Since Cha is finished and on the way to Leigh Designs to be a model, I am settling down to finish up the iPhone case. Side one is finished and I've completed the skull and crossbones border across the top of side two. I stitched the skulls on the second side, thinking that I would put them in a different place, just to be more interesting, before I started the background grid. As you can see, one of the eyes in the left skull is very different from the rest. I ran out of black thread when working on that eye and as I reached for the card to cut another length to finish, I looked down at the skull and saw what a neat pattern I'd get by not finishing the eye hole all in black. I did a square of holographic purple Kreinik first, then finished the eye with the same light purple JL Walsh silk/wool thread that is used for step one of the background stitch. It's a touch of whimsy that I hope will help remind the owner of the iPhone case that the little open pocket inside in the lining is on this side of the case.
Before I forget, Elizabeth saw another of Leigh's Brazil Series (Mambo?) in the 60% off bin while she was traveling last week. She thinks she saw it on sale at this Spartanburg, SC shop. If you have a hankering to stitch something like Cha, you should follow up on this sale.
http://www.theneedleandcanvas.com/index.html
Here is the full set of Brazil if you want to check out what Cha's sisters look like. They are all 12 inches square on 18 count pink mono canvas, so 60% off is a good deal. I think you could stitch all of them using the ideas I came up with for Cha with only a little modification.
http://www.leighdesigns.com/Grp403x.html
Sorry it took so long to get this posted. My ISP is having problems this morning.
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