Sunday, July 22, 2012

Passione Ricamo SAL part 1

I FINALLY got the Petite Treasure Braids I ordered for the PR SAL back at the beginning of the month!  They arrived yesterday, and I got busy right away.  Here is part one (mostly) all finished!  I'm not going to stitch the moon until the next part comes out and I can stitch it all at once.

I'm making a few changes as I go along.  I'm not using beads in the border because I just don't like huge clusters of beads, especially MH which are low-quality and have no size consistency.  Plus, I don't like threads getting caught on beading as I stitch.  I'm using Waterlilies Amethyst instead of beads, cutting out the brown and pink portions of the thread because... ick. :p

For now I've decided to leave off the triangular purple areas in the border.  I stitched one and didn't like it, so I took it out.  I may add them back in later once the whole border is done and I can get more of a feel for how it looks.

And finally, I'm stitching on a darker hand-dyed fabric (Silkweaver Starquest in opal Belfast) so I don't have to do the giant fields of 794 behind the fairy.  I don't like stitching solid areas, I always end up with lumps. :(


Looking forward to the pretty moon and more shiny border next month! :)

11 comments:

  1. Great progress! I love the colors!

    ~McKenna

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  2. I love the Waterlilies idea! It looks fabulous. I'll be seriously considering doing that now that I've seen yours. But, I love beads too. What a conundrum!

    I looks so beautiful, Rahenna. I'm sure yours will be one of my favorites in this SAL.

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  3. I love how ppl can have the same design and yet they can look so different. The changes are fantastic and if I had a purple like that, I might also have substituted the beads. Can't wait to see what you will get up to next month.

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  4. It is looking So lovely..great progress.

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  5. That border is beautiful, and the fabric choice was inspired. You made a lot of progress in just a day!

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  6. Yours looks gorgeous, and I love your alterations. My treasure braid arrived a couple of days as well, so I really need to pick it up and get stitching before the next page out.

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  7. Hello,just found your blog.

    Your Iris and Passione Ricamo are very pretty.

    I knew there was a Sal for this,but yours is the first one i have seen.

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  8. It is gorgeous. You've made great choices.

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  9. Your PR looks great so far. I totally agree about stitching large areas of background. That's why coloured fabric was invented!
    Looking forward to seeing your progress.

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  10. Gorgeous stitching love the changes you have made.

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