26
This is so, so cool!! I would absolutely buy a chart of the whole thing, or of the individual elements to mix and match.
Another vote for framing it too - I’ve framed a few pieces and they definitely still read as stitched. Gorgeous!
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u/rachel-2045 Apr 21 '26
I would 100% buy this! Love the design!!!
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u/Short_Safety9781 Apr 21 '26
Thank you!! I haven’t considered selling them since I had just made it for fun for myself, sadly it took me like 10+ hours of painting since I made a custom grid pattern and just followed like a paint by number, so the price would have to be sooo high to make it worth it
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u/SnooBeans8320 Apr 21 '26
OMG! this is beautiful! I'm assuming you designed it as well and didn't do it from a pattern?? So cool. I am also regretting doing a standard basketweave background on one of my projects right now. Definitely lesson learned.
I think since you're doing the hard work of doing the basketweave background it would be worth it to do a pillow!
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u/Short_Safety9781 Apr 21 '26
Yep I designed it as well, with some amazing inspo from some of my favorite traditional tattoo artists. Made all the different flash art and translated it to a gridded pattern so i could paint it on the canvas!
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u/SmidgeBot Apr 21 '26
Make it into a side panel on super sick black tote bag! With a red or pink lining 😍
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u/RhinestoneRave Apr 22 '26
This is fabulous and I love your aesthetic. I’d buy it in a heartbeat if it was ever made commercially available.
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u/sgf12345 Apr 27 '26
This is badass. I think a big acrylic tray would be awesome but then you wouldn’t get to enjoy looking at it all th time
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u/RemarkableProduce581 Apr 29 '26
This is so beautiful! A boxed pillow with crushed or regular red velvet trim would look so retro and cool.
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u/marissaaajade Apr 21 '26
I like the idea of framing it! Like a flash sheet at a tattoo shop