I enjoyed the opportunity to have a class, Blue Hills, with Dawn Donnelly for this “mixed media” piece that incorporates Dawn’s hand-made paper. It’s about 6″ x 8″ on 14 count. Fun to stitch.
You can see it in the third area from the top. I cut the paper and stitched it into place.
Between the 8th and 9th area (under the straight satin stitches of Watercolours) I did not like the ripped paper because it didn’t rip how I wanted. So, instead of using that piece that was supposed to be tacked down with a “fake bullion” created from DMC Pearl Cotton #5 which required at least 72″ and crunching one strand to create a coil (which is a long length to get without shredding). I decided that it was not going to happen for me. Not worth the aggravation especially because I knew I had Woolly Whites (WW010) from The Thread Gatherer. It’s perfect!
In the second to the bottom area, underneath the Satin stitches are 4 pieces of blue painted papers instead of 3 that Dawn suggested (they show up more in the photo than in person). I thought the one piece was too small but it fit in on the far left. That allowed the 2 medium sized pieces to fit in the center and the large on the right. I did not want the papers to shift during framing. Dawn had suggested glue. But, I used one strand of dark blue thread and a chenille needle to tack them in place. They aren’t going anywhere ever! In order to see the paper through the stitches, one strand Trio worked fine (2 strands didn’t allow any paper to show).
Placing the beads and French Knots (with 1, 2, and 3 wraps) randomly with all variety of threads was fun (just don’t look at the back).
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This whole project is gorgeous. Love the row with the random knots and beads!
Comment by brendasneedlepointstudioblog August 16, 2022 @ 8:55 amThanks. Yeah, that row pops!
Comment by melitastitches4fun August 16, 2022 @ 11:00 amI love this piece. I wanted to take the class but with my Volunteer Chair position the schedule just didn’t permit. I think there is a companion piece slated for Atlanta.
Comment by stitchlady August 16, 2022 @ 9:22 amAbsolutely gorgeous
Comment by Smitten With Goodness August 16, 2022 @ 10:30 amThanks!
Comment by melitastitches4fun August 16, 2022 @ 10:58 am