I knew it was a forlorn hope to begin with: my goal was to finish Twig's round robin angel in time to get to the post office by closing at 11am Saturday. So, since my next window of opportunity [to run errands] will be Thursday, I have soldiered on and concentrated on giving the vaguely Jim Shore-ish piece a more pronounced Jim Shore look by filling in all the white space with a nice warm ivory ... just like the backgrounds of most of his statuettes. The shades of light rose and medium light rose that I chose for the dress looked to have sufficient contrast on the bobbins but when stitched into the checkerboard pattern of the sleeves, they are barely distinguishable from one another. I believe I'll outline the checks with a single strand of the green for another Jim Shore like touch. This folk art style angel is turning out to be a more elaborate project than I usually do for a round robin but I think the end result will be well worth the extra time and effort.
Preoccupied with this round robin as I have been, I haven't picked up the Autumn Faerie since Wednesday afternoon. Since I have also committed to a Christmas ornament exchange with a mailing date of August 30, it is unlikely that I will get back to my faerie again until late next week. But I am determined to do so as I don't want to lose the momentum I have been building on this project. It is intended as a Christmas gift so I need to get it to the framer in late October or early November.
5 comments:
Wow! You've done a lot on this and I love the pinks you used. Nice work.
I think the angel is shaping up very nicely. It's very kind of you to make the extra effort stitching this design to look like a Jim Shore piece even though it isn't your style.
Good progress on your angel. I have some ornaments to get made too and they can cut into the time needed for big projects like your TW. Good luck with all of them!
Keep stitcking with it and it'll get done!
It looks wonderful! Twig will appreciate all the extra effort.
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