As you can see, I haven't worked any more on the skirt trims for Miss Honeybunny (honey=golden, does it make sense now?). Instead I stitched her paw and most of her face. I still have the eye and nose to do but these areas are essentially done. I just happened to have two skeins of DMC cotton floss not put away yet that were a perfect match for the golden gown the Golden Rabbit wears. (The dark brown is #610 and the lighter tan is #612).
You might think that I switched to the face and paw because I was tired and basketweaving these areas was an easy way to show progress. That's only part of the story. The real reason I wanted to stitch the fur was the floral trim on her over- and under-skirts.
The over-skirt trim is a floral pattern that is 6 stitches wide, while the under-skirt trim is a floral pattern 4 stitches wide. The outside edge of both trims in the original instructions is gold Kreinik braid. I have stitched this already for both trims. But moving to the next step was a problem for me. The floral trims both have French knot centers for the flower shapes. I can use my pale copper beads there. But what about the flower-shaped stitches (yellow in the original model), the tent and reverse tent sttiches that are supposed to be leaves (green in the original model), and the accent stitches (straight and large cross stitches) which are violet in the original. I have limited myself to overdyed gold and light gold colors, so I needed to introduce more colors that would work with gold. I decided that the brown and tan on the rabbit's face might do for some of the trim colors, but to know for sure, I thought I needed to stitch the face. So I did!
Every part of a canvas effects every other part, doesn't it?
Jane/Chilly Hollow
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6 comments:
I might be tempted to do the flowers in purples/lavenders--just the opposite of what you were thinking. Remember the original has the lavenders as the main colors with the yellow flowers, and they compliment each other.....as always, just my 2 cents worth! LOL
I can't wait to see what you decide. I like this so far. I still wonder what you will do with the wings though!!
I don't have a clue about the wings, Liz, but I think beads would look nice there. Maybe I'll browse my new Sundance Bead Book and look at the stitches they recommend as good with beads.
Anyway, stay tuned. Once I get the trim out of the way I will need to think Wings.
Good idea about the flowers, Pat. You are right, the lavenders would look nice with the golds and browns. We'll see. I plan to work a lot of basketweave background to night while I think about it....
I love the browns and golds, all your color choices for your "pets" have been perfect and I am happy to see how they look in other than the original colors. They're fun.
Thanks, Madonna. I really think it would be hard to pick "wrong" colors for these pieces. They are all well designed, so as long as you notice where the light versus dark colors are on the original design, you are set.
And then there's Holi. LOL
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