Abstract: Painted color guide or coded areas for use in sewing, stitching or darning needle-point work are applied to needle-pont canvas by sequential stamping or rolling with shaped soft matt carriers while the canvas is supported upon and bi-axially oriented with a matching support grating. In one embodiment hand-operated apparatus is disclosed whereby the matt or pinned carrier and the grating are pivotally oriented one to the other for interengagement upon the canvas. In another embodiment the grating is in the form of at least one continuous belt over the top of which the canvas is moved against orienting pins for sequential application of a plurality of colored areas. In both embodiments the finished product is characterized by the accuracy and speed in which the color coded areas, making up the total design, are applied.