Want to try a little needlepoint? Want to create a piece of folk art? We are very proud to offer these selected needlepoint canvases of the Southern artist, Clementine Hunter, and to support her legacy. Clementine Hunter (1886-1988) is a self-taught Black folk artist from the Cane River region of Louisiana, who lived and worked on Melrose Plantation. She started working as a farm laborer when young, and never learned to read or write. In her fifties, she began to sell her paintings, which soon gained local and national attention for their complexity in depicting Black Southern life in the early twentieth century. She is the first African-American artist to have a solo exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art. The sale of these canvases benefits Ms. Hunter's estate.  Not sure what stitches to use or want to try new needlepoint stitches, check out the Needlepoint: A Modern Stitch Dictionary card pack Each canvas includes a #22 needle & 3 ply Persian wool (separate to use one ply at a time when stitching). Canvases are 18 mesh. Add a needle minder! Lemon Tree, Chicken Hauling Flowers, Card Playing and Blue Doors, 6" x 6"Bird Feeder, Nativity and Annunciation, 4.5" diameter (these round canvases make lovely ornaments) Photo of Ms. Hunter attributed to Carolyn Ramsey; Courtesy of Watson Memorial Library, Cammie G. Henry Research Center (the Mildred Hart Bailey Collection), © The Cammie G. Henry Research Center, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana