I have 2 stitched ornaments to share this month. Both of them were UFOs from a few years ago, and now that I have finished stitching them, I know why they were UFOs.
First is SB's Mary and Joseph:
This ornament became a UFO because I didn't have all the proper fibers for it. It is designed for Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Art Sampler Threads. I am a DMC girl. I like the look of overdyes, but I don't really like to stitch with them, one full cross stitch at a time. I much prefer to do a section of half crosses and come back with the rest of the cross. If you do that with an overdye, you lose the variegation. DMC is cheap and readily available. The closest LNS is over an hour from me.
Since I didn't have all the right fibers for this ornament, I made substitutions that weren't quite right for the piece. I did my best guess as to what color red pear, dolphin, juniper, gun metal, scuppernong, cocoa, onyx ,Williamsburg red, pelican, gold leaf, and parchment were.
My biggest problem was the parchment. To me, parchment is not quite white. I tried DMC ecru, but it was too close to the color of the background. In the end, I chose a color that was way too yellow, but I'm not redoing it. I also made a counting error on this ornament, but worked around it. Glad it is done! I'm not sure why such a small piece caused me such big problems.
My next ornament is one I like. I just don't like my version of it. This is Sharon Cohen's Tudor Rose Ornament.
My big problem with this project is that my satin stitching isn't even . I think the linen count is too big to only use 2 strands of DMC. I tried filling it in with some more stitches, but it close up, it just looks sloppy. But it is done.
To see more oranaments:
http://stitchinglotus.ca/2013/04/ornament-sal-april-check-in/
4 comments:
Well done on both finishes. I know what you mean about the overdyes versus DMC. I have done most of those small SB ornaments, and subbed for a lot of them. For me, I can't justify the expense of overdyes for an ornament. (not to mention I don't have anywhere except online to get them, LOL)
wow, the ornament looks awsome. I like shepherd bush designs quite a lot but I'm a bit of scared of them because of the special threads that they need. You did a brilliant job by DMC so maybe I try it too one day =D
Both ornaments are beautiful. I agree, sometimes it seems to take so much longer, one stitch at a time - I substitute DMC for every thing...I think both your ornaments are beautiful
They are both great ornaments!! I have to use a laying tool when I do satin stitching or mine looks like a cat came along and sharpened its claws on it! =D I think yours looks fine!
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