Monday, 1 April 2013

More detail and trellis work . . .

detail and trellis work

the working needle
Worked hard to almost finish the top half of the design yesterday.  The top two circles are straight forward satin stitch worked over split stitch, and were really quick to work.  The next pale green was satin stitch but I decided to trellis over it as the stitches were quite long.  Then there is the big circle which brought slight frustrations.  Nikki originally suggested velvet stitch - not being a big fan of velvet stitch although it has its place - I decided to go for the French knot option.  The French knots looked too textured when everything around it looked fairly sleek, so I decided to just trellis over it, which I am fairly happy with.  The French knots however, are so solid - that my fingers and the working needle (which has been amazing after what I have put it through) are at breaking point.  Still -  the joys of decision making!

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6 comments:

  1. The Handcrafted Home1 April 2013 at 12:13

    It's very beautiful indeed and I love the colours you have chosen especially the mustard/ gold with the brown and terracotta/ red .
    Your photos are another part on the visual pleasure to, they are perfect.

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    1. Tracy A Franklin1 April 2013 at 13:53

      Thanks Mel! It is actually Nikki's choice of colour, but I changed the blue colour from a brighter blue to a more petrol blue. Photos are from my really useful small Canon camera with some editing in Photoshop. Still have a lot to do before completing.

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  2. Anonymous2 April 2013 at 12:51

    I really love the sleek clean flow of your stitching. I adore crewel embroidery and following this is a joy.

    Debbie

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  3. Kathy7 April 2013 at 10:55

    Hi Tracy,
    I love the circles! I'm not a fan of velvet stitch either but decided to try it on this design. It did turn out really well and made for some great photos. However, I prefer the trellis you did over the french knots. The space between the knots and the trellis is really lovely. The blue veins in the leaves are brilliant! Can't wait to see it all finished!

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    1. Tracy A Franklin7 April 2013 at 12:06

      Hi Kathy - me too - I cannot wait to see the finished result - I will be working flat out on it over the next couple of weeks, in and amongst other work, but I have enjoyed working it!

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    2. Tracy A Franklin7 April 2013 at 12:07

      Hi again Kathy - I should have said that I also really enjoyed watching your crewel work grow also - the finished result looks great!

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