And now some stitching updates
Ok, while I haven’t done much stitching in the last 12-15 months, I do have some progress. There were some days where I just went on strike and did some stitching – mostly weekends or evenings. And of course, after I submitted my PhD I was able to get a bit more time in (when I wasn’t sleeping or looking and applying for jobs). So on with the piccies….
First we have Mystery X and Cirques. Managed to get Part 2 finished just last week on the former. And I went back and put the beads and crystals in for parts 1 and 2. Even made a start on Part 3 and got a good chunk of it’s beads in too. I’m all beaded out now though, so I won’t be picking it up again for a few more weeks.
The colours aren’t too good in the pic for cirques, but at least you can see how much I’ve done and have a small idea of colours. Although, the fabric is not actually blue.
Next some HAED progress. There’s a new start this year (Drac’s Leaf) and more progress on Stella. I’ve finally reached her face.
And I’ve been buying some silks. So now I want to start Blackstone. So what colours to do. I tried to take some pics of different floss tosses, but most of the scans and photos didn’t really give a good idea of the colours. I bought mottled magpie tears (from Vikki Clayton) thinking it would be a good one (and 36ct too which is good), but it just wasn’t right. So I went through my stash looking at other colours. Here are a couple of them.
The green I’m using is Vikki’s Dragon Opal (jadeite and black) and the other is a velvet midnight/ultraviolet mix that I had her dye for me. Originally I was thinking of more of a grey blue background. The ones above are PTP pansy (left) which is obviously more purple and grey and the one on the right more green and grey/brown (not sure it’s name count or anything). Of course, the stitching show is coming up, I could always take my spools to see the gals from Stitches and Spice and see if they have some ideas.
April 19, 2008
Posted in: HAED, Stitching
2 Responses
Ohhhh… pretty stuff!! Stella is beayoooootiful! I love those blues! MX is gorgeous and congrats on making the slog through part II. It’s a pretty part but it’s HUGE!
Your dragon is adorable! *coos*
For Blackstone — I like the Pansy the best so far. What colors are you thinking of for the blackwork? Are you going to use the same color for all of it or use different colors? I think picking the blackwork colors was the hardest for me.
Lots of hugs and welcome back to blogging!! I missed you! I bounced when I saw an update from you in my reader! *grins*
I thought I’d choose several different colours for the blackwork. I have some Carries threads that would go well with the velvetmidnight/ultraviolet and if I don’t have any greens for the other I can just order in some of the different jadeites from Vikki.
Yeah, I thought you might get a shock from seeing a post. I’m back to posting properly now, so it won’t be so long between posts next time.
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