For me, there's nothing more interesting than comparing what two talented stitchers do with the identical canvas. Unless they are both working a set!
Here's Kelly Clark's entire painted but unstitched Nativity set. There are 17 pieces in all on two pages.
http://www.kellyclarkneedlepoint.com/nativity
Here is what Amy Bunger is doing with the set. Click on any photo and then use the arrows to navigate. http://www.amybunger.com/nativity_set_home_study.html
Here is what Chaparral is doing with the set. I am sorry, but I don't know who did the stitching for their series. They have a lot of talented people working at the shop.
http://www.ndlpt.com/html/series/snativity.html
Very interesting! Some things are similar and some are different but they all are wonderful. I had a lot of fun studying the photos to pick out what each stitcher did differently and what they did the same, and figuring out what I liked and what I didn't. There really is no one "right" way to stitch a painted canvas. You do the best you can with your talent and the threads and stitches available to you.
But seeing masters at work is very educational!
Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
