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This isn't the first time Melissa Shirley has designed a piece of a little girl carrying a pumpkin in a pie tin. One of her Victorian Halloween vintage postcard designs has many of the same elements.
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Below are Bonnie's stitch ideas for this Canvas of the Month. Jane's ideas are in the earlier blog posting.
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I think the main idea on the canvas, especially for the girl in the middle – is keep it simple – lots of cotton threads. We are giving thanks for the simple things in life like sharing a meal with family and friends!
Starting at the bottom and working around the frame and the background: Acorns – a skip tent for the top with French knots in between, or all French knots in a floss or slightly overdye floss, bottom in a simple vertical satin. The dots in between a Smyrna cross or plain cross-stitch if that is too bulky.
Background of bottom – basketweave in an overdye cotton with the plies reversed so color ends up mottled not striped. Row between bottom and ground, vertical satin stitch in floss or a strand of PC laid horizontally all the way across and couched horizontally with perle cotton.
Leaves –leaf stitch in an overdye silk or if can't find a good match pick a couple colors of silk and do some leaves in one color and some in another. Leaf veins a single satin stitch in silk or stem stitch if can't get satin stitch where needed, branches a whipped stem stitch in a perle cotton or floss for texture.
Frame – double woven basket stitch with a fiber that looks like a rough basket – maybe a perle cotton or a linen or ….
Background – try to find a darning pattern with a leaf image or create one, done in a #12 PC or 2 strands of floss so very light.
Ground – basketweave in overdye floss, maybe a few very small French knots thrown in here and there to make clumps of dirt, or randomly cross a few of the tent stitches for the same idea.
Then to the main feature the girl and her pumpkin!
Pumpkin – horizontal satin stitch in silk, carefully laid. Make sure follow ribs of pumpkin. Stem tent in a perle cotton for texture. Plate is all tent stitch since the main show is the pumpkin not the plate!
Face, hands – tent stitch in strandable silk
Hair – stem stitch or long and short following direction of hair in a cotton overdye with only a slight color change
Skirt and Top – upright cross in two to three shades of linen, or if not available, cotton floss, shading as needed
Apron – reverse basketweave or Hungarian stitch done in cotton floss or perle cotton (depends on what used for skirt and top, don't use same for both), ribbon done in an overdye with same stitch
Collar and cuffs – something with a diagonal feel like diagonal mosaic or scotch stitch same thread as apron
Hat – Nobuko or woven plait in direction to match angle of hat. Again same thread as apron – adding a strand to the middle section as stitching to give that raised look or if using perle cotton try using a different size in middle section.
Shoes – tent stitch over two if room so different then the ground, but not too noticeable, in a suede. Or if not enough space, just tent stitch.
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Thanks, Bonnie. It is always a delight to do blog entries with you!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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