Yesterday I hand-stitched the wizard NP canvas to the backing fabric. If it stops being pitch black before I leave for work, I'll post a photo of my progress. We basically have a hollow stand up figure with no bottom. I had planned to stitch my feather boa trim all around the edges of the needlepoint but it is too wide. Now that the wizard is standing on his own, I can see that the trim is just Too Much. I probably will leave the edges bare (gasp!) with no trim at all but encircle the base of the standup figure with the feather trim which still looks nice with the design but the clean, crisp edge seems to want to remain unadorned with any sort of trim.
I'm not a neat hand sewer, but this time I did good. I back stitched all around the edge of the needlepoint, just inside my two rows of tent stitches that encircled the background edge. Then I carefully turned the two stitched pieces inside out (you put them together with the right sides facing each other) to show the needlepoint and the front side of the backing fabric.
Since I'm not going to put any trim around the edges, the next step will be to figure out the oval shape of the base and cut that from the leftover fabric, then put wire through the Flair and bend it into the right shape and length of smoke for the cauldren. I'll attach the Flair to the back side by reaching up through the open base. The cauldron is near the wizard's feet, after all, so this shouldn't be too hard.
I'll post a photo when it is light enough to take one, but that might not be until I get home tonight. Fortunately, it usually isn't dark when I get home from work.
Jane/Chilly Hollow
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2 comments:
This will look great with the trim just at the bottom--nice stitching job on the seams!
Thanks, Pat. I was astounded at how neat it looks myself.
Jane, who somehow didn't stick the needle into my fingers yesterday in CH
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