posted on March 13, 2005 11:53:12 AM
With needlepoint, you can see the stitches. With tapestry, it is a woven fabric and you can see the warp/woof direction.
posted on March 13, 2005 01:21:37 PM
Can you post a pic of it? I love tapestry. We used to make tapestry jackets at my old job that were big hits in the stores. We couldn't make enough of them to keep in stock.
posted on March 13, 2005 01:23:45 PM
niel35 - Thought you'd find this helpful...or confuse you even more - you decide.
What is the difference between needlepoint, cross-stitch, and tapestry?
Needlepoint is made by stitching designs onto an open-weave canvas using predominantly diagonal ('tent') stitches. The most basic needlepoint stitch for decorative work is Half Cross Stitch where the reverse side has short, vertical lines, which uses less thread. Other common stitches are Continental and Basket-weave. There are hundreds of other stitches! Needlepoint is normally worked with woolen yarn.
Cross-stitch is similar to needlepoint but uses 'X' shaped stitches. Typically the base material is made from blocks of thread woven together (block-weave), leaving obvious holes for stitching. This makes for a larger weave than the finer canvases and linen used in needlepoint. Cross-stitch is normally worked with cotton yarn.
Tapestry traditionally is a design woven into the fabric itself as it is created on the loom rather than by stitching designs onto an open-weave canvas. However, 'tapestry' has also come to mean needlepoint, especially in the U.K. and Europe. The famous Bayeux Tapestry is actually needlepoint!
