Two Door Tardis

Even though I've been posting here about other things, I have been stitching my Tardis ornament each night and have the tent stitched walls finished.  I also replaced the mutins (just long stitches in perle cotton couched with a ply of DMC floss where the horizontal and vertical stitches cross) in the windows.  You'll remember I had to rip out the windows and door panels to get them all sized and positioned correctly.

I started working long stitches over the front left corner but stopped when I ran out of time last night.  I will count (shudder) the threads the free standing right door covers and then count (shudder) the same amount of threads over from the center where the two doors meet and then add horizontal satin stitch on the right side corner today.

After that I will need to work on the roof.  Once I know exactly where and what the roof stitches are, I can continue working horizontal satin stitches up the front corners toward the roof line.

The end is in sight!

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Kimono Cyberclass Updated Again

Remember that I mentioned the three mini cyberclasses that Janet Perry is offering?  I have an update for you--a photo of the first class's finished kimono.   The painted canvas is from Patt and Lee Designs.  Janet has chosen the stitches.  The first class starts April 1 so if you want to learn a bit more about fancying up your needlepoint, or if you know a beginner who'd enjoy this class, head over to Janet's blog to sign up.

http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/textured-stitch-cyberclass


UPDATE #2 - Here is the stitched second kimono for class #2 which is going to be about shading.

Update #3:  Below is the third kimono finished.

More details can be found on Janet Perry's blog.
http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/cyberclass-on-needlepoint-shading-starting-may-15


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Melita's Woodlawn Report

Another kind person has posted a report about their trip to see the Woodlawn Plantation exhibit on their blog.  This time the visitor is Melita.  You can read all about it here.
http://melitastitches4fun.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/woodlawn-roadtrip-2010/


She's provided a link to the photo album of the ribbon winners. If you want to look up the items that won awards she mentions, enter the IMG number in the search box. BEFORE you push Enter, use the Search pull down menu to choose Preservation Nation's albums so that you don't get results from all over Flicker.


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