Song of the Weather SAL - August and onwards!

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:15 pm

Looks awesome!!!!!!!

Allyn · Post by **Allyn** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:40 pm

That is so lovely.

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:50 pm

Very elegant!!

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 9:46 pm

I love the way you use colours to symbolise the months, it's very descriptive!

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:28 am

Have added October and November to the SAL Gallery, and ainjel I noticed your May wasn't there yet so I added that too

. Can you remember what colours you used, by any chance? (sorry it's taken rather a long time...)

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:09 am

And here's December. It represents sky rather than garden, really. This features Caron (Watercolours) Winter Dusk (069), Anchor #5 1302 (Marble), Caron Wildflowers Woodlands (076), DMC #8 3743 (pale lavender), Kreinik #4 9294 (Periwinkle), Kreinik #4 32 (pearl) and Mill Hill seed beads 02026 (crystal blue). (whew!) The Kreinik is in the dragonfly wings. Another trick was to use only the bit of the variegated thread I needed. The suggestion of water around the bullrushes is cut from Caron Woodlands, for example; the dragonfly wings are cut from Winter Dusk.

And here's a (rather rough) photo of the whole thing. I need to decide what to do next... add names of the month underneath each design perhaps? But which alphabet?

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:24 am

WOW!!! A wonderful finale!!

December sends the whole year out on a Triumphant chorus of Dragonflies Wings!!

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 3:37 pm

wendywombat wrote: WOW!!! A wonderful finale!!

December sends the whole year out on a Triumphant chorus of Dragonflies Wings!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!

Carole

mags · Post by **mags** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 3:54 pm

Wonderful and very neatly done

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:51 pm

Serinde that is a truly magical December - I love the colours you've chosen and how wintry it looks! (Poor shivery dragonflies...)
Like you I have occasionally cut the bits I want from a variegated thread. Perfectly good technique, very useful, but it always leaves me feeling a wee bit guilty

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:06 pm

Oh you must have finished this while I was gone. It is beautiful!!!!!!! Great set!!!!!!!

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:50 pm

Absolutely stunning Serinde and such unusual colours. Ijust love it.

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:40 pm

Thank you all very much!

I did enjoy doing them all, so

to Mabel.

tiffstitch · Post by **tiffstitch** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:43 pm

Amazing, amazing finishes, and so nice to see the whole chart together. I'd definitely suggest an alphabet that has some copperplate quality to it to highlight your stitching and the designs. Would you use the same colour for all the months? Or find a complementary colour for each month?

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