It's official. I love painted canvas. BUT! I have discovered that I am a stitcher that simply MUST have a stitch guide. I have a really nice collection of canvases in my stash, and I love pawing through them and playing with threads, but they just intimidate the living h-e-double-toothpicks outta' me. Then I get all frustrated and put them away with a lot of heavy sighing and disgust that I'm not capable of executing the visions in my head.
So I've ordered a few stitch guides for a few canvases so that I can start to ENJOY my stash. (Hmmmm. Enjoyment of one's stash. Who knew?)
This baby is almost complete. Only the background and copper accents to go. The blocks turned out really cool, with lots of texture and various stitches. I used DMC floss for this, but I can imagine that other threads would have given it even more dimension.
Today I'm going to go through that Autumn basket (yet again). I have a great Shepherd's Bush "Into the Night" kit that methinks needs some startin'!
Not to worry. I have almost more ideas about painted canvases than can fit in my head. No wonder sometimes I pick up my needlepoint at night and 2 hours zoom by!
ReplyDeleteSo ask. Bet there are a lot of folks hanging out here on your blog who have ideas, too. Together we can come up with A Plan.
Hugs from CH,
Jane
Hi! Your project is beautiful. I feel the same way about painted canvases, as I started my needlework life doing cross stitch, and when I work on painted canvases, I miss the precision. Have you ever tried Elizabeth Bradley kits? Although the canvases are painted, the kits also come with fantastic color-coded charts. I've been known to turn the canvas over to the blank side and stitch just using the chart.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Karen/NYC
Ooooh... I just sorted out the threads for Into the Night last night. I really love the colors. Planning to start stitching it some time today.
ReplyDeleteHi Coni,
ReplyDeleteYour painted canvas is a wonderful
ode to Fall. Love the colours and
the designs in it.
I'm not familiar with this style
of needlework, so forgive my
ignorance, but do the charts not
provide you with instructions on
what sort of stitch to use in each
part of the design?? Or does the
stitcher just choose which stitches
he/she wants to use? Or will the
guides that you ordered be showing
HOW to make the stitches?
The posts that you dedicated to
your Mom and Dad were so lovely
to read. Your words allowed me
to visual what they must have been
like in life and what they meant to
you and your sister. No better
tribute to their lives can exist
then the way you hold their
memories in your heart with love
and admiration and humour.
I'm like you right now in that I
can't seem to settle on a stitching
project that has results I'm happy with.
I've started two, but one is stitched with three threads
of floss, which I'm not use to
doing and I don't like the look
of what little I've done so far. And the other is 32 count, and
I don't like the look of the
stitches that I've done on it
thus far either.
We're celebrating Thanksgiving
here this weekend, so I'm hoping
to find some time to go through
my stash and find a project that
will appeal to me. And I think
that I need my magnifier to work
on those two projects I mentioned
above.
I am delighted to hear that you
too are a reader. It's always
nice to find another book lover.
Thanks to books the long trip
home from work is bearable for
me.
Cheers