"Needlepaints" Specialty Threads

Copyright © 2001 Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum

"Needlepaints" specialty thread is 100% Egyptian cotton, sent from Japan, and has been processed by Kreinik to feel almost like the word that rhymes with milk! They will be put into 10-meter skeins and there will be an antique-looking manila card printed in L&L blue with a metalic grommet. They are labeled with each number clearly visible on a hang tag. So far I have three color families......each one has the palest pale version and darkens down to the darkest dark of that color. 100% guaranteed colorfast!!!!!!

Designers have been reaching for these colors for years and I decided that if I wanted them I would have to make them. Each individual color comes in a 10-meter skein.

The colors in the collection are (shade numbers are light to dark):

• 6 shades of Lavender/Blue [2001-2006] (used in "Angel of Mercy II")
• 5 shades of Orchid [2007-2011] (used in the "Angel of the Morning")
• 6 shades of Robin's Egg Blue [2101-2106]

I don't intend to compete with DMC; they will always be the main source for my color palette. I will only create the colors not available in any other cotton threads. This is not a profit move at all on my part. I feel that the creation of these colors is my gift to the stitching world. These are for special touches. The "Needlepaints" are my way of creating the dreamed-of colors.

With these carefully shaded tones designers can create the dimension and realism the customer likes about my designs.

If there is a favorable response to the threads, I will continue to produce them in the colors that we designers have asked for, over the years.

See also

• Angel of Mercy II......L&L 52
• Angel of the Morning......L&L 53

Copyright © 2001 Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum. All rights reserved.