Fresh out of the hoop, it's the second of the Sticklounge ornaments that I've stitched! This is Holly, designed by Daniella. I've stitched it on some 14 count white (not that you can tell from the photo!) Aida that I found in my stash, using DMC floss from my stash.
I've been working on Land of the Free this week, too, I've pulled out some of what I had already stitched to make a slight color adjustment. One of the changes I'm happy with (the fence, although I may still change it out to a slightly lighter taupe), one I'm not so sure about, (the snowflake-looking things) and one I don't care for at all (the contrast stitches on the house).
I added the contrast stitches to the house because there just wasn't enough color variation between the white house and the color of the fabric--the skipped stitches didn't really show up as a design element, they just looked like missed stitches. I thought that highlighting them with a contrasting color might help, but I don't like the effect at all--so out they come! I think I'll just fill in the missing stitches with the floss I used to stitch the house and be done with that part of the project. And I'll consider to ponder the yellow/taupe question while I practice my chain stitch so that I can get the vine and the leaves finished on my flagpole this week!
Because I finished the Green Sparkle Angel ornament last week, this week I started a new Gay Ann Rogers piece--Blue Sparkle Angel! I'm going to devote today to stitching on her so I'll be posting an update to my Gay Ann Rogers blog later today to start tracking my progress on that project.
2 comments:
Very nice! It's amazing how wonderful hand made items make us feel, isn't it. Lovely.
ooo i know the feeling about white not showing up well on the fabric ... had to change a piece halfway through due to that ... love the fence change :) love mouse xxxx
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