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Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 2:11 pm
by rcperryls
Absolutely amazing!!! Your skill and creativity are fantastic!!

Carole
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Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:00 pm
by karen4bells
Squirrel wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:03 am :whoop: :whoop: :whoop: :whoop: :whoop:
Oh my goodness he is so fabulous and the colours are awesome. Can't wait to see the finished picture. :D
I agree!!! Wow!!!!!! :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:

Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 1:24 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
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

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:22 pm
by wendywombat
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. :king:

Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 4:14 pm
by rcperryls
:applesauce: :applesauce: Great beginning!!!

Carole
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Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:42 am
by Squirrel
What a Cutie that is Mabel. Love it. :whoop: :whoop: :whoop: :whoop:

Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 6:04 am
by Garnet
:tantrum: Well, phooey, I wrote a reply to this yesterday and I could have sworn I posted it but it is not here :tantrum: 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.

:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:

Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:46 pm
by Wise Owl
That strawberry stitching is so pretty Mabel!

And oh my that horse, is fabulous and so creative. Can’t wait to see more 🤩

Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 1:58 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
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

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 2:49 pm
by Garnet
Ooh that Strawberry looks good enough to eat!

The satin stitch petals are looking lovely and have a lovely soft rounded look to them.

:wub: this design.

:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:

Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 2:51 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
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.

Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 2:58 pm
by wendywombat
Good idea to outline with split stitch :dance:
Also if as you said that the outline mark are a bit thick it does ensure a good coverage.
Love this BTW. :wub:

Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 12:02 am
by Squirrel
Oh so lovely and growing more lovely with each update. :whoop: :whoop: :whoop: :whoop:

Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:57 am
by Podolyanka
Sounds like Chinese grammar to me, but looks great.

Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:27 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
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 :shock: so I shall get on with this!

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Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:38 pm
by rcperryls
:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:
Lovely!

Carole
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Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:02 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
Leaves! (Not quite complete yet, but getting there. Not today though - it's kangaroo time!)

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Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:47 pm
by rcperryls
:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:
Good enough to eat. Especially since you don't eat the leaves anyway.

Carole
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Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:56 pm
by Garnet
Absolutely lovely!

The little flowers are gorgeous and the leaves are so beautiful.

Overall the piece is beautifully balanced.

:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:

Re: Mabel's other stitching

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:40 pm
by Squirrel
WOW that is coming along so beautifully. Love all of it. :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: