New Home card -- WIP

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:19 pm

My sister-in-law has just moved house so my husband said, what about one of your cards, do you have anything suitable? I didn't, but i thought I could stitch something quickly if I found a nice design, so went through my big folder of cut out charts etc. Nothing.

So I thought I'd better design one myself....

Here's the first sketch:

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:20 pm

And here's the thing turned into a stitchable outline:

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:24 pm

And here's a sort of preview generated by my stitching program:

~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:27 pm

Oh that is going to be adorable! Very, very cute! Can't wait to see it progress now.

Jilly · Post by **Jilly** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:29 pm

That is so cool

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:32 pm

The leaves of the flowers are lazy daisy stitch, but I couldn't find how to do those in my design program (haven't had it very long yet...). The flowerheads will be four or five fairly random colonial knots (can't get french knots to work

). I'd better get stitching tonight if it's to be finished in time!

PaulaH · Post by **PaulaH** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:49 pm

What a lovely design - you are talented!

Paula xx

mags · Post by **mags** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:26 pm

Oh that is wonderful.

Can't wait to see it stitched.

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:29 pm

That's a novel idea well executed. Great stuff!

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:37 pm

Not much, but it's a start...

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:49 pm

Not bad for one evening's work -- perhaps I will get it finished before they've decorated the house

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~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:50 pm

It's a great start! Looking good already. This looks such a cute design, I'm looking forward to seeing the completed article.

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:27 pm

Oh how CUTE! Good luck with it, I'm sure they'll love it.

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:37 am

That is really going to be a great card. What a wonderful artist you are. So sweet and lots of work already done.

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:06 am

Oh all right, I'll admit it -- I did just a little more stitching before I went to bed last night *yawns* even though I have to be up at 6.30 to get stepson number 2 fed and watered before he's off to school.

But you know how it is -- just this row -- that colour has only four stitches I might as well do that -- if I finish that colour I'll have only the backstitch and the flowers to do...

Anyway, here it is so far:

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:09 am

hehe yes, I know that only too well. I have to go to bed at 10 to get up for work (needs me 8 hours sleep) but darn that project. I have got this mentality with my chinne that if I don't finish the thread I'm working with I'll never remember what I'm doing and....oh boy do I go to bed late

But it's looking good Mabel! Your late night payed off. So cute!

mags · Post by **mags** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:10 am

Great progress - it is lovely !

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:11 am

By the way, it's a good thing I've been taking those photographs -- I was looking at the one I posted last night and soemthing was niggling me; then I realised I'd forgotten to complete one of the three-quarter stitches (a green one near the turtle's neck).

You kind, tactful things, you, for not rubbing my nose in it

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:13 am

Angel hadn't noticed

*goes back to thinking how wonderful it is and how mabel doesn't make mistakes*

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:20 am

Doesn't she just! I'll let you in on a secret -- I don't always put them right either...

If you have a close look at the gold blue and shiny white angel with the trumpet in my gallery, you may notice (though the picture is a little small to show it -- well, you don't want your blunders to be too easy for everyone to see) that the upper half of the body (the blue and gold bit) is actually half a stitch higher than the lower half (the white and gold bit).

An inaccurate bit of counting I didn't notice until I'd done about half the white, which is done with that springy Marlitt stuff which looks lovely but can be a pain to stitch with. So was I going to unpick all that?

Er...

*embarrassed whisper* no