The company I found, after contacting several, is in New Brunswick, Canada and the owner was extremely easy to work with. Here is a link to her website if interested: True North Diamond Art. My custom kit of my Jocelyn rug pattern arrived in the mail on July 7th! I was so excited, I had to start it right away! This kit was a birthday present to myself and arrived just in time. Above is the bottom left corner of my design done in square diamond drills. Due to the nature of Diamond art, all pictures end up with a pixelated look when looking up close like this photo is, but they look great from a distance. This picture will eventually go into a frame I have on hand and I look forward to watching this one progress.
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It has been a while since I posted, but I have not been idle. I have been test stitching sections of several rug patterns to make sure the colors and patterns work before adding them to our website. I have now added three new patterns to the site and have turned my attention to stitching some pillows in preparation for the upcoming MET Show in Toronto this October. Here are photos of the three new patterns I uploaded. Each of these patterns are quite different and may be found by following the link below each one. Inspiration for these came from various sources. Yana was a line drawing on a Royalty Free site, Judith and Jocelyn were inspired by photos of antique rugs found while browsing the internet. Modifications were made to each design to allow the patterns to work in miniature.
One of the most difficult parts of designing is trying to decide upon colors. My Yana was easy because I returned to one of my favorite blue pallets and the ideas just flowed smoothly. Judith and Jocelyn were both much more complicated. When designing, I initially choose what looks good to me on the computer screen. Once I have finished mapping out the designs and the elements within them, I then go to my little floss color cards that I made especially for designing (a-small-side-project-i-have-been-working-on.html ) and pull the colors I chose. More often than not, I like the colors I originally chose, but in some cases they look so different from what I see on my computer screen that I change out some of the colors to match my vision on the screen. Then begins the test stitching. In the case of Judith, I chose sections of elements from all over the rug and stitched them individually to make sure the colors and motifs looked the way I wished them to. I found the greens and blues were the most difficult to get right because they tend to disappear when next to each other. I also found the yellow and green colors needed tweaking, but I had difficulty finding a yellow that didn't disappear when right next to the green or overpower the other rug colors. Back to the design board and I changed the motif to add another color between the two so that each could stand out in their own right. That worked and I was much happier with the results. Jocelyn test stitching also followed similar issues that I found in the Judith. I ended up changing several colors before I was happy with it and wanted to post the pattern. Test stitching is often a "behind the scenes" happening, but I get into a zone when doing it and generally don't complete rugs or pillows when doing so. As you can imagine, these processes take quite a bit of time and, for me, the time flies by, then I look back and realize I haven't posted for a couple of months!
Today, after returning home from vacation, I was able to put the last stitch into the Little Blue Carpet, as I had rushed out to purchase the dark blue thread I needed yesterday. I have now fulfilled my promise to my friend and have stitched this wonderful little rug! I am so pleased I was able to finish it before my miniature show coming up on May 4th. Only 2 steps more to accomplish (blocking and hemming), and I know I will be able to do that before my self-imposed deadline!
I have now mounted it to the blocking board and done the first tacking. Over the next few days, I will steam it and add more tacks as needed to get the sides perfectly straight. While waiting for the blocking process, I have decided to make an effort to finish my second Katrianna rug, which I stitched quite a while ago. With this in mind, I am beginning to stitch the tabby weave and fringe on it today.
This year, my daughter Heather is unable to help me with the show, so I will be bringing a good friend to help run my table with me. She has never been to a dollhouse show, so I think she will have a good time. I am looking forward to seeing everyone and greeting new and old friends and customers during the show. I hope to see you there!
I decided to name this rug Nadereh, which is a girl's name, Persian in origin and means "Rare". I think the meaning certainly fits in relation to the inspiration for this rug.
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AuthorMy name is Yvette, and I will be writing this blog to tell you about the creative process that has gone into the creation of my Petitpoint patterns along with showing the stitching I have done of some of the rugs. Archives
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