WTH? I have never had anger and temper to this degree. Not all the time, just when I get frustrated. You know ... impatient. Well ....intolerant. Maybe .... drained. Possibly .... overloaded. Well, yeah, all the time.
Elizabeth continues on a much slower path, still hoping for improvement in my condition. But as I usually call on you for help, once again, I have two questions. The first is not related to stitching, but the sampler itself. I am not one to research or have interest in the maker or their ancestry. Diane was nice enough to let me know that Elizabeth married David Fisher on December 28, 1814, so I'm sharing that info. I don't believe I ever came across the stitcher designating/dedicating the sampler "to" someone. In this case, Mrs. Rhoda Hutchinson in New Jersey. Not really important, I just find it curious.
The second question is one I asked before. When looking at this piece from a distance, I cannot see the Ecru or the 712 I substituted. This is bugging me because the border appears to be just a wandering vine with missing flowers. Adam and his girl won't be noticed either. So I've tested over ten various light threads with a touch of color thinking that may help. Nothing. In fact, although a noticeable difference in skein, hardly a wink on the linen. The last one 3823, will replace a few test flowers before I decide. Backstitching didn't help and made the lighter buds look different than the others. If 3823 doesn't stop me from throwing something, I plan to use 437 shown in the bottom photo. Do you think replacing the light flowers would be a mistake? My opinion (since I change colors all the time) is that it would change the overall look but be fine. Mark said to just use the darker color from the start. I guess he's tired of ducking.
Oops. One more. The chart said to fill in Adam & Eve's hair, ram, and serpent with black. Stem? Satin? Quarters and halfs as needed? Anything I want? That's the way I like it.
Been waiting for the vet to return my calls, thinking of calling another mobile vet if I still don't have a reply tomorrow morning. Bud will be very upset regardless of who it is.
Have a good day folks. Sorry to be asking your advice again.
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9 comments:
Good luck with your colour changes, Marly - I would go for the darker floss to make that impact that you are looking for.
I remember reading in "A sampling of Hunterdon County needlework", written by Dan Campanelli, a gentleman from my area, that in the early 1800s expert needlewomen would sometimes conduct schools of needlework out of their homes, teaching young girls the proper way to stitch. Is it possible Mrs. Rhoda Hutchinson was Elizabeth's teacher? Don't know, just a guess.
I found it fascinating that present-day researchers could figure out which needlework school girls had attended by the way they formed certain stitches or by the motifs they chose when they constructed their samplers.
I agree with your anonymous commenter above that the person in the dedication is likely the stitcher's instructor. Seems I've seen something similar somewhere.... (where are those darn memory pills?)
Good luck with the flower color substitution. You always have excellent results changing colors, so I say go with your gut feeling. The only thing I have as a suggestion is perhaps trying the light color with an additional strand of floss...? And hey, "fill in" without further direction sounds like carte blanche to me. :)
I've never seen that sort of dedication on a sampler either - interesting. You seem to always make good choices when you change thread colours, so I would go with you instinct/gut. I've stitched enough samplers and been disappointed at the end when certain things did not show up very well.....
Well, I will be of no help with my comment...but you've come to expect that I suspect. Personally, I like the lighter color floss as called for...almost tonal...BUT, I am viewing it rather up close and not at a distance as you apparently are. (I am also far out of the need to duck range LOL). As for the hair, serpent, etc., yeah...I say you have been granted complete and unequivocal latitude and license to do whatever the heck you please. Hoping you find luck for vet help for Bud. ~Robin~
Do hope that the vet can help Bud very soon.
I like the lighter color for the flowers, but as Robin is saying- I only see the picture and not the distance.
As for the hair I would use a very dark brown instead of Black.lol
Well you know already what color you are going to use.
Take care and stay save.
Greetings, Truus from Holland
My 2 cents is dark brown and the darker cream. I can say, the times I have gone with the listed color and it appeared to be too light, I was disappointed after it was done. I have at times used one of each - light and darker shade of cream when the design calls for 2 strands. Again, I'm not a purist......you can tell by my stitching. Good luck and take care
I like the darker colors as well but I am not that versed on the craft. But I do know about cranky. My MIL was a champion, her entire life, for being a bit of a crab, a good-natured crab, but still a challenge. In her last several years when the dementia was taking over, she was the sweetest little old lady. She always said that being cranky it kept her going, kept her alive. She was 97 when she passed last year. So, crab on dear lady, it is a good thing!
It was customary to dedicate one's work to the teacher and if one were to trace the
dedication name, it might give a clue to her vocation or school. I would go with the
most "luminous" choice that would give "punch" at a distance. I've never known you to err in your determination to find the right color. Here is hoping that healing can be
found for Bud.
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