Tucker Blair does an outstanding job of capturing the nostalgia of a needlepoint belt. Their belt say ‘fun’. They have released 17 new belt designs just in time for Christmas. A few choice picks:
Maddog
Darts
Mallard
Give ’em a try…there’s something for everyone.
I was waiting for them to come out with a version with Labs on it – that Mad Dog is a disappointment; it looks so choppy and the dog's back is concave, etc… I don't know what it is but Smathers & Branson does much better detail work – of course, they are twice as much. But the Smathers Lab belt looks MUCH better than the Tucker Blair version.
Tucker Blair's seem to be the best. I've become quite the collector of needlepoint belts (just kind of accumulated the ones I liked), and the few Smathers & Branson belts I own have started to fall apart. The needlepoint is becoming detached from the leather backing, and there's lots of fibers coming off the design itself. The best I have came from either Tucker Blair or from one I stumbled upon on Etsy one day!