Finish!
Changed the feather eyes to blue, red birds' beaks to brown.
40 count unbleached that I bleached, gently mottled.
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The single row of brown defining the house corner looked bad to me. So I went over the stitches with a half cross and it helped. Even on 40, I was not happy with coverage and surprised at how the linen shown through.
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It proved to me that my stitch tension pulls those wimpy threads closer together and coverage is worse than on a lower count fabric. It's just not substantial enough. Lesson learned.
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This is the photo I posted before starting Mary and you can see how sheer this 40 count is, but it was the right size without having to cut a larger piece.
Have a good one!
Be safe.
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14 comments:
Mary is beautiful -- super job! You should be very proud of yourself with all the changes.
Happy belated 4th.
Love this one CA.... and I like it's small size. And I really really like your bleaching/mottling job on the linen. I just got a large piece of linen I had been waiting for from Traditional Stitches...they "couldn't" send me a photo of it before I committed to purchase...and gah!! It has PINK mottling. Seriously...PINK! ~Robin~
What a beautiful finish....you should be so proud. Corner of the
house not so noticeable from here, unless you put your nose on it...
considering the count, superb.....
A fabulous finish! Love it.
I think your Mary is just delightful! Nice work as always!
It's wonderful!! What a good choice!!
Mary Bell is beautiful!
Another beautiful finish!!!
Marly, I love everything about Mary Bell! Have a good weekend! Cherie in WI
Mary is beautiful and I am stunned every time you have made a sampler how quick you are with your eyesight.
I made only a quarter of my small sampler from La-D-Da ...Sweet Scissor Mat.
Is Carole at her own home now and how is she doing?
Have a peacefull weekend, Truus from Holland
I think I need to return to using the hoop. And put it in the stand. It seems like my tension is too loose, and sometimes the strands don't match. Maybe if I had both hands free to use, my stitches will be more even?
Mary is very pretty, and I like your changes. I don't know that I'd have thought to go back over some stitches with another half cross. That was really sheer linen, at least now it's gone from the stash. I like the way it turned out with your bleaching treatment.
Mary Bell is a beauty!
I love the way this turned out, Marly--great changes and that extra half cross really makes a difference. I've used that method several times and it helps a lot. On to your next project!
Gorgeous!!!!!!!
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