Santa is back from the Fireside Stitchery finisher. I’m so ho, ho, ho, happy with it! As it turns out, I picked him up exactly 6 months before Christmas. I have to leave him out for a little while & enjoy it. I’m so glad Kelly suggested I add a few rows of white around the edge.
And the back is great too.
Filed under: Melita's Adaptations, Monet's Poppy Field, Needlework in Progress, Poppy Field
The strip along right side that is blueish green worked up quicker than last time when I used Diane’s Stitch on that side!
I used the blue portions of one strand of the overdyed thread, ThreadworX 1067, but switched to two strands of a darker overdyed green thread from Weeks Dye Works named Lucky (medium greens). You should be able to see the difference between the Blue patch I added yesterday & this one.
Filed under: Melita's Adaptations, Monet's Poppy Field, Needlework in Progress, Poppy Field
The blue patch among the dark green grassy areas needed to be angled & upright. So, I found Zig Zag Stripe but did a variation of it by off setting the stripe. And, I filled in the empty spaces by a single cross stitch. It increased the denseness of the stitch & added to the slope.
I mainly used the blue portions of the overdyed thread (ThreadworX 1067) but also switched to some green from the same overdyed thread combined with blue & up close you can see the differences.
My shoulder has been bothering me but seems to be better now. So, I hope to make up ground on my Poppy Field while I can – kind of a pun!
I’m looking forward to a photo embroidery class with Joetta Maue at Rittenhouse Needlepoint on July 16. Joetta is an artist (http://www.joettamaue.com/index.html) who loves fiber & embroidery among other things. Stephen talked about her work earlier this year (http://rittenhouseneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2011/01/joetta-maue.html).
We’ll use our own photo, transcribe it into a drawing, & then stitch it. I have a month to look through my photos to decide what to take. It can’t be very complicated – it is only a 2-hour class. And, I can’t start a huge project anyway. Always fun to learn & get inspired!
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