I finished the Renaissance Rat this weekend by adding a gold metallic belt (The #16 braid is couched down with matching gold in the #4 braid), a wire halo wrapped in the gold and then the red and gold Kreinik (which is a bit mashed in the photo since she was laid face down on the scanner for a picture), a gold lace collar made with my #4 braid in three rows of blanket stitch, a shiny black nose and eye in black metallic Cresta d'Or, and a little fancy gold stitch on the sleeve using gold Accentuate.
She was a lot of fun to do in the various metallic threads, the nylon Patina and the red silk Trebizond, and of course the lovely browns in Impressions.
Next up, the Tudor Dog. I also have to do the Georgian Rabbit but I decided to do the dog next since I had an eye about the colors I wanted to use for the dog.
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Jane/Chilly Hollow
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4 comments:
So, another great looking one. How many more to go? (grinning)
Pierrette =^..^=
Wow! You have been very busy! I love the sleeve detail, and of course, the halo, and the wings are fab!!
I'm glad you like her. I think Miss Ratty is pretty fab myself. The halo was fun and the wings also once I figured out the stitch.
There are six in the set and I am doing them all. There are two more and I've started the Tudor Dog already. There's just not enough progress for pictures yet.
I have to say they've all been run and relatively quick to stitch (except for the endless background, of course!0 How does such a small border around the design take so long?!!!
Jane, who has just discovered a new area of physics and time--the eternal background space
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