Sharon G's Horses' Rear Canvases

So many people commented about the SharonG canvas that was my Canvas of the Day yesterday that I wanted to post about the horses' rear designs to help folks find them.  First of all, the photo above is the one I posted yesterday.  The design is called Graphic Girls #BH 02.  This is an 18 count canvas that is 8x10, which is a pillow or framed photo size.  It's from the Horses Rear series which are all the same size on 18 count and show three horses from the rear covered in various patterns.  You can see the other two canvases in this series on Sharon's blog in the link below.  One has floral patterns on the horses and the other has Christmas motifs.  These canvases just came out last June so your shop may not have one yet.
http://sharongneedlepointdesigner.blogspot.com/2009/06/ct35-is-newer-canvas-that-now-has.html

They've been very popular so SharonG is going to design more of them, but in a smaller, single horse size.  You can read a bit more about her plans for these newest designs here.
http://sharongneedlepointdesigner.blogspot.com/2009/09/horses-behinds.html

If you, like Pat, know one of the original models of these horse's asses, you might be interested.

Jane, exits giggling here in CH

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Fuzzy Neck

Last night I did some of the background stitching and started the first rows of the neck of the Rabbit Geisha.  The neck is dark gray under the edge of the jaw, then lightens to light gray for all the rest of the neck except for the area near the left collar.  I've not stitched that yet but it will be white.  In all cases I am using one strand of my Burmilana in the various shades in modified long and short stitch.  I used two strands (actually, one long length doubled in my needle's eye) for the paws but that looked too heavy for the neck.  I'll have to test the face and ears when I get to them to see whether I go with one strand or two.

I've also outlined the cheeks with a strand of dark gray in outline stitch.  My next step will be to finish the neck area with white Burmilana and then do a second layer of stitches in areas that look skimpy.  The face and ears will be next.  I plan to stitch the cheeks in / and \ directions, stitch the area than runs from the nose to the forehead slantly slightly this way \ and do the side of the face and the ears vertically.  I hope this directional stitching makes the face look more real.

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