Mabel's other stitching
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
Absolutely amazing!!! Your skill and creativity are fantastic!!
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
I agree!!! Wow!!!!!!
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
I'm getting Hope ready for publication and I'm working on my RSN Goldwork so what I really needed for the evenings was something relaxing and uncomplicated. Cue one of the Melbury Hill kits I got a while back. This is a stylised strawberry pattern I'm working upside down because I think it looks silly the other way up
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
I turned the page upside down and Yes it does!
Strawberries hang down from the plant so you have put the right perspective on this design.
Exactly what we have come to expect I might add.
Strawberries hang down from the plant so you have put the right perspective on this design.
Exactly what we have come to expect I might add.
Re: Mabel's other stitching
Great beginning!!!
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
What a Cutie that is Mabel. Love it.
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Well, phooey, I wrote a reply to this yesterday and I could have sworn I posted it but it is not here sorry Mabel.
Wow, how did I miss this lovely horse, he is looking fabulous already, there is such a fluid movement in the hind legs and tail.
Amazing Mabel, simply amazing.
The Strawberry is delightful, your stitches give it a lovely texture, as well as the couched threads looking like the seeds.
And yes, when I used to grow Strawberries they grew out of the stem and then their own weight pull them down towards the ground, so your orientation is spot on.
It's gorgeous.
Wow, how did I miss this lovely horse, he is looking fabulous already, there is such a fluid movement in the hind legs and tail.
Amazing Mabel, simply amazing.
The Strawberry is delightful, your stitches give it a lovely texture, as well as the couched threads looking like the seeds.
And yes, when I used to grow Strawberries they grew out of the stem and then their own weight pull them down towards the ground, so your orientation is spot on.
It's gorgeous.
Re: Mabel's other stitching
That strawberry stitching is so pretty Mabel!
And oh my that horse, is fabulous and so creative. Can’t wait to see more
And oh my that horse, is fabulous and so creative. Can’t wait to see more
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
A bit more progress on the strawberry - it's been outlined and I've started on the padded satin stitch petals. The instructions don't say to do a split stitch outline first, but I find it makes for a nicer edge.
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
Ooh that Strawberry looks good enough to eat!
The satin stitch petals are looking lovely and have a lovely soft rounded look to them.
this design.
The satin stitch petals are looking lovely and have a lovely soft rounded look to them.
this design.
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
Melbury Hill has some lovely designs, and I'm enjoying stitching them, but the kits do have some drawbacks - the design lines are quite thick, so sometimes it's difficult to cover them up unless you add some stitches; and the instructions are fairly minimalist, so for a beginner they can be confusing. I worked on one of these kits with a student, and she said if she had tried the kit on her own, several times she wouldn't have known what to do or how to stitch an element.
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
Good idea to outline with split stitch
Also if as you said that the outline mark are a bit thick it does ensure a good coverage.
Love this BTW.
Also if as you said that the outline mark are a bit thick it does ensure a good coverage.
Love this BTW.
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
Oh so lovely and growing more lovely with each update.
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
The little flowers are finished - here's a close-up of one of them. Tonight DH has the third of his 6 Zoom meetings this week so I shall get on with this!
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
Lovely!
Carole
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
Leaves! (Not quite complete yet, but getting there. Not today though - it's kangaroo time!)
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
Good enough to eat. Especially since you don't eat the leaves anyway.
Carole
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Star Wars Afghan:Chewbaca
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O Kitten Tree
Dancing with the Cat
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Star Wars Afghan:Chewbaca
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O Kitten Tree
Dancing with the Cat
Everything else "on hold"
2022 Finished: Star Wars Afghan: Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Finn, Rey, Poe, Han Solo,Darth Vader, BB8,Luke Skywalker
Re: Mabel's other stitching
Absolutely lovely!
The little flowers are gorgeous and the leaves are so beautiful.
Overall the piece is beautifully balanced.
The little flowers are gorgeous and the leaves are so beautiful.
Overall the piece is beautifully balanced.
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Re: Mabel's other stitching
WOW that is coming along so beautifully. Love all of it.
Sally in Brisbane Australia
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