Several folks asked about the four missing triangles scattered across the background of spilt pavilion stitches on the Rabbit Geisha canvas. Those were left empty to be filled in later, either with beads or another thread. Above you see the top half of the canvas which is stitched except for the last row. I've been working this at night, working my way to the left side so that I know exactly where to stop. As you can see, the pattern needs me to go outside the blue painted area by one thread so I don't have to compensate. Now that I know where to stop I can work the three rows of tent stitch outside the left side. I left that edge undone until I could work my way across the entire background and now where to stop.
You may have to enlarge the photograph to see the triangles which I stitched with a strand of Rainbow Gallery's Silk Lame Braid #SL13 Sky Blue. In person they really sparkle although because the four areas are scattered, they don't overwhelm the Rabbit Geisha.
Silk Lame Braid is a mix of silk, rayon and polyester that looks like plies of silk twisted with plies of metallic. It is a very pretty thread meant for 18 count NP canvas, although they say it will look good on 16 count also. (There is a Silk Lame Braid #13 meant for 13-14 count canvases. The colors below are available in both sizes as far as I know.) It looks very nice in long stitches that showcase the silk/metallic mix and is perfect for scattering spilt pavilion halves across the canvas. Here are the colors available in Silk Lame Braid.
http://www.rainbowgallery.com/detail.cfm?ID=1149
http://www.rainbowgallery.com/detail.cfm?ID=1190
http://www.rainbowgallery.com/detail.cfm?ID=1214
You'll notice I didn't do a Canvas of the Day stitch ideas entry today. I've discovered I don't have time to do a regular blog entry and a Canvas of the Day entry, so I'll save the Canvas of the Day stitch ideas for days when I don't have things to show you otherwise. There are only so many hours in the day, sadly!
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4 comments:
I love to use Silk Lame Braid on #13 canvas. It is a great new alternative if you are doing something on larger mesh and want some sparkle but don't want to use Kreinik. I used it on a topper from The Studio Midwest recently - I wanted to commemorate my daughter's graduation as a certified scuba diver, so I did their scuba topper, and the #13 Silk Lame Braid made it look just the way I wanted - a little shiny and "wet" looking but not over-sparkly.
I'm using it now to do a cute Halloween piece that the Rainbow Gallery folks were kind enough to provide a pattern for - "Boo" in glow in the dark thread and a Halloween plaid as background in orange, purple, chartreuse, black and white Silk lame Braid. Just adorable!!! Liz
Liz, the Halloween ornament looks great. The Silk Lame Braid isn't very sparkly compared to Kreinik metallic but it sure is more so than regular silk, so it is a great compromise. I'm glad to hear the #13 size of the Silk Lame works so well on 13-14 count canvas. The 18 size of the Silk Lame covers my 18 count canvas very well.
This looks great and it shows up well when enlarged. Excellent idea!!
I'm glad you can see the difference, Pat. When you lay a strand of the DMC cotton floss next to a strand of the Silk Lame Braid, they look very different but stitched they are harmonious. Which is good because Plan B involved filling those empty triangles with beads!
Jane, who usually then gets beads all over here in CH
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