Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 17 May
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Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 1 May
Impressive! Do I spot early bluebells?
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Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 1 May
You do indeed! And seals in the water...
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Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 1 May
Hmm, I'm obviously overlooking the seals can you give a hint?
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Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 1 May
It really is an eye of faith thing, but look at the April image and find the harp towards the top. Now go down slightly to your left, where the arch is. It's not an arch, of course, but the back of the island's hill. There is the larger seal (I know, I know), and in the "water" there are (if you squint and enlarge it) three little seal heads. These represent the beasts that came out to listen to us singing Gaelic seal songs to them, which is a thing, apparently. Quite the experience. Seals are very curious about their environment, not unlike cats.
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Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 1 May
Could it be to the right rather than the left? I did wonder about the grey slightly curved shape as it has a distinct seal-ness about it but hadn't spotted the teeny seals' heads bobbing about - got them now!
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Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 1 May
Ha! never could tell my left from my right (which is why I only ever wear one ring; suspect I'm actually ambidextrous, with a slightly more dominant right hand).
Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 11 May
I’m using Caron Wildflowers “Aurora” (043) to stitch… the aurora (not that I saw more than the streams of particles — looked like clouds but wrong — too straight. This is in the stitch journal. I’m using long (2in) strands, a sort of satin stitch, which keeps the colors together well, but I still have to figure out how to secure it down. Perhaps bayeux? But with what? Perhaps a green?
Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 11 May
I absolutely LOVE watching this coming together Serinde - its beautiful! and so expressive! I get excited each time I see an update
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Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 11 May
Aw, thank you so much. It’s such an interesting exercise. I find myself paying more attention to my surroundings, and I enjoy the serendipitous nature of the whole thing.
Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 11 May
This is fabulous.
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Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 11 May
Did you decide on how to secure the Aurora threads? Something laid-and-couched sounds like a good plan. We've just been to an exhibition of soldiers' embroidery and there was a banner with the most exquisite silk laid work, with incredibly long laid strands.
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Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 17 May
Very effective!
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Re: Serindë's Stitching adventure 2024 17 May
I thought so, but I'm always happy to have a second opinion. I am now over a quarter of the year done -- indeed, over a third -- am I can't say each day comes naturally to me yet! I often think I should take my time, except that I already stitch slowly. Let's just say I'm probably overcomplicating the thing, because it takes a LOT more than 20-30 minutes to do a segment. Still enjoying it, though.