Here is Friday afternoon and evening's output. I continued the sweater stitch on the Kathy Shenkel tennis round I am stitching for my favorite tennis player. It is the Oblong Crossed Stitch variation from
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Canvas Embroidery, Vol. 2. I bought both volumes at The Needle Works and haven't looked back. The best thing is the picture of the stitch next to the diagram. This is actually diagrammed out as a horizontal stitch, but I turned the canvas and the diagram on their respective sides.
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| Finished the racquet |
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| Fuzzy overview |
Of course, I spent a little time messing around with my new canvas. Tried a stitch from Stitch Landscapes for the water. I like the stitch, but not sure it goes here.
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| In perspective |
Have a Happy Stitching Weekend!
Steph I like the thread you used for the water and I like the stitch. But I think the stitch is too big for that area. In my opinion, the stitches will be out of proportion to the trees directly above the water. But remember, it is just my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. Maybe use it for the sky or one of the grassy hills. Thanks for the input.
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ReplyDeleteI agree. I thought it looked too heavy. Maybe less ply would open it up more.
Your tennis ornament is coming out great.
I started Jake' ornament last night.
Linda
Thanks. I hope I will see progress on Jake's ornament soon. Did you check out cute Katherine's on bootsandbeads.blogspot.com?
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ReplyDeleteI just wanted to say thanks for the comments. I don't know how you do it, with the Thanksgiving House and all of the Ewe and Eye canvases going at the same time. I am just trying to plow through one big canvas so all of the little ones helps a lot with the sense of accomplishment.
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I noticed that Jane is having trouble with hers. I wonder what is up with Google.
DeleteContinue to love your posts! What is the brown fiber used on the tennis ornament using the Oblong Cross stitch?
ReplyDeleteThe lighter brown is three strands of DMC floss. The dark brown is DMC perle cotton size 8 color 938. Is that what you needed to know?
DeleteIt appeared to be flat and I was intrigued! Gotta love DMC
DeleteI agree, the stitch seems a little big for the space, though it a great stitch. Love the blue.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right. Perfect color, just need the perfect stitch.
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