Milan Monday: a beautiful capital from via Manzoni

Looking for a classicizing capital to top off something in a design, or just make a lovely horizontal pillow, or decoration? Well, here you go!...More......

I developed today's design--free for your personal non-commercial stitching pleasure--out of my own photo of a façade on via Manzoni in Milan. I captured the detail of my photo that I wanted, then I uploaded it into the handy StitchPainter program, forcing the size and shape that I wanted (you CAN do this, but you also can let the photo upload as it will).

The capital has the ancient Greek (handed down through the Renaissance) ionic order scroll curls gussied up with a 19th century taste for decoration.

For more info about the building, and a picture of the whole façade, see my post in my "My Milan (Italy)" blog: http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2012/01/via-manzoni-9.html.

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (44): an urban lakeside scene, complete with little temple and swan!

I know, I know...most of my designs are horribly complicated.

Or they LOOK horribly complicated.

Why's that?...More......

Because I'm frantically busy, like all of you, so can't stop to simplify the images simply imported into my StitchPainter program.

Use my designs to inspire you, to set out proportions, to give you a clue of colors.

Then simplify at will.

Here's another good example.

I'd go crazy if I needlepointed this just as it is: a gorgeous urban lakeside scene, complete with decorative temple and swan.

I took my photo, uploaded it into StitchPainter, and turned it into a diagram and then a BMP image to share with you for your personal, non-commercial stitching fun.

If you're interested in knowing more about what it is and where it is in Milan, go to my other blog, My Milan (Italy): http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/10/gorgeous-tempietto-on-urban-lakeside-in.html.

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (43): a lovely lady in a 1930s mosaic

In honor of women's fashion week in Milan, here's a lovely lady in a 1930s mosaic for the 43rd Milan Monday.

If you want to know more about the image and the photo, see my other blog, My Milan (Italy): http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com.

I captured my photograph, imported it into StitchPainter, then turned it into a BMP to share with you for your personal non-commercial stitching pleasure.

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (42): the Sforza crest, have buckets will travel

Like family crests? Here's a good one for you straight from the Sforza Castle for Milan Monday.

This diagram, for your personal non-commercial enjoyment, was created by uploading one of my own photos into StitchPainter, then transforming the diagram into a BMP to share with you, here. If the whole thing is too complex, think about working up one of the quarters of the crest, instead.

If you want to know more about the crest and the castle, go to my blog on Milan: My Milan (Italy): http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com.

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (41): the city's logo

Can't get the copy-paste function to work in my Paint program...necessary to get stuff into my StitchPainter program...just one of the many little SNAFUs lying in wait for me after a couple of days of much needed R&R...this way, they can get me all stressed back up to normal before I pelt into the rest of the work year, it's like a favor they're doing for me, get it? (I don't.)

So, today's "Milan Monday" will just have to go without a diagram. The image should be easy enough to print and trace, anyway. City logos often have a city-wall-crown over them; you can substitute Milan's theme on the shield with anything of your own.

My Milan (Italy): http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/09/just-back-to-workand-already-theres.html

Here's hoping that your fall starts out better than mine is!

Milan Monday (40): a lovely 1930s snippet

A lovely 1930s snippet for your personal, non-commercial needlepointing and/or cross-stitching.

As usual, I took a snap, then used StitchPainter to turn it into a diagram, then turned it into a BMP for sharing with you.

If you'd like more info about the snap, go to my blog on Milan, My Milan (Italy):

http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (39): a snippet of Art Deco

A snippet of Milanese Art Deco for this Milan Monday.

I took one of my snaps, turned it into a StitchPainter diagram, and then into a BMP image for your personal, non-commercial enjoyement.

If you're interested in knowing more about the image, see my blog on Milan:

My Milan (Italy): http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (38): a Renaissance family crest

Like heraldic imagery?

Here's a family crest for you, from the right hand side of a mid 15th century portal in Milan.

I isolated the detail of my photo, and turned it into a StitchPainter diagram, then into a BMP to share with you for your personal, non-commercial enjoyment.

If you want to know more about the doorway, go to my previous (fairly recent) post:
http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/08/bookworms-epigraphy-and-luck-of-non.html.

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (37): another lion!

Milan Monday, again, already! Time has been flying, I've been so busy at work. Now that it's vacation time, I hope to spend more time with you.... More...

To kick things off, here is another lovely lion on the façade of the Palazzo dei Giuresconsulti in Milan (if you want to know more about the building, see my other blog: http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/08/lion-motif-corbel-on-palazzo-dei.html#0).

I turned my photo into a StitchPainter diagram, then into a BMP to share with you for your personal, non-commercial enjoyment.

On an 18-point canvas, it should work up to be about 16" wide by 14" tall.

Hope you like it!

Milan Monday (36): a frame for your own designs

Whew! That was quite an intensive and long stretch of non-stop work. Thanks for hanging in there!

As a thanks, here's another Milan Monday, this time ready for your own designs front, center...More......

...and sides!


It's a detail of an architectural fragment in Milan. If you're interested, you can see more about it on my blog dedicated to Milan, My Milan (Italy): http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/07/yeah-worst-is-over-for-nowim-such.html

Milan Monday (35): summertime waterside fun

People who do my kind of work (including translations and text revisions) get the worst loads dumped on them at this time of year (and just before Xmas) because everyone else is winding down for the summer.

Gotta run, but didn't want to leave you without at least a quick "Milan Monday," in honor of all the activities, including sandy fun, planned at Milan's artificial lake, the "Idroscalo" ("Water landing")...so called because it originally was intended for a landing for seaplanes: begun in 1928 in a giant hole in the ground (results of digging for gravel and sand), built in 1935-36, enlarged in 1958-63 and revised in the 1990s.

For more info about this summer's activities there, see my: http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/07/photoless-friday-29-whats-on-in-milan.html.

I created this summertime fun needlepoint diagram based on a free clipart of Microsoft (MC900024619) by uploading it into StitchPainter, then changing it into a BMP to share with you for your personal, non-commercial fun.

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (34): Wings for your new week

Doesn't seem possible, the weeks just fly by: it's Milan Monday, already, again.

Here's a stunning Pegasus I created by capturing one of my photos, turning it into a StitchPainter diagram, then into a BMP for your personal non-commercial use, to wing you on your happy fruitful way for the week.

If you'd like to know more about the image, see my blog My Milan Italy: http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (33): a strip of laurel

Laurel was used to honor a worthy recipient. If you have someone to congratulate for whatever grand accomplishment (a graduation, a promotion, the first book published, the first--or 100th!--hole-in-one, etc.), this strip of laurel can be adadpted for the border.

Enjoy this design that I created out of one of my own photographs imported into StitchPainter, then turned into a BMP, for your personal non-commercial use.

If you'd like to know more about the image and the photo, you can go to my blog about Milan, My Milan Italy: http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/06/laurel-for-successful-graduations-and.html#0.

Milan Monday (32): another amazing lion

Another amazing lion...if you start looking, Milan is full of them.

In case you need a fan-shaped design, this is a good one, created for your personal, non-commercial use with my StitchPainter program out of one of my recent photos, then turned into a BMP to load onto this site.

If you want to know more about the doorknocker, go to my site about Milan: http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/06/another-marvelous-liondoor-knocker.html.

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (31)...ahem...on Tuesday: more lions!

Not only does time seem to go faster and faster, but there's more and more work (which is not necessarily a bad thing, these days!). So, on Tuesday (ahem), here is the most recent Milan Monday...More......

...a delightful snarling winged lion from the back of Milan's Stazione Centrale (central train station).

If you want to know more about the photo and the building, see my blog on Milan: http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com.

I turned one of my photos into a StitchPainter diagram for you, then into a BMP to put online, for your personal, non-commercial stitching pleasure.

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (30): a geometric grill in Viale Majno

Milan Monday, again, already. This time, a geometric grill in Viale Majno.

For further information about the image I snapped, then turned first into a StitchPainter diagram, then a BMP image for your personal, non-commercial use, see my blog on Milan: My Milan (Italy), http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-lovely-grillwork-this-time.html.

Happy Monday!

Milan Monday (29): Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle, such a beautiful plant. Full, green, lush bush with small, delicate, trumpet-shaped, white flowers with a pale yellow throat and a heavenly perfume, so here's one of my photos taken around town, and imported into StitchPainter and transformed into a bmp image for your personal non-commercial use.

Remember, too, that the grid makes the colors look darker than they are.

If you'd like to know more about the plant and the picture, see my blog on Milan, My Milan (Italy): http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/05/honeysuckle.html.

Enjoy!

Milan Monday (28): Milanese Art Nouveau for a beautiful cushion

Milan Monday, again, already. Just doesn't seem possible.

Here's a gorgeous and fascinating example of the two kinds of Art Nouveau (fluid and based on vegetal forms coming from the French tradition vs. geometric coming from the Viennese tradition) found in Milan.

It should make a gorgeous cushion.

If you want to know more about the original, which I photographed, then turned into a StitchPainter diagram, then transformed into a BMP for your personal non-commercial use, see my blog on Milan, My Milan (Italy): http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-milanese-liberty-art-nouveau.html#0.

Milan Monday 27: a beautiful classicizing acanthus border

A beautiful classicizing 15th century acanthus border on the principal portal of Santa Maria delle Grazie (the church to which the refectory, where Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper is found, belongs) to brighten your Monday.

I transformed my photograph into a StitchPainter diagram, then saved it as a BMP image, in order to share it with you.

If you want to know more about the relief and the church, go to the blog post on my blog dedicated to Milan, "My Milan (Italy)": http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/04/delicate-and-exquisite-classicizing.html.

Milan Monday 26: acanthus

Monday, already! It seems to arrive faster and faster.

Here's a lovely classicizing acanthus pattern, which will work beautifully for borders, a table runner, or a bell pull.

I created the design out of one of my own photos using StitchPainter, then turned it into a BMP for your personal non-commercial use.

If you'd like to know more about the inspiring architectural decoration, see my blog on Milan, "My Milan (Italy)": http://mymilanitaly.blogspot.com/2011/04/lovely-acanthus.html#0.