Needleprint just profiled Elga and her stitching and cabinetry skills. Silk gauze is the traditional material for dollhouse rugs and other items just because you can get the right scale. Scale is everything in miniature-making. A rug on 18 count canvas might look too coarse in your dollhouse if everything else is in a smaller scale.
http://needleprint.blogspot.com/2013/01/elga-tres-petit-petitpointers.html
I hope you enjoy seeing her work. Her blog is wonderfully interesting as she shows how she is making her reproduction 17th Century casket and her silk gauze embroidery is wonderful to see. I didn't know there was a Yahoo Group for petitpoint stitchers, though. Take note and sign up if this is something you love to do!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
2 comments:
Jaw hits carpet! And again!
THANKS Jane - a drool-worthy site. I've done 40-count in the past, but my most-recent "finish" was only 32-count (over-1) and that was a real struggle so I have to accept that my ageing eyes will not let me near 90-count! But I DO love "tiny" :-)
Glenis
Glenis, this is why God invented magnifiers. Start saving up for a Dazor or something similar and the mesh holes will look like the Grand Canyon!
Hugs, by the way. Stay warm!
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