One funny byproduct of all the snow here is that I'm finding it hard to get a good scan of my canvas progress. The snow reflects the light into the room with the scanner, which effects the end result. You'd think on an overcast day you wouldn't have this effect but this is the best photo I could get of the finished beaded bra.
For those of you who thought the background too dark, I like it but if I decided I agreed with you, I would probably not pull out all those stitches. Instead, I'd probably put another row of tent stitches on top of the cross stitches that make up the leaping deer, using my light ecru Burmilana that is used in the t-stitch background around the deer. Sometimes you can avoid ripping out by adding more thread.
I have started the leaping deer background around the tap pants. This time they are all tent stitched. I'll go back and top stitch a \ to make a cross stitch once the deer are in place, using either my Medici that I'm running out of or the Burmilana that is a close match. The thread change won't be noticable that way.
Another foot of snow is expected starting this afternoon which means we will have four feet of snow covering the hillside driveway. I expect to be trapped here again for at least a week and almost certainly nearly two. One would need a front loader to clear the driveway of that much snow.
Well, I am probably going to get a lot of stitching done!
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7 comments:
Love the finished Beaded Bra. LOVE it. You were spot on, Jane. Please be careful during the next snowfall. The amount of snow sounds dangerous.
It looks fantastic! Congratulations on this finish! The beading pops it right back out front. Stay safe & warm!
I hope you're well-supplied with food and necessities! Stay safe and warm and stitch away!
Nancy
Glad you all like the beaded bra. Don't worry about me. I have enough supplies to be cut off for two weeks and we can make it longer (but without coffee and milk) if necessary. I miss the daily newspaper and mail, but we will be fine. The foot of snow predicted to start at lunchtime today hasn't materialized yet but the weather folks still say we will get hammered overnight through tomorrow. Think good thoughts for warmer sunny days when this storm is over so all the snow melts. When it is up to your waist, there's no way you can dig yourself out.
Jane, I absolutely love it. Great background. In fact, perfect background. Yours and Robin's cats are my favorites. RObin, I left comments for you on your blog.
I may need to paint some more bras thinking in terms of what you both did with yours.
It looks great now that it's finished. I think it must have just been the picture before making it seem too dark, cos now it seems just right.
Z, judging how something will look is really hard until you see all the elements of the canvas finished. And of course I was making the photos dark so Blog readers could see the details.
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