Slowly moving along with this project. So far, the 4 middle sections and 2 corners done, remains 2 more corners and the lovely middle section, which I keep for last to motivate me to keep going whenever I ran out of steam :-)
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Pat is now working on Gail Hendrix' blue jay on her blog and perhaps after that she will start working on the cardinal, which is the one I have. -
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Yesterday, I was having a slow day, feeling a bit tired, and went to sit comfortably on my lazy chair with a book called French Knot Pictures by Christine Harris. I have always loved doing French Knots and Christine has some lovely miniature scenes in her book. Most of them are about 2" by 3" in size or 5 cm by 7 cm and I was thinking of stitching one, working on that particular project only during the evenings. She says it takes approximately 15 hours to complete a project of that size, so not that bad compared to some of the big projects I am currently working on.
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There was some discussion about some fun painted canvas made by Maggie & Company on the Needlepoint group. I was tempted by some of them myself but not sure that I want to tackle another big project right this minute.
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Going back for more stitching now :-)
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Pierrette =^..^=
6 comments:
Its looking really lovely, I have that little French Knot book and yes they are all very small and dainty pictures to recreate. Will have a look and see which one I like best and see if we agree ROFL
I think that Maggie and Co painted canvas is just so funny but its really large.
This is looking great! You are making gret progress as I can tell there are lots of stitches! Yes, I will be doing the cardinal as soon as I finish the Blue Jay They are stitching very quickly!
Wow!! This looks like a complex project, but really fun! It's awefully pretty. I love the white on the oatmeal colored ground fabric - very elegant!
Terry,
Looking forward to see which project you like the best. I have already selected one but not started yet.
Pierrette =^..^=
Wonderful, Pat. Looking forward to see how you stitch the cardinal :-)
Pierrette =^..^=
Hi Mary,
Thanks for stopping by.
It is indeed a very elegant project but it takes forever to do a section as these are composite stitches, usually 3 using the Medici threads followed by a 4th one using DMC Perle, but the results are fantastic.
Pierrette =^..^=
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