Card .... hopefully!

~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:23 am

So I finished Mr Dolphin, and I have to wait for some threads before I can start my next project, so I decided to make my son a card for his piano exam ... hoping of course, that he's passed.

This is going to be another of those 'throw it together and hope it comes out looking as if it were all planned out' projects.

So of course, a piano might be a good place to start.

Starting with a piano

Lets hope it all works out!!

Dazbo666 · Post by **Dazbo666** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:45 am

...maybe think about a musical stave / notes across the background??

I'll keep watching with interest

mags · Post by **mags** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:58 am

Oooh great idea, good start

~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:31 pm

Thanks both! Yep, I was hoping to get some notes in there as well, I have some metallic threads and thought the notes might look good in them?

(Any excuse to use them

)

I have done the piano, but it has light grey and dark grey in it as well as the black, and I think the dark grey is too light, so I might take that out and put a darker one in instead. I thought the darker grey I had looked too close to black, but now I think it might blend in better.

Ok, will go try ... next update picture tonight hopefully.

sammy_v · Post by **sammy_v** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:28 pm

U have made a good start and i think the notes will look good in metallic thread. Cant wait for an update.

~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:38 pm

Piano now done, except the pedals need to be done in gold.

Now off to think about adding some musical notes.
He is out at a quiz with friends, so I am making the most of him not being here.

Dazbo666 · Post by **Dazbo666** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:44 pm

Looks really good. You've made swift progress

mags · Post by **mags** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:57 pm

Oh that's cute - well done

lacemaker2004 · Post by **lacemaker2004** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:19 pm

I'm so impressed with you stitchers that can just go "ooh I think I'll stitch a xxxx" and poof there's a "xxx"! I know mine would come out looking all lumpy and identifiable

sammy_v · Post by **sammy_v** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:42 pm

Looks great thread bear, u have worked hard to well done.

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:01 pm

NICE I like the piano and the notes will really set off the background. Great job

Jilly · Post by **Jilly** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:42 pm

That's looking great

you clever cloggs

~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:47 am

Here's where I was up to earlier.
I couldn't stop to post it as got my youngest ill at the moment.
I have since added more. Will try and get a picture of that and put that up soon.

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:51 am

That is really looking great. It is so pretty. I am impressed with a just spur of the moment idea looking so wonderful.

~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:01 am

Aww, thank you Rose.

I have a vague idea in my mind of what I want, then I just either look for patterns to suit or I either make up or adjust a pattern as I go along.
I'm just uploading the new picture as I type, so I will add it to here.

I was going to put a border around it, but I think that might overdo it a bit.
So I plan to use red card as first off it's his favourite colour but then also, I think the red will brighten up all the black in this design.
It's actually alot shinier than the pictures show, but you get the general idea.

I am now sitting here sitching again as I decided while I'm at it I'll make a card for my friends who have just become first time Grandparents.

So I'll show the progress on that later.

For now here is the piano exam one ...

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:38 am

I like it I like it alot. The red I agree will really pull the blacks and silver in this card. You sure stitching up a lot of very nice designs.

sammy_v · Post by **sammy_v** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:08 pm

Well done, i love this. Its beautiful, i also argee with red. (nice taste *i love red*)

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:22 pm

The metallic threads for the notes and stave work so well! And red is going to finish it off just beautifully.

mags · Post by **mags** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:33 pm

That is lovely threadbear, well done

~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:48 pm

Thank you all so much

I will post another picture once I get it made up into a card properly.
At the moment I am between putting it into an open aperture, or whether to try fraying it (never done that before) and sticking it onto the red card with double sided sticky tape.
Anyone any opinions?

Will post the new card I'm working on later as well. The Grandparents one.

Getting alot of stitching time while he little one is ill as he likes me right with him, so I sit with my stitching in hand, apart from when I'm reading Brer rabbit of course!

hehe.