Well hello, peeps - the weary traveller has returned. ;) The holiday was great and a lot has happened since then too: firstly, the shoe sampler I`d teased you with in my last post got bumped up into a later issue of Collection; at the same time, I stitched a cute ties (as in `neckties`) alphabet by Rhona Norrie for Cross Stitch Crazy that, it seems now, will be in next month`s WOCS; however, there is the cottage teapot that was supposed to be in that issue and is now brought forward to 242 - and if you think you`re confused, imagine how I manage to follow all this, I who actually have to think for long minutes every morning about what day of the week this is.
So the cottage teapot. What can I say? Dream project. So much detail to keep it interesting, not an overwhelming amount of colours or backstitch and it`s cute to boot, what more does the stitcher need? Hehe, maybe that`s why it`s this month`s Stitcher`s Challenge...? ;) It took 48 hours to complete and I loved working on the evenweave, plus I distinctly remember that the BS on the roof felt positively therapeutic. So all in all, good memories - and a wonky photo:
Luckily, there`s a much better one in the mag (love the pink mat, I`d never have thought of choosing this colour but it complements the flowers on the handle beautifully):
And apropos my wonky pics vs. professional photos: yesterday I had a look at the Thomas B. Ramsden site
here to see if any of the projects were available yet that I`d stitched for Twilleys of Stamford - and there is an abundance of them! So here`s a wee photo album and for comparison`s sake, I chose the worst of my lot, sometimes the back of a project or a pic that was taken in pitch dark, just to accentuate how much better the other ones are. ;) Hope you`ve all had a great Spring break, happy stitching! :)
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| Clearly (?), here I was experimenting with taking photos of phone cases out of focus... |
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| Ah, that`s much better! |
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| The back of my perfume bottles... |
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| ... and the finished article |
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| My two pub signs in the twilight... |
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| ... beautiful in their frames |
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| Two little sweet pea designs... |
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| ... turned into two sweet (pea) hangers |
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| A pair of designs entitled Weekend and Weekday... |
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| ... and this is what they look like with the backstitch detail added |
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| A wee tapestry for a change ;) |
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| `Lush Meadow` |
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| And, finally, a larger tapestry (the wee man`s there for scale, lol) |
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| And the beautiful end product, a rose cushion :) |
