I picked up a bronze Metallic Soft Twist Trim Cord, size 20 from Access Commodities for Silken Sonata by Jim Wurth. It’s a perfect color for the ornament.
After lacing the ornament to the Craftex, I made a loop from the cord and secured it to the liner. I lined up the cord along the edge and left 1.5″ to tuck in after the back was attached.
I didn’t want cord to show on the edge because the edge is stitched Smyrnas. I just wanted the split between the back and front to be covered. I’m definitely not a fan of ribbons and bows on ornaments. Size 20 cord is thin, but it’s exactly what I wanted.
I had a lovely piece of green fabric leftover from my Quilt Magic Poinsettia that I placed on magazine board. It’s thin and light. Love it!
Goal #1 for 2025 was to finish Silken Sonata by Jim Wurth into an ornament. I’m thrilled that’s done and that it turned out so well! The finished size is 3.75″.
Other goals are progressing. But I still don’t have the ability to heed my final goal of not getting more goals! More on that another time.
Silken Sonata by Jim Wurth is done. I do love a counted project! Thanks again, Linda.
Compensation with 4-way Continental was tricky in the small areas.
The overlay stitches were new for me. It took me 2 tries to get them right. I looked at the piece the following morning and thought 2 were wonky. After carefully looking, I realized that 2 were wrong one way and 2 were wrong a different way! The smaller Jessicas are 3×4, and the large ones are 5×4 (which was oddly difficult for me too-not sure why). So, the overlays are off center on the large one, which is what messed me up. But, I got it. Those eyelet holes had to be that big to get the threads to lay around the hole.
Normally, I see Jessicas and think about filling them with beads. Now, I can about filling with 4-way Continental (or other small stitch) and/or overlays.
Silken Sonata by Jim Wurth is fun to work on. Jim must have been influenced by Jean Hilton. Between the Smyrna outline stitches and the multiple sized Jessicas, you can’t help but think of Jean Hilton.
Those 4 large Sprats Heads worked up quickly and look great. I hadn’t used Hi-lights before and probably won’t again because it is discontinued but I liked it. The Coronet Braid (size 8) I probably won’t use again because I didn’t like it. It’s stiff, and I didn’t like the feel of it. It’s polyester and rayon. But, it is iridescent and looks good.
As I recall, Jim Wurth retired when I was early into canvaswork and felt his pieces would be too difficult for me. But, I did like them. Now, I’ll finally get to stitch one of his designs, Silken Sonata, thanks to Linda. It’s a lovely 4″x4″ piece on a green canvas with copper and beige threads. It’s a lovely design with colors I love. Linda even included the needles! She’s so thoughtful. This is the second posting in my special Birthday Bonanza! The mug was the first.
For a small piece, it is packed with Jean Hilton type stitches, including Sprats and Jessicas of different sizes with Smyrnas and Eyelets. Some overlaying of threads is needed, which will be interesting as well.
I’m excited to start this.
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