Friday, April 03, 2009

Bargello Coaster C: Brenda Day, designer


I am back after not feeling well, but I am doing just fine now, so I have restarted stitching yesterday.
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This is the first one of a series of 4 different coasters: 4 different designs with different colors. I am using Brenda Day's colors for the first series, forcing myself in using colors that perhaps I would not initially chose. I will be making a few extras for Christmas gifts. Some of you might be thinking that maybe I am starting a bit early, but I can tell you that I can never start too early as I always end up racing against the clock the closer Christmas gets.
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I am stitching the four of them on the same piece of canvas, so that means that unfortunately I won't be able to do the finishing as each one is done stitching. On the other hand, it may entice me to work on this project quicker than I would otherwise have done.
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This series of coasters are all four-way bargello, which coincidentally is the second installment of The Bold and The Beautiful Bargello articles in Needlepoint Now, March/April 2009 issue. Usually projects in books are not all that detailed, so reading the article gave me extra information which made my task easier. Always nice to have many resources when working on something that you have not done before.
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I can't believe how much behind I can get in all my projects whenever I am sick and that does not have to be for a very long time either. Anyway, I will get there, eventually (grinning).
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Yesterday it was a very distracting day as we were having very bad weather with tornado warnings, sirenes going on and off during the day and me watching weather reports direct online. In a sense I like the fact that I can follow things online instead of having to go downstairs watch the TV in order to know how things are going weatherwise, but this is not the relaxing, peaceful stitching day I had in mind when I started my day. There was one tornado touch down but it was not near where I live, thank goodness for that.
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Anyway, all is good and well and I will move on to my next stitching and might be back tomorrow with another posting if all goes according to plans :-)
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Pierrette =^..^=

6 comments:

NCPat said...

This is very pretty! I look forward to seeing them all!

Althea DeBrule said...

This is absolutely beautiful! Is the design free? I would love to feature it on my blog, http://bargelloneedlepoint.com.

Althea
http://bargelloneedlepoint.com

Terry said...

Well done a great start to get back stitching again I know how difficult it can be after feeling under the weather and I think this little project along with the others is just right for you. Not sure which of the four that I like the best as they are all so pretty

Love to Stitch 99 said...

Hi Althea,


I have been stitching designs from Brenda Day's book called Bargello, A fresh approach to florentine embroidery, book that you can find either on eBay, Amazon or at needlepoint stores online.


I just love her bargello book. I have many books about bargello but this is the only one that has so many beautiful projects with instructions that you can stitch for yourself. There are many other projects in her book that I intend to stitch as time permits. I just love bargello.


Pierrette =^..^=

Love to Stitch 99 said...

Terry,

That will be much easier to decide which ones you prefer for one of your xmas gifts when you see them all side by side. It will also be fun to personalize the colors to your own taste and need :-)

Pierrette =^..^=

Love to Stitch 99 said...

Me too, Pat (grinning)

Pierrette =^..^=