FFVIII Update and a Sunflower!

"...Whatever."

I was highly amused at Squall's expression at this point. Think of the emoticon -.- face.  I got so amused imagining his trademark "whatever" despite the loving embrace.  The giggling at my stand was probably a sign that I had stitched enough for the day.

So of course I stitched on.

August 27

They have faces and hair!  Rinoa's hair doesn't look right to me so I'll probably dig out graph paper and play around with designs until I get something I like more.  Squall's poof actually doesn't look too bad as exposed cloth now that he's 'finished' but I still like the idea of a clipped velvet stitch.  Decisions, decisions.

At this point, I feel like the end is near.  The black, despite being a pain to stitch, goes pretty fast.  There's only a bit more color underneath the lettering to finish out the yellow swoops.   Eeee.

Front

Back

Sunflower!

I apologize for the blurry pictures; my camera refused to focus on these for some reason.  I included a scanned image of the front, but my scanner decided that half of the back didn't exist despite my orders to the contrary.  

This is a gift tag type thing I stitched for my boyfriend's grandmother (her favorite flower is a sunflower).  This was my first attempt using a blanket stitch for a finishing technique and the idea came from here.  It's a bit rough around the edges as I was terrified of cutting the floss, haha.  The stitch itself was quite easy and I really like how it gives it a bit of a professional finished look.

The sunflower motif came from BH&G America's Best Cross-Stitch Prairie Blooms sampler. I didn't have half the colors called for so I tossed my own from my box of mystery floss.  The "happy" font from Leisure Arts Leaflet 705.  I designed the 75 in all its simplicity. :)