In a collaborative effort, Susan Benjamin and Geoff Smith have adapted several Kreighoff  paintings to needlepoint.  They have chosen a #10 canvas and encourage stitchers to use the Victorian Cross-Stitch on these works to offset any possible distortion.  The design area of the first in this series, The Sleigh Race, is 34" x 24", a size suitable for either a wall-hanging or a hearth rug.  Wooling the canvas is, clearly, no simple feat.  Stitchers are encouraged to work the central design first and to build their colours outwards from there, adapting and adjusting as they go.  Each of these needlepoint canvases is an original work of art, slightly different from all the others.  They do require a great deal more artistry on the part of the stitcher but the end result promises to be fabulous!