Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Gingerbread Stitching House

Four days ago, I decided to join a stitch-along for Scream House.  All of a sudden I got interested in working on one of my WIPS instead, The Victoria Sampler's Gingerbread Stitching House.  It is a gingerbread house with lots of beads.  The roof comes off, and is a needlebook.  The chimney is a pincushion.  There is a small fob with a gingerbread man on it. 

Here's the top of the biscornu:

 
Hardanger is not a forgiving technique, and I don't do it very often. It makes me nervous to cut the threads since I don't see as well as I used to, even with magnification and lots of light. There are a few mistakes in this piece, but it is as good as I can do. 
 
Here are the front and the back of the house.  I'm having a hard time getting the picture orientation right side up.



The finishing instructions look complicated to me, but I'm going to try it anyway!

2 comments:

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

That looks very detailed. Looking forward to seeing the finished product. It sounds interesting.

Lara B. said...

I knew you do amazing needlework Laura :) and this is very impressive. So whimsical and pretty!