Yesterday it was cool and rainy and windy and I was sick of housework so I couched a halo for the Golden Rabbit using a long strand of my Kreinik copper/gold 002V color. Traditional couching is pairs of metallic thread but I always have more luck couching one thread in such a small space. The halo itself is around an inch long and almost half an inch wide. It is tied down with two strands of gold Accentuate. I worked from the outside in and was very careful to keep the thread from twisting so it would lie smoothly on the NP canvas. After I had everything couched, I started on the background again to help me decide it the halo looks good. It is a bit offset due to the rabbit ears, but I think I like it. What do you think? I am considering adding beads around the outside but that needs to wait until all the background of this area is finished.
I finished all the trims on the skirts except for the final touch of beads. I'm debating whether to use the little gold beads, the larger pale copper beads, or to do French knots in my ivory Silk Lame Braid in the center of the flower shapes. Stay tuned! I'll work on background while I ponder it all. Sometimes it takes a while to visualize the possibilities and see if you can come up with any other ideas, then do a little test stitching.
Jane/Chilly Hollow
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7 comments:
I think this is my favorite so far in this series! The halo looks good, I would not put beads around it. Beads for sure in the skirt trim! She is just very, very elegant!!!
Thanks, Liz. She certainly is my favorite but then the one I'm stitching at the time is my favorite. I would be hard-pressed to pick one of the six I love above all others.
I'll keep your comment about where beads should go in mind. I trust your instincts.
This is just amazing! I love the halo! I too would put beads in the skirt, and also see how I like them in the halo! LOL
It is looking very good. I tried beads on the flowers but could not get them to sit the way i wanted them. Hope you have better luck!!
she is looking very good! I tried beads for the centres of the flowers but they would not sit right. Hope you have beeter luck!!
We'll see. I may attach them with a French knot or a doubled thread. Lots of ways to try this out, but keep your fingers crossed, Odette!
Stay tuned, Pat. I'll mess with this tonight.
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