You all know (maybe you don't know but I've said it a lot) that Teresa Kogut is one of my very favorite designers. I've stitched a lot of her designs and I love her work but I did NOT like stitching this one. This must have been one of her early designs (don't know where the paper chart is at the moment) but it had a LOT of quarter stitches and I did not like stitching those. Probably the main reason I didn't enjoy stitching it is because when I made the PDF (on my printer), I did page 2, then page 1. I'm not going to say it's a big hassle but it's kind of a hassle to re-arrange pages on a PDF because I don't have an app that does it and finding a website that will do it for free isn't easy either. There are some that want you to sign up for a trial and I wasn't going to do that either. Honestly, Judy . . why didn't you just get up and make another two page PDF and get the pages in the right order? I didn't think it would be such a hassle but it was. The right side of page 2 is what butted up to the left side of page 1. There are mistakes in my stitching because I didn't get that part right. My fault.
Anyway, I knew with the struggles I was having, if I put it down, I might never pick it up again so I told myself I had to finish it before I could work on anything else. That was almost a week ago and at that time, I could have finished it in one evening if I put a little effort into it. Nope. I played on the computer, talked to friends on the phone, played games on my tablet . . thinks your average 6 year old would do!
It's finished and I'm very happy with the result - just not so happy with my laziness and procrastination!
Even better news - I have a frame here that I paid $1.50 for at Goodwill and it fits! I had planned to rub some gold on the black but I think I'm not. I think I like it just as it is.
There was supposed to be just a straight stitched border around it but those make it so hard to frame. Any little area where the piece is laced too tightly or too loosely shows and makes the piece look crooked so I left that border off.
I may think about framing it today . . but maybe not. We'll see.
Did you finish her hand by the star? It's very light in the picture. Great job! It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI did and it is very light. I probably should have used something darker but at this point, it's staying.
DeleteThis piece turned out great! That frame looks to be a perfect match! Just my two cents, I would frame it now & enjoy your work of art!
ReplyDeleteI may just do that! :) I have four or five that have frames and need to be "installed" in those frames so I should take a day and spend it fully finishing those projects and get them on the wall.
DeleteIt looks great. You are so fortunate to have found a frame that works. I almost never get that lucky.
ReplyDeleteToo often if we're in town and near Goodwill, we'll go by there and we almost always buy frames. Vince says he will cut them down but so far, hasn't tried doing that. Also, I hate to ask him for one frame so I go searching through the frame stash to see what I can find. In the last few months, I think this is the fourth frame I've found that was a perfect fit. Before that, I never found one.
DeleteLovely finish and that frame is perfect!
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