Sunday 26 July 2020

Next Project

After the millions of crosses in The Birds I needed a palate cleanser of speciality stitches and what better than this Shepherds Bush kit.   If my memory serves me correctly this was a gift from an overseas stitcher but it has languished in my stash for several years.   However the combination of linen fabric and silk floss is irresistible and I am enjoying this.   The bands of specialty stitches give interest although I have reservations about the rose pink angel wings.   There are a multiplicity of beads and sequins to sew on at the end and the sparkle may well dilute the heaviness.
I have a couple of Christmas Ornaments on the hoops at the moment too as they are a good size to take to Guild and to Stitch Group.  A further three ornaments are needed to meet family 'obligations' and then I want to make four initialed notebook covers for friends at my KYB group. 
And as a reminder myself I will document here the current state of my 2020 Presidents Challenge.   Explanation to follow when I have more to show.    This is my first time to stitch on "wash away" over top of the final fabric.   I will eventually make the piece into a top for .... a chocolate tin (and perhaps stitch some imitation chocolates for the inside) but learnings so far from this - I can follow instructions well; I can do near faultless counted work BUT I cannot design or create free embroidery/creative pieces :(    The oval cameo, currently loose, will be appliqued on after the lettering and cording are done.   But I needed to stitch that first to get the size and relativity.     By the way I'd recommend the book which was the inspiration.

4 comments:

MargaretP said...

Lovely stitching, well done.
Have you seen something called 'craftpod' it is really beautiful needlework projects in kit form, from the UK.

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

The SB is lovely. I might have tried one strand for the wings? Hopefully the rest of the design will balance them. Trust the designers!
Looking forward to seeing the President's Challenge piece grow.

Leonore Winterer said...

Oh, great start! Your challenge piece looks great too. I do not know the book, will have to look it up!

Mary - Lecoeurceltique said...

Two good projects and definitely different from The Birds.