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| Jude Designs' Christmas Alligator |
The last time you saw my Christmas alligator ornament, his face needed nostrils, his cap needed fur trim, and his face was disappearing into his body. I fixed the first problem by giving him reddish bullions for each nostril. After all, he already had bullion toes and repeating the same stitch helps unify a design. I like French knots for somewhat tidy fur, so I tent stitched the fur trim with my Medici wool, then added French knots on top of the tent stitches which are a good foundation to keep French knots from pulling out. To bring his face forward from his body, I outlined it with one ply of High Cotton in a dried blood color, which is prominent against the green without being too stark like white would be. I liked the effect so much that I also outlined his front legs to make them a little more obvious.
You may not be able to tell but I outlined his blue ornament with gold Kreinik to round the bead edges a bit. I still need to put another stitch through a few beads to straighten them.
I can see from the photo that his green belly needs \ and / stitches in green on top of the background to round off that area a bit. I also need to add a row of background at the top above his head and tail. I'll get those things done and then it will be time for the final touch, which you see below.
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| Scrapbooking Trim by Jolee's |
I hope to show you a finished piece next time, plus a glimpse of the alligator's girlfriend.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
