We interrupt my giveaway(s) to bring you May's
Gifted Gorgeousness as hosted by Jo! Where we work on gifts from/for others! With or without gifted necessaries!
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Can you hear it? Maybe only bats can hear it, that excited squeaking.
Muppets.
Are.
Done!
Since the garden is in and things have settled down for now, I was plowing through a letter a day which was magical. Granted, the last few letters weren't all that difficult, around three hours each. But that's three hours I don't usually have to spend on stitching! Here are a few more letters I can flaunt:
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| Sam the Eagle |
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| Statler |
Do you think Statler would heckle my work? :)))
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| The Swedish Chef |
This piece wasn't terribly dirty but I still wanted to wash it because I think it makes the stitches look more full, plus makes the ironing easier. I stitched what I felt were "questionable" colors on a scrap of Aida (I always keep scraps for this purpose) and washed the scrap first -- safe! It felt really good to wash the piece, washing away that naughty center mark (remember the
first fiasco?). I also need to go over the piece with a pair of tweezers because holey moley, the cat hairs!
I am considering mounting this piece myself before taking it to be framed. It's a bit big to be laced (14" x 14") though I did leave plenty of extra fabric (20" x 20"), so
I am asking y'all for some help: What do I do? Foam core with pins? Go ahead and lace it? Leave it to the professionals? I think Jo (forgive me if it was someone else!) mentioned to outline a piece in a running stitch or something similar to ensure it is mounted straight.
Technical Details
- Muppet Letters by Mike Boon, capitals and (modified) lowercase
- 2 over 2 on white 28-count evenweave, black 4 over 2
- Finished size: 14" x 14" (35,6 x 35,6cm)
- Started: February 2, 2015, Finished: May 13, 2015
- 65 hours, not including pattern making (+10ish?)
- First large attempt at evenweave fabric.
My verdict on evenweave? Undecided. I do like the higher count fabric though I did not think it was any easier or harder to work with. It was much softer than Aida. One thing I noticed and did NOT like is that the warp and weft of the fabric was not even. I realized this when a 6x6 stitched square was taller than it was wide. 6 stitches wide and 5 stitches high wound up being the square I was looking for and required a few adjustments to the pattern on the fly.
It's a little (hah) exciting to have this finished. It's later than I would've liked but I will console myself with thinking it would've been done earlier if I hadn't screwed up the first piece of fabric. CONSTANT VIGILANCE. What do I work on next?!
Eeeeee
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This post is scheduled for the wee hours of the morning for you crazy people on the other side of the Earth.
