...that there are four identical entries on my Yahoo 360 blog yesterday. I can't get rid of them. Yahoo seems to be having trouble. Once I can delete the three dups, I will.
While I stand around glaring at Yahoo 360, you might want to head over to The Silver Needle and check out their Scream House, which is an etui from Just Nan. It has 18 sides! Open it up and you'll find ghosts and goblins galore, not to mention a hilarious pumpkin pincushion.
I've seen some beautiful etuis and sewing tool cases in this area as the sampler folks love designing and stitching them in traditional sampler style, but this is a rarity-a funny one! I think it is charming and thought you all would enjoy seeing something different.
http://www.thesilverneedle.net/just-nan-crossstitch.php?Reloaded=True&osCsid=539b0e5e71b718c73ac4b50b83245d86
Speaking of Halloween, I have picked up various fabrics to finish the Halloween trick-or-treaters stocking. I have a pretty purple satin and a see-through fabric that has Trick or Treat in orange lettering that I plan to put over the satin. I also bought a lovely blue satin that is the color of the water in the goldfish ornament background. It is embossed with round mandala motifs and I think it is perfect for the goldfish when I finish him. I'm still planning to put the NP canvas over a mirror and then cover the back with fabric. He will come to work with me and live at my desk to give me something special and personal to decorate my work space.
At least, that's the plan! And you know how the best-laid plans often turn out!
Before I go, Anne S. mentioned that she'd been told the best way to work David McCaskill's water stitch is to turn the canvas and directions 90 degrees and work the water in vertical stitches instead of horizontal. Thanks for the tip, Anne! I'll try this over the weekend when I stitch more water background.
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2 comments:
You will love him on a mirror. I did this with a silk gauze piece of a hummingbird, and it actually looks like he moves when you walk by! Looking forward to seeing it!
I've seen a silk gauze butterfly mounted over a mirror and it looked great. I felt as if I were looking at the back of a real butterfly.
The goldfish is on a much larger count fabric and there won't be much background but I hope to have some movement in the "water." We'll see how it works out. First, I need the right sized mirror!
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