I have been working diligently on Mary, but the satin stitch leaves really take a long time. It can be very frustrating trying to get them uniform. Several of them, I have done as many as 3 times. Eventually I just give up and leave them as they are.
Here is a closeup of the stitches.
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This was a kit, so I used the materials included, but I really wish I had swapped out the gold color for something a tad darker. The letters in particular, don't show up very well.
It always takes me a while to get used to the "sparse" look that a single strand of silk has on 30 count linen.
The large flowers, vine, border and alphabet are done in cross stitch. The leaves are all in satin stitch, and the saw-toothed white border in done in counted satin stitch.
Here is the whole thing so far.
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Here is a closeup of the stitches.
It always takes me a while to get used to the "sparse" look that a single strand of silk has on 30 count linen.
The large flowers, vine, border and alphabet are done in cross stitch. The leaves are all in satin stitch, and the saw-toothed white border in done in counted satin stitch.
Here is the whole thing so far.
(You wouldn't know it was my stitching if it didn't have some part of Furry in it)!
As soon as I get ready to take the picture, he jumps up!
As soon as I get ready to take the picture, he jumps up!