Tuesday, January 01, 2013

happy new year!

With a new year come new starts!  I've joined two SALs on Facebook, so today was filled with stitching!

First is Nora Corbett's lovely Bluebell pixie.  I'm stitching her on 32ct linen from Picture This Plus, in the pretty Carnival color.  It's a mix of orangey pink and a bit of yellow and brown.

Here's how far I got... and how she'll look when she's finished!  I changed her lightest blue to a slightly darker color.  I didn't like the massive contrast, and the other "blue" was a little too green to fit with the rest of the colors in my opinion...


My second start was Transcendence by HAED, featuring artwork by Adele Sessler.  This is the BAP version, so it's going to take a looooong time. :p  Plus I'm stitching on BLACK like a crazy person.  Literally over half of the stitches in this design are black, and there was no way I was doing all that!

I'm tenting 2 strands over 1 on 28 count, and I'm pretty pleased with the coverage.  It's not all that beautiful if you look at it up close, but it's not meant to be looked at up close, so there!

Sorry about the flash on the top pic and the blurriness of the bottom pic!


Doesn't look like much, does it?  But I know he'll be gorgeous... :D

11 comments:

  1. He will be beautiful. I bet the coverage will look better as you go - and I agree, that is way too much black to stitch. Your Bluebell is very pretty - Glad you were able to get some stitching done today.

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  2. Yay! You know I've been waiting for your start on Transcendence! I'm glad to see we started in different parts but we will eventually cross paths!

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    1. I thought about starting in the middle, but went with the top at the end... wasn't sure about parking while going UP the fabric. :3 Plus, I can say things like, "well, I started this today but I'm already on PAGE TWO" since page one is all black. AHAHAHA!

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  3. Happy new year and happy new starts!

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  4. Happy New Year! Both SALs looks gorgeous and I absolutely agree about the black, lol. Can't wait to see more of Transcendence!

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  5. I tent 2 over 1 on 28 and as you say, up close not all that beautiful, but when you look at it from the distance you're meant to, it looks great, and is so much quicker!
    Love both your new starts and look forward to seeing your progress on both of them!

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    1. Yeah, there was NO way I would do 1x1 crosses on 28 count black. I'm already doing 1x1 on 28 for Titania's skin, and that's small compared to this, and on a light color, and I still want to poke my eyes out. It's a relief to see the coverage is so good even on the lighter greens... I'd have to scrap the idea of stitching him if 1x1 was the only way to get good coverage. :(

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  6. Great starts on both your pieces! I like your fabric for Bluebell and can't wait to see more of her :)

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  7. Wonderful progress! I adore both of these charts and have them both on my list. I'm also doing a BAP on black fabric...it calls for 6 skeins of black for the background. Ha, I don't think so. Glad to see I'm not the only 'cheater', lol!!

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    1. Nothing wrong with a little cheating! Transcendence has ***42*** skeins of black listed in the key. Over 150k stitches of black! AHAHAHA NO. :|

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  8. Poor your eyes! I had to pass by an amazing sale of a Maia kit (reduced from £40 to £10) just on the basis of background colour. Good luck on stitching.

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