I call it "Wine Dark Sea" and it represents our cruise to the Eastern Mediterranean. The large blue stone was a key fob from Rhodes and was, I think, intended to ward off the evil eye. But it attracted me because of the blue-and-white colors of Greece. And the water around Rhodes was almost the color of the fabric!
It took me longer to do this than any of the nine previous pieces --- and it didn't quite work but I have learned from my mistakes. I call it "Wine Dark Sea" and it represents our cruise to the Eastern Mediterranean. The large blue stone was a key fob from Rhodes and was, I think, intended to ward off the evil eye. But it attracted me because of the blue-and-white colors of Greece. And the water around Rhodes was almost the color of the fabric! festitch wrote on Nov 29, '10 Beautiful fabric! I want to go to Greece someday - I could use a week on Mykonos!
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Well, with Thanksgiving occupying most of my time yesterday and today, not a lot of report on this we. I have been working on my October BJP ... It's taking a lot longer than any other piece I've done, and it's not ready to show yet...
Designer Glendon Place, stitched in DMC 2 strands over 2 on Solar 32 ct Belfast Linen, embellished with five colors of Mill Hill seed beads. rifestitch wrote on Nov 19, '10 WOW - that's awesome! Wish I could see that up close :) Well done!
thatyankstitches wrote on Nov 20, '10 rifestitch saidWOW - that's awesome! Wish I could see that up close :) Well done! I know what you mean. My photo doesn't do the colors justice,let along the bling! ndmurdock wrote on Nov 28, '10 Fantastic! I just purchased the fabric and want to have it done by next Halloween! A third witch done; one to go (and two cauldrons and a score of eyes)! ifestitch wrote on Nov 18, '10 I can only imagine how sparkly that is in person!!
Only one day of "stitching" this week - beading on Witches Wheel. This will be slow... five colors of beads and LOTS of places where beads form major free-hand motifs! And some will HAVE to be done "in hand" because I don't have q-snaps or a hoop large enough to allow the entire working area to be available. Don't know if you can see the beading on this at all --- royal orchid and some citron so far, but they do catch the light. I found the fabric and beads I want to use for my October bead Journal Project too --- when I finish Witches Wheel, I guess! And of course, there are taxes to work on *and* a web site for my cruise photos... Where will I find the time to catch up? ifestitch wrote on Nov 15, '10 Looks really great!!! I saw the fabric for this live in person this weekend - going to HAVE to get it, now :)
Caught up? What's that? Needlepoint on the cruise. Didn't get a lot done. Here is what it looked like at the end of week forty-two: and here is the end of week forty-three: One of these days I will figure out why canvases are never printed STRAIGHT! Anyway, all I got done were the inner and outer "frames" which will limit how straight the picture will be. We won't talk about the two mistakes already committed, will we? (frogging needlepoint wool is NOT an option, especially with a kit!) This goes back into retirement because...
Witches Wheel and October's Bead journal await! LOTS of beading in my future! |
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