WHEW! It’s been a while since my last post of this WIP. I got WIP fatigue looking at it and jumped to different projects but finally jumped back in today. Is the top wave reading better than the bottom one? The goal on the revised top wave was to have the blue/gray read as the water crashing and the white part reading as the wave calming down and those white bubbles when the frost settles. Thoughts?
All right friends, here is my progress since last week! I apologize again for being so off-schedule today.
I stitched the fruit and leaves on the bottom left, the little slice of fruit on the bottom right edge, and the hanging plant near the bird's head. This pattern is so thoughtfully designed with clean edges and fun colors, and I've been really enjoying it. It's a refreshing counterpoint to all the blatant AI needlepoint canvases that I've been seeing everywhere. Pattern is by Boomerang Stitches (I am not affiliated with them at all, just a fan).
I'm stitching this on 18 mesh "French Blue" canvas with 4 strands of DMC embroidery floss. I always separate the strands and then carefully put them back together before stitching. I'm using a size 26 tapestry needle, which is my preference for 18 mesh canvas.
I'm planning to fill in the background with white, perhaps with a small and/or subtle decorative stitch. If you have any suggestions for a good stitch, I'm all ears!
Here is my current WIP! Forgot to post last night. I’m gonna make it into a door hang for Halloween! Only thing I don’t like is the purple done with perle cotton DMC. My LNS (where the workers can sometimes be prickly and not accepting of beginners) always force me to use some sort of DMC when I kit projects there so i just said okay even though I hate how it looks. It looks better in different lighting this picture makes it look bad :(
BUT YEAH I LOVE SNOOPY!!
Clutch your pearls, people! I am a blatant cheater, I admit it.
Many needlepointers send their projects out for finishing, but since I have been sewing my entire life and enjoy it, I finish all my own projects myself. For special projects, I'll go through the full process of making the "cookies" and hand-sewing fancy trim or cording around the edges. It's finicky and takes a while, but it comes out really nicely. (I use Nashville Needlepointer's free YouTube finishing tutorials, which are great - very clear and complete.)
However, for quick little projects that are not intended to be "heirlooms," sometimes I cheat. The horror, I know! This project was a little palette cleanser between bigger projects, and it's just intended to hang on the wall. Literally no one will ever see the back (well, I guess that's not true anymore since I'm posting it online, LOL). But you know what I mean.
Here's what I did:
The whole process took maybe 30 minutes, as opposed to the 4+ hours it usually takes me for the full finishing process (admittedly I'm slow at that).
And if the tape wears out eventually, I can just re-do it, no big deal.
Please don't judge me for my scandalous ways. :)
(This project was my own design based on Stargate SG-1, an old sci-fi show. The names are the main characters. I used cross stitch for the letters to avoid gaps, and I used a variety of seed and bugle beads for the border.)
My bird has a head now, yay! Things are moving along! I'm still waiting to decide what to do about the background, but at least the design is really starting to come together now. Pattern is Fruit Dove Frenzy by Boomerang Stitches. I've been really enjoying it!
If you'd like, share an update on your project in the comments so we can all cheer you on!