Last night I managed to restitch the border around the outside of Vivian Leigh in colors that I think better show off the quilt block pattern. The slanting buttonhole variation stitch is done in four plies of A7 (DMC cotton floss #340) and the Sprats head stitch triangles are done in A4 (Impressions #6043). This is not what Tony planned but I do like it a lot better than his threads or my previous iterations. Yesterday's border with the overydyed thread and dark violet Rainbow Linen perle is shown in this photo so you can see why I changed the threads.
Now I just need to stitch the black sashing below Vivian before I put this away for a while.
In other news, The Management Team's (not TNNA as I thought--thanks for the correction, Joan) cash and carry trade show is happening in Dallas. Already the Texas shops are posting on their blogs about the goodies they are bringing home. Here is what the Needle Works in Austin loved.
http://theneedleworks.typepad.com/the_needle_works/2010/04/updates-from-dallas.html
And here is what Pocket Full of Stitches in Lubbock adored.
http://pocketfullofstitches.blogspot.com/2010/04/destination-dallas.html
I expect to see more shop news about the latest designs as shop owners stagger home over the next few days. Everyone, travel safely!
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12 comments:
As individual blocks, I really like your second version much more than the first version. But now I think the row is a bit off balance and am wondering if you might have to make some similar changes in the rows below? Then again what do I know? I'm still on Clark.
You were right.....much better choice for that one....hopefully it will not alter the rest of your choices too much.
IMHO this makes Vivian Leigh one classy lady, which she was. Sorry Tony, my vote's for Jane's version :-)
Glenis
The new Leigh designs are fantastic! I have to stitch those!
I agree. The new border works beautifully!
Thanks for liking Vivian Leigh's new border. Donna may be right--there may be things I'll have to do to adjust later--but I like my new version way better than the old which would also have needed major revisions.
We'll see how it all works out.
By the way, I like Leigh Richardson's Floozies, too. Can't wait to see larger pictures of the "ladies" at the bar with their favorite beverage!
Jane, Jane, Jane (she says while shaking her head back and forth). You are such a bad influence on me and my feeble attempt to not buy every single needlework project on the whole entire planet. (Please see: "Hi, I'm the cute little mouse from Sew Much Fun that you just have to have" as explanation why the Visa card is out of the wallet.)
Oh, and P.S...I have now changed threads for "Stars" sixty two times. Version 6.2?
Sorry, Con, but it is obvious that you are a Collector. Believe me, you don't want to be the one who passed on a chart or canvas you really really wanted only to find it immediately go Out Of Print, never to be seen again.
There are too many folks sending me pathetic emails asking if I'd seen such-and-such. You don't want to go there!
Feel better?
As for 62 versions of Stars colors, I am not at all surprised. But there are folks who stitch the quilt blocks as ornaments and do each square with a different color scheme. Just saying that being picky isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Feel better? You will when the mouse set arrives!
Hugs from your personal shopper,
Jane
Pocket Full of Stitches is in Lubbock, not Ft. Worth. Ft. Worth has The French Knot.
Thanks, Judy. I'll correct it in the blog entry. Thanks for letting me know. Blog entries come first thing in the morning, and I'm often not awake.
Still, shouldn't have made such a large geographical error.
LOL I was sure you knew better. Now just don't go put Colleen in El Paso. (no fly fishing there) Please make your coffee stronger before you make a blog post.
Jane looks at Judy and laughs. Wonder what I'll screw up today? After all, I'm drinking the decaf left over from last night....
Chilly Hollow, where we live dangerously. LOL
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