I've also done some things you can't see. I put glue (Aileen's Tacky Glue) around the back side of the right door along the edge. It'll have dried well by the time I cut out this piece to attach it. I added another piece of wire to the door's hinge edge as well so there are four attachment places instead of just two. It seemed more secure that way.
I've taken an old advertising magnet down from the refrigerator (one with a 2009 calendar on it) and cut two strips of magnet from it. I'll use those to make the door stay closed. And I went fabric shopping. I picked up a bit of pale blue chiffon with silver dabs of paint on it to back the right door's underside so it doesn't show off the back side when open.
I just need to do a bit more on this piece before I can trim the canvases for finishing. I am finishing up the area just below the roof line with a couched line of #8 perle held down by long and narrow cross stitches. After that I need to add a few more tent stitches above the roof, but I think the stitching will be done by then.
This is on track to be finished this weekend. HURRAH!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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12 comments:
This is so cool! I am impressed by how close you are to being done! I love the idea of beads for the light too!
Jane, I hate to do this to you when you are so close to finished, but... what are you going to do about the black inside-rh-door area? Nothing? I'm thinking as Tardis is bigger inside than out, a series of ever-decreasing oblongs (silver, maybe?) might give some sense of this? Feel free to ignore me, especially at THIS late stage, but it struck me as a possibility...
Glenis
This piece is coming out so totally AMAZING!
Designer, stitcher sans compare!
Fingers crossed! Looks great.
Thanks, Robin. I'm working on the door now. I totally forgot about the hardware so I added that before starting to finish the back side....
Edy, I am glad you like it. I see many areas I could improve but well, it has been fun and it is the perfect gift for a Dr. Who-mad relative!
Glenis, there is a reason that I choose the black canvas with the sparkles I did. That empty space will continue empty and be backed with gold lame on the rear so that it sparkles even more. I decided rather than trying to stitch something there, I would use the bare canvas to indicate the vastness of the inside. Make sense?
Glad you like this, Pat. I am close to finishing the stitching but of course the assembly is next. Not my favorite part. The beaded light looks nice in person. I do like that a lot.
Glad you remembered the door handles. Is there a silver lock on the right hand door? Leaving the inside un-stitched looks good to me. After all Dr. Who seems to step out into space when he goes through the door.
It's looking really fantastic!!
Thanks, e-Rose. I'm glad so many folks like it.
Sunny, in the photos the gold round lock is under the door handle. That's where I put it then. I don't think the left door ever opens. I have no idea about real old fashioned police call boxes, but in the Dr. Who tv show, I don't remember the left door ever opening. It's always the right and the Doctor slips in turned rather sideways.
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