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| Fan Feathers Done |
Once I finished the feathers on the fancy fan behind Leigh's Pharaoh, it was time to stitch the rest of the fan. Above is the fan with all the feathers stitched so you can see how it doesn't overwhelm the statue of Ramses II.
If you look carefully at the fan you'll see I've done a lot of tent stitching on the head of the fan. The red area is stitched and at this point I've also added gold tent stitches with Kreinik around the head's central area. I ended up tent stitching the golden yellow areas, too. With all that out of the way, I could bead the rest of the head section. But first, I needed to rummage in my stash for beads in the right colors.
Here's what I selected, all from Sundance Needlepoint.
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| Gemstone Beads from Sundance |
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| Color Inspirations Collections from Sundance |
The Gemstone beads are 3mm in diameter, roughly, which makes them larger than size 11 beads. The little round beads from the Color Inspiration Collections: Shell are smooth and much smaller, probably close to a size 14 bead. They are also more even. The gemstone beads have been tumbled to shape I think and they are not smooth. I like all of them. The colors are right and I think they will add to the feather fan without drawing too much attention from Pharaoh.
When I laid them on the canvas, though, it was obvious that 3mm beads are too large. I hope you can see the beads laid on the canvas. One of the gemstone beads is at the bottom of the fan head and there is a smaller round bead below it and also one to the left.
For me, scale is very important on a painted canvas. Unless I'm stitching a portrait of Dolly Parton, I don't want one are to overwhelm another. So although I might be able to use a few of the larger Gemstone beads, I will have to bead the fan head and shaft with mostly the smaller ones from the Shell Inspiration Collection.
However, before I can bead, I have something else to do. Those who have sharp eyes can see the next step which I've already done but not described.
By the way, I have listed all the postings about this design on the Chilly Hollow Stitch Guides blog so you can easily follow along as I blog stitch this.
https://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2020/08/pharoahs-fan-finished.html
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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