I am also making some room screens in preparation for the MET show I will be attending on October 15th. Lots to keep me busy!
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don't have to worry about how neat the back is. If I pull out some stitching and it looks terrible on the back - no worries, no one will ever see it!
Little pillows stitch up so quickly that they can be a great project when you don't wish to tackle a full rug. This one is being stitched on 48 count gauze. Some may not like how the white on the motifs blend in with the green background on this one so another color from the rug can be substituted very easily. This has been noted in the rug chart.
stitch it. I also have to check my stash of silk gauze to see that I have enough to do the rug. If not, it gives me time to order more and it will arrive before I am ready to use it.
will always know which patterns are my most recent. I absolutely love designing and my inspirations come from everywhere around me - from photos of antique rugs, marble floors to line drawings I see and everything in between. Patterns exist in nature all around us and it is fun to try and capture that pattern into a rug that I love. Designing is often my form of relaxation in the evenings rather than watching television and it is not unusual for me to start right after supper then look up after a few minutes and find that it is past midnight and I should get to bed!
Saying that, I have just had another inspiration that I must begin before I lose the idea...
the main elements are done can quickly become very boring and can be the source of many unfinished projects. To reduce the possibility of my becoming bored, I try to do background as I am working on the main motifs. Working background can be a wonderful source of relaxation if motifs are difficult because it gives me a break from meticulous counting. This rug is not a difficult one to stitch but it is still nice to have some stretches of time where I don't have to count.
Hoping you are also enjoying time stitching or crafting for your miniature scenes. I would love to see what you are doing. Until next time...
Near the top of the photo you will see a dark red thread coming out of the middle. This is called "parking a thread". I do this with my threads when I have stitched an element and will be using that color again near where I finished the element but don't want to carry it under my surrounding stitching, or count up to the next area it should be used. In this case I will be using the dark red in the garland that adorns the tree. Instead of finishing the thread and having to start again, I have saved it out of the way of my current stitching (the cream background) so I won't accidentally stitch over it and will pick it up again later when I begin the garland. I will have to move the thread later when I stitch more of the tree but, for now, it is out of the way.
This comes in very useful when you are stitching an area with many color changes. If you stop and start your threads each time you would have a very bulky back on your rug. Since it will be carried behind an already stitched area, it doesn't show from the front through the color you have stitched if that color is a darker color. It is still a good idea not to carry threads over a light area of stitching. If you do wish to stitch over it, simply park your thread in the direction you will need it again and stitch over it before picking it back up again to stitch with. Later, when I am done the rug, I will post a photo of the back of the rug for you to see. |
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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