People are doing some amazing, impressive things with their fill-in stitches this round of our swap. I hesitate to start filling in areas because once I get started doing that, I want to fill everything in and then I feel like I might as well have appliqued the design.
I decided to do a sort of a wood block look for her hair and outline her dress with a double line of chain stitches.
My next towel is a nautical/pin-up/tattoo theme. I think if I keep doing these swaps, I'm going to have to invest in a tattoo design book, because it really is a popular theme and I try to be careful about copyrights even though our swaps are all just personal use gift type exchanges. Pin-ups just seem to get more and more popular!
I think I will stitch this design for myself. I don't generally like the pictures and symbols for Virgo, but this one is just lovely, especially the way you stitched her.
ReplyDeleteI love using seed stitch as a fill stitch -- it's not as tedious (to me) as satin stitch. I think chain stitch is a nice fill stitch too.
Don't forget about color-tinting! I hesitate to use it on anything that will be washed more than rarely, because crayon-tinting I did on some t's for my kiddo have completely faded after maybe a dozen washings (in cold water). I'm working on my last tea towel for TTT4 and it's a perfect design for color-tinting, so I'm going that route (the towel owner said the towel won't be used, so fading because of washing shouldn't be an issue!).
Glenda- This round we are seeing more crayon tinting and I really like that technique. I've used the Crayola fabric crayons before with good success. That brand is washable if used on synthetic fabric.
ReplyDeleteThat's gorgeous! I like the dress border, and the varigated green you used for the flower. Very nice work.
ReplyDeleteWow! She looks fantastic! Your stitching is amazing.
ReplyDeleteSusie - that's exquisite embroidery - the colours are beautiful and the stitching so even. I'm sighing with delight!
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